Comments on: Education & Labor Markup Tomorrow — Join Us!

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:35:15 +0000

Jane’s Silo post is upstairs!
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Won’t Draw “Lines In The Sand” — Except When She Does

By: nahant

nahant — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:50:13 +0000

I will be there is Spirit Jane! I sure do hope you can get ahead of all those Very Well paid homeless people!! That practice should be banned and for that mater all lobbyist should not be allowed period… I know it has been done for evah but shit We need our Government back from the Big money Bags who have been buying their way for what seems like eons! It really should be Citizen lobbyist who represent People and not Corporations… They are not Real People but just paper imitations of the real flesh and blood ones !!
Dam that Law clerk who fucked up and gave them a voice! That issue should be revoked, but under this SCOUTS it would never happen….

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:33:53 +0000

Jeff Sharlet, author of ”THE FAMILY” is upstairs at the Mothership!
God’s Senators

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:45:53 +0000

Those things have value, I don’t mean to denigrate them and you should be proud, but the way you couched your statement implies that fighting AGAINST the system was somehow more successful than fighting WITHIN it.

I’m willing to be persuaded, but I just don’t see evidence of that.

By: tejanarusa

tejanarusa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:38:20 +0000

You have a way with words, dakine01.

And I would add to Boo Radley’s list — the fact that we have a public option still on the table, and so many Congresscritters coming out in favor of it just lately.

Art45 might want to take some time out of his career-polishing publishing to read Eric Boehlert’s Bloggers on the Bus, paying special attention to his portions about [I say with huge pride] Our Jane.

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:31:39 +0000

We need posts about tax law.

What the hell is a tax lawyer doing lecturing Jane about fighting the goddamn system?

Come’on Art, if you are what you say, let’s see it in a Seminal post. I understand hiding your identity. But don’t hide talents that you say you have from this community. From behind a pseudonym, you can really help us.

What about the tax dodges that banks use by buying life insurance policies on their top executives. You could really help us by exposing that.

There’s a lot of ignorance in this community about tax law the dodges the GOP uses to foist more of the tax burden on those who can least afford it.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:28:57 +0000

I dunno, but I think Jane is asking what success you’ve had against the evil fucks, since you imply that her actions resemble tilting at windmills.

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:28:26 +0000

FDL and others kicked Lieberman out of the Democratic party in CT. JoLie had to spend $350,000 to buy votes in the primary just to be able to stay viable in the general. That sucked other resources from Rove. That probably got Webb elected in VA, which at the time, no one predicted.

Without FDL and other blogs, I’m not sure if we would have gotten a guilty verdict on Libby.

Jane and other blogs’s been key in organizing against the banksters.

FDL and other blogs just came damn close to stopping the War Supplemental.

Jane has been extremely strong forever on glbt rights. I’d say she’s kicking ass on that one on the state level.

You have no clue how valuable Jane was during the general, keeping liberals quiet on Palin, so Sarah couldn’t cry martyr. That allowed Sarah to self-destruct.

FDL and other liberal blogs have put a serious dent in the WaPu and NYT’s purveying of pablum.

Jane has put Marcy Wheeler’s reporting on a much more sustainable path.

That’s just off the top of my head and it doesn’t include day-to-day running of a very important, popular that has open commenting. She has created a terrific stable of writers, reads every word that’s written in addition to posting frequently.

She’s accomplished all that and a ton more (that I don’t know about) while losing her Mom and surviving major surgery.

By: tejanarusa

tejanarusa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:26:57 +0000

So, if I read this right - the homeless folks holding the places for lobbyists don’t even receive the whole $3500?

Would be very interesting to know how much of it they do get….$35? $350?

I know, a side issue for sure, but illustrative, as you say, of the strong motivation of the other side.
Wish I could afford to donate a competitive amount.

Do we have any locals who can spend the night with the homeless folks to hold a spot?
Geez. I feel a rant coming on, that would reel from one issue to another to another….I will refrain.
Best chance might actually be the Blue Dog rep of Ms Sarkisyan…that’s sposed to be a constituent service, isn’t it?

By: ART45

ART45 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:19:05 +0000

I prefer to keep my identity hidden. Because within my arena I’m well-known.

As for journals: The Journal of Taxation. Trusts & Estates. Others.