An Open Letter to Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
I’ve spent the evening reading the FY09 Rebalancing Plan, Your Honor, and I hafta say, I’m really ticked off at you.Don’t get me wrong, I see what you tried to do. You kept the most crucial services...
View ArticleBRAINSTORM! Calling all Kossacks (plz)
Vice President Joe Biden is asking for our help:Over the upcoming months, we will focus on answering those concerns that matter most to families. What can we do to make retirement more secure? How can...
View Article75-Year-Old Woman Tortured (Possibly to Death) for Asking For Bread
Fellow Kossacks, I apologise. This is neither well-written or well-thought out. I just saw this on the Comcast homepage, and found it so abysmal, so depraved, so divorced from humanity, I MUST share...
View ArticleThank You, Mr. Specter (no snark)
A life spent in public service should not go unacknowledged and unappreciated.
View ArticleNo Holiday For Some
First, a very Happy Labor Day to all my fellow Kossacks! May your beer be icy cold, your Sangria be sweet, and may whatever form of animal or non-animal protein you throw on the barbecue feed you body,...
View ArticleWow. He Really IS The Batman.
Saturday night, bitch-slapping Donald Trump....THE WHOLE TIME KNOWINGhe had already Given The Order to take out Bin Laden.
View ArticleTips & Please Add Your Own: Special Needs Parenting in A Hurricane
Hi All! I hope I get this post up before the power goes! :)For those of you who don't know me, don't feel bad - I don't really post much to the Daily KOS community though I've been here for years and...
View ArticleTargeting Bin Laden Documentary
I just finished watching Targeting Bin Laden on the History Channel. For anyone in farther-west time zones than Philadelphia, PA, PLEASE, don't waste another minute reading this, go watch it.It is...
View ArticleI Voted Today :)
The Kidlet had neuropsych testing all morning, an hour away from our house, in a different county.But I voted this afternoon.The soup bowls from lunch were dirty in the sink.While I voted.They closed...
View ArticleHow Big is Big?
You know that Smart Car commercial where they flash through different "media" all saying "Big! Big, big, big....!" and then, finally, after you have been thoroughly annoyed for 28 seconds, the...
View ArticleOWS National General Assembly Needs Funds Please Donate
Good Morning, Everyone!This is the site for The99PercentDeclarationMany of us have now seen the ads this week on Current TV.This excellent video sums up the main points of the 99% Declaration (as the...
View ArticleThe Gift that Just. Keeps. Giving. for 2011
Asking the Republicans in the room who they are going to vote for.WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!Follow me below the Orange Satan's Swirly Squiggle
View ArticleWeight Loss Kos Anyone?
Hi All! I've started a new diet exactly 2 weeks ago, and was wondering if anyone else is "slimming" now that the holidays are over? I'd love to find some other people in the community to buddy up with,...
View ArticleWeight Loss: Undeserved Scale Victory
My question this week is: what do you do when your diet gets derailed from stress?Technically my little Weigh-In book says that I've lost a toal of 8.8 pounds, and that is 2.6 pounds less of me since...
View ArticleNew Rule
No using the Rocky Theme in a Superbowl commercial unless you actually open a plant in the Greater Philadelphia Area.Yo, Hyundai, we need the jobs.
View ArticleSen. Bob Casey Wants To Go Bar Hopping Together
Senator Bob Casey ("D") of Pennsylvania had himself a busy day yesterday, what with ignoring the shout out from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to join with other Democratic Senators to stand up for women's...
View ArticleClarification: PLEASE Support the AFL-CIO and the INVEST In America Act
There is another diary that has been published with a blizzard of tags at the bottom by a known spammer.The JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups), as reported on March 15th by the LA Times: The...
View ArticleFriday Fun: WWUD If You Won A HALF-BILLION DOLLARS Lottery?
Don't tell me you haven't bought a ticket.I'm a convert to Quakerism, but screw it, I bought a ticket. And then I bought several more. If you want to pray for a number to win? My favorite number that...
View ArticleBill in Portland Maine Wins Mega Millions Lottery!
The winning numbers were: 2-4-23-38-46, Mega Ball 23.Bill in Portland Maine's numbers: 08 25 30 33 49 (23) - you get $2!colotim's ticket numbers: 14 37 38 45 54 23 - you get $3!DemFromPit's numbers:...
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