http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary "The world as it is, is not the world as it has to be!" Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:08:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As reprinted in Dave Dellinger's autobiography, From Yale to Jail: The Life of a Moral Dissenter, the editorial, titled "Declaration of War," written in 1945 after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the fire bombing of Tokyo and other Japanese cities, read: "The atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/11/18/dellinger/ A few articles of interest... Van Jones, “Why They Win & Why We Lose” (Summer 1999) The title is self-explanatory. The Right doesn't keep winning because they have more guns and media than we do, though that's part of it. They largely keep winning because the Left doesn't have a winning strategy ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/23/mistakes-and-successes-obama-left/ My friend Jonathan McIntosh has produced a new video, perhaps his finest work I've seen to date, remixing the presidential debates with clips from "So You Think You Can Dance?" The remix is called "So You Think You Can Be President?" I recommend it to everyone who wants a real critique ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/23/so-you-think-you-can-be-president-by-jonathan-mcintosh/ Barack Obama is the first Democrat that's figured out that a winning Democratic Party strategy needs to make use of the solid progressive majority that exists in almost every state in the Union. This includes the South. Since the Reagan electoral victories of the 1980's, Democratic candidates have used one of ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/20/our-challenge-in-the-southland/ Friday I posted about the movie Saw, while waiting on a bench for my theatre to empty. I was waiting to see the movie Quarantine. All the trailers I had seen for it presented it as a horror/suspense movie about a building that is quarantined due to some outbreak happening ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/19/quarantine/ Posted by mobile phone: I'm sitting in my local movie theater waiting to see a movie. Beside me is a ten foot wide, eight foot tall advertisement for the movie "Saw V". A good friend often points out that in order to live in our perverted society, we must block out ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/17/the-perversity-of-saw/ Posted by mobile phone: Its interesting to watch McCain's desperate attempt to fight his way up his impossibly steep hill to the White House. An entire early section of the debate focused on the tone and tactics of the two campaigns. McCain focused on lies against Obama's character, while saying his ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/15/hofstra-part-2/ Posted by mobile phone: I'm here at Hofstra University for the last of the 2008 Presidential Debates. I've been doing PowerVote organizing today, mostly talking to students in front of the 'clean (sic) coal' table about dirty energy (especially all forms of coal) and the necessity of a clean energy future. Now ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/15/im-at-the-hofstra-debate/ Posted by mobile phone: I went to my local cell phone store today to upgrade my phone. As I was waiting for my new phone to be set up, I was reading through their pamphlet on cell phone insurance. Under the section on 'exclusions' from coverage included - I kid you ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/14/insurence-priorities/ I've been wanting to read "Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way" for a while. From the people who wrote the book on running progressive electoral campaigns: "We've put together all our campaign know-how into a practical, hands-on guide for progressive grassroots candidates and their campaigns on how to win.  This latest ... http://walkingbutterfly.com/diary/2008/10/11/winning-your-election/