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Wednesday August 31, 2011 · 2:10 PM PDT

2011/08/31 · 14:10

This is a great opportunity to get out voices in the media in a red state like Tennessee!

Vote for Stacy Nunnally to be the next guest columnist in the Nashville, TN daily paper!
Please don't wait to vote! Voting will close about 5pm central and she is neck and neck with another finalist!

Just use the link above, and scroll half way down the right hand side to vote for Stacy!

from Stacy:

I would really appreciate your vote, not just for me to have a column for 8 weeks in the Tennessean, but because I will use the column to amplify of all of our voices. I plan to focus my columns on issues that are important to women and LGBT communities (which positively affects everyone!) When we bring our voices to the table, the conversation changes. Thank you for your vote.

Stacy's great blog about the Submissive Wives article that was front page in the Tennessean.

HR3: the Rapist Right to Inseminate their Victims bill

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Tuesday February 01, 2011 · 6:36 AM PST

2011/02/01 · 06:36

Welcome to the brave new Congress, where rapists and pedophiles will be happy to note that the campaign to reinstate their long-eroded right to inseminate their victims no longer falls on deaf ears.

The GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape

Some things are so unbelievable that it's hard not to fall into the defensive position of satire.

taken from the American Century for Inseminationist Rights lobbying newsletter:

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Friday June 26, 2009 · 3:40 PM PDT

2009/06/26 · 15:40

So John Boehner has been talking on the floor of the house for going on an hour now. When he started he had 4 or 5 minutes left to his side, to close on the discussion of the Waxman-Markey bill (ACES). Boehner is taking advantage of the tradition that the leaders have unlimited time to speak on the house floor, so Boehner will be able to speak for as long as he likes, although, by rules he only had 4 minutes of time left.

Another sick example of It's OK if You're A Republican?

Or a brand new meme?

YOU decide and in the meantime rec this liveblog diary (click link, not my diary) that has up to the minute updates, but has slipped off the front page. And if you like, write your own diary asking people to recommend his diary & let's get it on the Rec list!!

spiraltn

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Friday May 08, 2009 · 1:42 PM PDT

2009/05/08 · 13:42

Well hi. I thought I should keep ya'll up to date on the goings on here. You see, Tennessee is where I live, and Tennessee is in trouble. We seem to be... hmmm, how shall I say it? Not in step with the rest of the country. To put it mildly.

May I?

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I knew something was wrong when several of our state legislators signed a petition asking for an investigation into the validity of our President's birth certificate.

I knew something was wrong when I read that the bullet manufacturers are going into overtime catching up on backorders.

I knew something was wrong when our county party got kicked out of our little office space for too many democrats disturbing the other tenants.

I knew something was wrong when my kindergartner asked my why Barack Obama wants to kill babies.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 2:03 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 14:03

ok, ya'll, this thing is off the front page & never hit the rec list, so keep yakking if ya want & next time something "breaks" someone will throw a new diary up.

per Matthews:
Obama will hold a presser with his campaign press corp at the Mayflower Hotel.

spiraltn

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 10:06 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 10:06

Just flipping by CNN for a peek & I catch Roland Martin telling the truth when John Whosit (what is that guy's name? Man he is vapid) says almost rhetorically as if it is absolute fact and proof that something is fundamentally weak about Democrats: "Shouldn't Obama be whooping them?" And Roland jumps in, "No, what are you saying? He's a BLACK guy running against John McCain! Of course he's going to be running an uphill battle. He's the 1st post-civil rights generation nominee for President. It's race & generation."
Ok, that's paraphrased, but I hope someone made the catch & can post this up to the toobz.

And in the interest of making this an actually diary, let's talk about race & how the fact of Obama's race is actually a HUGE asset for this country: an opportunity to face the problem of fear-based racial bias, air out the dirty laundry, and maybe this time, wash some stains away...

If we are brave and smart enough to have a discussion about it...

spiraltn

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 2:46 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 14:46

Who knows what BS they are up to, but start emailing CNN NOW that they must report the news, not the newest memo from McSwinger's HQ.

The Situation Room on CNN has promised to reveal "secret documents" provided to them by critics of Obama, that link him to "former 60s radicals". Could it be Ayers? Of course. Could the "critics" be those ad makers who were consultants of McCain's just months ago. Of course. It's so transparent if you've been informed outside of the Traditional Media today.

