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How do you know if you're a Democrat? If you've ever met someone down on his or her luck, and you wanted to help, then you're a Democrat. If you have ever seen the look in a child's eyes of fear, of hunger, or of aspiration, and wanted to help, then you're a Democrat. If you have ever wanted leadership that had common sense, that cared about the future, and that wanted progress over partisanship, then you're a Democrat. If you believe that we are better off working together than apart, then you're a Democrat. If you believe in community,...

"Scrooge McDuck Capitalism" I’ve never quite understood the psychology of capitalist bashers. I’ve seen the images of young WTO demonstrators shattering Starbucks windows while wearing Levis and Adidas, drinking Pepsi and coordinating their protests on cell phones. Who do they think will create their favorite goodies if not capitalists? Bureaucrats? Psychic channelers? The People’s Natural Altruistic Collective Manufacturing Co-op and Poetry Center of Berkeley, California? And then there are those economic pundits with a tray of Scrabble tiles lined up behind their names who characterize the collapse of Enron as “a failure of capitalism.” But Enron is not capitalism and...

My three year old grandson is ill and spending the day with me. Usually, he plays his games on computer or watches his favorite movies. But today he is lethargic and wanted to watch cartoons. His parents allow him to watch Nick so I turned it on. During the program that airs between 1:30 and 2:00 CST (I have no idea the name) a character dressed in a suit said "I am rich. I am important. I am a Republican". I had no idea that the liberal writers and producers spread their overt bias to even cartoons at the pre-school...

Some conniving devil put me on the DNC e-mail list. Here's this morning's as-usual-hysterical offering for compare, contrast, and comment purposes. Special Interest Outrage: Lobbyists Lining Up at White House Door for 2003 Agenda! With the midterm elections just two weeks away, the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress are working closely with big money special interest lobbyists to set their agenda for 2003. What's on the menu?More big tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans A fake Medicare prescription drug plan that doesn't help America's seniors Another attempt to cram Social Security privatization down the throats of Americans...

Kirk regrets racial overtones in debate He accuses Cornyn of warping his national defense stance By CLAY ROBISON Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau AUSTIN -- Democratic senatorial candidate Ron Kirk said Tuesday that he regretted inserting racial overtones into the debate over war with Iraq and accused Republican opponent John Cornyn of distorting his stance on national defense. In a written statement, Kirk sought to lay to rest a controversy that erupted four days earlier with remarks that he made during a rally in San Antonio. Kirk suggested then that Cornyn was supportive of military action against Iraq because...

During the Cold War, there was a cabal of activists and intellectuals who believed the Russian economic model held the key to human salvation and worked tirelessly to impose that system upon the United States and the rest of the world. Those people were communists. In the time since the Soviet Union collapsed, there has been a shortage of intellectuals touting the superiority of the Russian economic model--that is, until now. The difference is that today these people are all conservatives. The occasion for this turnabout is that Russia has instituted the holiest of conservative holy grails: a flat tax....