64% of Americans disapprove of Bush and other great poll numbers

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Friday July 22, 2005 · 12:38 AM PDT

2005/07/22 · 00:38

AH! These numbers just make me all a-tingly.

I first posted this entry at my blog, culturekitchen, and after I started looking for numbers to counter the cynicism of a lot of people in this site. Too many have been dismissing their fellow American's interest in the Rovegate scandal and now the coming SCOTUS confirmation hearings.

Well, I just couldn't believe that people, my neighbors, are so disconnected from politics that they wouldn't care. For one, SCOTUS and Rove is what everybody seems to be talking about here in my neck of the NYC woods. Second, I've always been suspicious of Bush 51% mandate.

So here you have it people, the Harris Polls numbers you've been waiting. Read More

NYC Democrats : A vote for Michael Bloomberg is a vote for George Bush

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Tuesday July 19, 2005 · 10:40 AM PDT

2005/07/19 · 10:40

[ This was first posted at The Daily Gotham ]

So the Quinnipiac University | Polling Results are in and the numbers are not looking good for any of the Democrats running for mayor: Read More

You have 30 minutes to get to the NYPL and rally againt the Patriot Act

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 8:32 AM PDT

2005/07/12 · 08:32

This was first published at The Daily Gotham

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Come on over and join us at the lions library. It is imperative to show our faces, voice our dissent and petition --no, demand of Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Anthony Weiner to become co-sponsors of a bill that would significantly alter The Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic piece of legislation ever approved by our representatives in the Senate and Congress. Read More

Will Rehnquist retire tomorrow and does this mean war?

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Thursday July 07, 2005 · 8:14 PM PDT

2005/07/07 · 20:14

I got this earlier from Brad Friedman of Bradblog:

Received this moments ago from our friend Tony Trupiano of The Tony Show who received it himself via Email just moments after going off the air and thus was not able to run it. He tells The BRAD BLOG that he considers his source for this to be "golden"...
Just spoke to a Senate press secretary who said Republicans on the Judiciary Committee let them know that they should be prepared for Rehnquist to make a statement sometime between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. tomorrow morning and not to schedule anything during that time. Please be advised.
This report seems to synch up with a report just out at RAW STORY, and with Bob Novak's column this morning which reported that "Rehnquist also will announce his retirement before the week is over."

Geez.

I thought I'd get a break this summer. There's just no time to rest --but I'd like to take a moment and go over some words of wisdom via Jay Rosen of PressThink: Read More

IT'S TIME WE START OWNING THIS WAR

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Sunday June 26, 2005 · 9:25 PM PDT

2005/06/26 · 21:25

I am turning these comments I posted over at Rove was wrong but STOP saying the US was united behind the war effort after 9-11! because they bear repeating:

OWN THE WAR BEING FOUGHT IN YOUR NAME Read More

Hillary Clinton and The "L" Word (with poll)

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Monday June 13, 2005 · 6:34 AM PDT

2005/06/13 · 06:34

[ cross-posted from : c u l t u r e k i t c h e n : The "L" Word : Why do yo think people spread rumors about Hillary being a lesbian? ]

Once in a while I get interviewed by the great people of Campoy en su punto, con Concha García Campoy | PUNTO RADIO; a talk radio show from Spain.

So they want to know what the blogs are talking about Hillary :

(1) Is Hillary running for President? If she is, should she? Does she have support from the grassroots?

(2) Why, oh why, the allegations that Hillary is a lesbian? They wanted to know if this was new but I have been hearing about these allegations as far back as 1990, when I worked briefly on a bio book about her.

OK, now talk amongst yourselves.

Daily Gothamers : Week one and off to a good start!

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 4:41 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 16:41

What an amazing first week.

I thought that I would be able to manage all the panels and conferences and networking and still launch The Daily Gotham and do the tweaking and take care of business and what not.

Boy, was I in for a big surprise. Why? Because it did happen. I call on kossaks and netizens from all corners of the web and bit by bit you've come and without hesitation started to post and make this community space happen.

It may be a movie cliché but if you build they will most certainly come. You have come here, you're making it possible. You're making it grow.