But if not, the info gap has never been greater between what we know, thanks to the awesome work of all the diarists covering the real events of the day here at Daily Kos & the twisted lens offered to middle America by cable news.

CNN contact us form

Tell Wolf to give us a break. We want issues: like the true state of the economy, status of new energy projects, the care we are giving our returning veterans and who is putting up roadblocks. Candidates character issues are valid, I'd like to know what they have actually done in their lives, not who they have tangentially rubbed shoulders with.

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 3:37 AM PDT

2008/07/22 · 03:37

Ok, it's paraphrased. Actually, I saw that bumper sticker 10 years ago while walking into a steakhouse in Nashville, TN. (You know the place, peanut-shell strewn floors & wait staff jossling each other to hand demo-tapes to the biz pigs in the corner booth.) So it's no wonder that my fav enviro-savior Al Gore cops to being a part of the problem when it comes to eating meat unrepentantly. Here's how Al responded to a question from Orange Cloud at Netroots Nation last weekend (1st round of questions, 3/4 the way thru the Cspan video).

It is true it would be healthier for us individually & the planet if we consumed less meat. ...I myself am a meat eater and maybe that has had an impact on my definition of the problem.

Yes, he knows the sizzle in that steak bears a heavy carbon-load. Follow me over the fold to find out what meat eaters like me and Al, and even you can do about it...

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Saturday July 19, 2008 · 3:36 PM PDT

2008/07/19 · 15:36

Let's see, Tennessee. So, we're not the Saudi Arabia of wind. Even counting every square inch of our rocky hillside, we can't generate as much sun-soaked thermal solar energy as 92 miles squared in the desert South-West would. Our Tennesse Valley Authority produces most of it's electricity not with hydroelectric power as is commonly thought, but with some of the dirtiest coal plants in the nation.

So how can Tennessee help meet favorite son Al Gore's challenge of producing an inspiring 100% of our nation's electrity with clean & renewable sources? Maybe getting our republican politicians out of the way in Washington would be Step Zero.

Follow me below the fold for a plan I just discovered that looks like a road map that every Tennessean, red, blue, or purple, can use to turn green...

spiraltn

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Thursday July 17, 2008 · 9:11 AM PDT

2008/07/17 · 09:11

the livestream is over, will be posting clips & text as soon as they are availiable
here's the email sent from the We campaign before the speech

Dear M,

Something important is happening tomorrow.

In a speech in Washington, DC, Nobel Laureate and Former Vice President Al Gore will issue a major challenge, essentially pressing the "reset" button on how we think about energy and climate, and how we can create prosperity in America.

His speech will generate a great deal of attention. Since you are a We campaign member, we wanted to make sure you heard about it in advance. We'll email you when we've posted the video highlights, action steps and other resources -- so stay tuned for breaking news!

spiraltn

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Monday October 22, 2007 · 2:29 PM PDT

2007/10/22 · 14:29

Thanks to the dedicated live-bloggers here at DKos, we have a fuller picture of reality in SoCal today. Not so for those watching CNN, MSNBC, et al on their cable today. Don't get me wrong, the "breaking" banner is all over the place: school sex predators, mystery packages at Dulles, & oh yeah, that quarter million folks forced out of their homes by raging fires that will likely burn all the way to the sea by the time the abnormally strong Santa Ana winds slow down tomorrow. Yeah, that's news too. Now back to Britney & Kid Rock...
What can we do about it? Follow me over the fold...

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 9:12 AM PDT

2007/10/17 · 09:12

Last Sunday I had a brief conversation with a young man, 14 years old? He saw my Gore bumper stickers, that I offer free in my booth at the art show. He broke away from his family to come back & ask me about my support of Gore. Of course, his prioritizing of the climate crisis, experience, and leadership was my answer. But wasn't Gore "politicizing Global Warming, making it harder to get things done?" he rejoined. A pause from me, taking into account his age & earnestness. "But what's politics all about?" I asked. "What is it but a way to have our say? That's how it is supposed to work here in our democracy. A chance to make decisions, decide what to do, how to do it, to make policy." He listened. I asked "Do you think 'politics' is a bad thing? It seems that way these days. But it doesn't have to be, it shouldn't be. It's supposed to be our way of governing ourselves." The young man was called away to catch up with his family, but the opportunity to pull back to the big picture has stayed with me. Follow me over the fold if you like...

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