If Barack Obama is the Democratic Party nominee, who will be his Vice President?

Wah! She is too mean!
Wah! He is too unelectable!
Wah! He is too weak!

WAAAH! If that person is the Democratic Candidate for President I'm staying home / voting Independent!

And here I thought the purpose of dKos was to get Democratic candidates into the House, into the Senate, and into the SMEGGING WHITE HOUSE!

(w/ poll)

[This is the second edition of this poll.]

Most Presidents leave behind some kind of reminders to mark who they were.  Sometimes this legacy is a general one, e.g. George Washington as 'The First President'.  Or happend before they became president, e.g. Thomas Jefferson as 'Writer of the Declaration of Independence'.
Some presidents have multiple legacies to remind people of them.  For instance, FDR with 'New Deal' and WWII, or Abraham Lincoln with the 'Emancipation Proclamation' and Civil War.

[Poll after the jump.]

Just up at Boing-Boing, Cory Doctorow reports that one Jenni Engestrom is the new Deputy CEO for Public Affairs for the Dems' National Convention.  Jenni Engestrom is the Director of Communications for the Recording Industry Association of America.

Head over to Boing-Boing to read the press release.

Poll after the jump.

Most Presidents leave behind some kind of reminders to mark who they were.  Sometimes this legacy is a general one, e.g. George Washington as 'The First President'.  Or happend before they became president, e.g. Thomas Jefferson as 'Writer of the Declaration of Independence'.
Some presidents have multiple legacies to remind people of them.  For instance, FDR with 'New Deal' and WWII, or Abraham Lincoln with the 'Emancipation Proclamation' and Civil War.

Sometimes the legacy is mostly or entirely negative.  I can say 'Depression' or 'Watergate' and everyone can name who was president.

[A poll after the jump ...]

Public school teachers make up the largest, most accessible sector of the United States' intellectual class.

They are the cannon fodder in the War on Thinking.

Public school teachers are the largest constituency that represents a government-funded social program.

They are the cannon fodder in the War to Starve Government.

This is most likely a repeat post, but here goes;

Making the round (h/t John in DC)

REMEMBER WHEN you displayed your flag on the front porch on the 4th of July, and you didn't have to worry about whether it would be misinterpreted as support for a corrupt president and his administration?

REMEMBER WHEN `Support the Troops' meant equipping our military with everything necessary for battle, instead of just being a catchy phrase that looked good on a bumper-sticker?

REMEMBER WHEN your tax dollars paid for things like improved education and social programs, instead of making Halliburton shareholders millionaires?

The money quote in the article was

I later relayed this story to my adviser here at CMU (this happened at PNC).  She said I should have said something like "it's for my girlfriend to get an abortion."  While it would have been interesting to see the teller's response, this brings up a very serious point: bank tellers are now in the same position as pharmacists in that they can deny you service because of differing ideologies.  The difference though, is that the bank scenario is a lot more serious as they are sitting on your money (whereas in many cases you can go to a different pharmacy).

Follow the link to find comments on /. made by Mac users defending their support of President Bush.

So here is another poll, "What OS do you use?"

(Hattip to Light of Reason.)