So first, off to the thank yous: Read More

Lawrence Lessig : from molested choirboy to American hero

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 4:14 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 16:14

Today we're all having one of those days : the four of us woke up somewhat askew. Whether it is allergies or a cold, we're not feeling well. So I decided to not take the kids to their usual martial arts class. But to minimize the askweness of the day, we followed part of our Monday "script" and procured the "start of the week" stash of candy.

And then, to make things more "different" I bought New York Magazine because this week's cover story caught my eye. Simply titled, The Choirboy, the hook goes : "The American Boychoir School in Princeton was a twisted sanctuary for the sexual abuse of children. Why is one of America's most famous lawyers taking it on? He was one of the victims; needsless to say, I had to get this magazine. With all the child abuse scandals paguing the Catholic Church, I was intrigued. So I immediately went on to page 28 while my two little boys were enjoying their Monday afternoon treat and I immediately broke down.

The lawyer and former abused choirboy is none other than Lawrence Lessig; a man who could only be described as force of nature on the internet. Read More

Daily Gotham : Because New York politics needs to get kossacked

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Tuesday May 03, 2005 · 1:03 PM PDT

2005/05/03 · 13:03

New York needs a kick ass political blog full of Kossacks and as Blog is my witness, I will make that happen ... with your help.

The domains have been bought. The nameservers have been switched. The new site will be at

http://www.dailygotham.com

I am in the middle of installing CivicSpace, the community platform that will power this new blog ... all I am waiting now is for your help.

I cannot do this alone. During our first NYC Kossack meeting, coordinated by the lovely Jane Knowles, I brought the issue up : Is there a community blog about New York City politics that you know about? Nobody really could name one. So I asked if people would be interested in participating but we'd need more than some. Lipris, Jane Knowles, David Alpert have gladly offered to work on this project but we need a whole community actively participating in the site. Read More

To the mayoral hopefuls from the NYC Democratic Party : Your shenanigans are hurting New York

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Monday May 02, 2005 · 9:06 PM PDT

2005/05/02 · 21:06

The race for the Democratic nomination for NYC Mayor is a mess. I am thisclose of just throwing the towel and endorsing Bloomberg.

Monday's editorial cartoon at the Daily News best encapsulates it perfectly: The unrecognizable faces Freddy Ferrer, Virginia Fields, Anthony Weiner and Gifford Miller appear on the sides of milk cartons with the headers "Missing", ""Have you seen me?", "Have you heard of me", and "Who cares?", respectively.

Call them the faulty foursome : They're bumbling, they're quarreling, they have no message and no real appeal. In other words, Democrats, we're losing New York City again to the Republicans for a total of 12 years in a row.
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Blog Sheroes : Tits, twats and the politics of blogging

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Wednesday April 20, 2005 · 12:06 PM PDT

2005/04/20 · 12:06

Blog Sheroes

We blog as writers
As entrepreneurs
As professors
As interns
As mothers
As lawyers
As designers
As slackers
As politicians
As anything we choose
Heck, we even sometimes blog
As sex entertainers

We are not afraid to be visible
We are not afraid to be heard

We are Blog Sheroes and
Words bind us Read More

Meet the 47 Democrats that voted for the Schiavo circus act

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Sunday March 27, 2005 · 7:01 AM PST

2005/03/27 · 07:01

This just in from John Aravois of AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth | Please bash a House Democrat for Jesus

It's the least we can do on Easter weekend.
Seriously, 47 House Democrats shamelessly voted for that ridiculous Terri Schiavo legislation last weekend, the one that let the Congress enact a legislative coup d'etat and take this issue out of the state courts and throw it into the federal courts in an effort to invalidate the rule of law in America.
47 House Democrats chose to cave on their principles and act like Republicans because they didn't have the balls to stand up for what's right. And what's the result? People like Tom DeLay are running around saying this was a bipartisan effort, and now Republicans are saying that no one can use this issue against them in the next elections since the Dems were on board.

There's a link to the bi-partisan roll call at John's blog; but I have gone to the trouble of cleaning it up. Read More

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