Thursday, January 20, 2005

Reuters and AFP photos   Reuters and AFP photos Reuters photo BUCK FUSH: I attended a counter-inaugural protest this afternoon in Sacramento. While it was nothing compared to the protest in D.C. (above photos), of course -- I would estimate that a few hundred people were there -- it was good to participate in one of the many protests not only in the United States, but throughout the world. There was a lone counter-protester, an angry young white man (of course) wielding a Bush-Cheney '04 sign. While he was quite safe among us pacifistic leftists, I would fear for my physical well-being if I were to display a Kerry-Edwards sign at a right-wing event. (Hell, you can't even get into a right-wing event unless you pass the ideological pre-screening, something I wanted to point out to the lone protester, but I figured that anyone who supports BushCheneyCorp doesn't have the ability to reason or to recognize reality.) Anyway, the photo below from the counter-inaugural protest at the California State Capitol this morning here in Sacramento (which I did not attend) made Yahoo! News' most-viewed photos.   Associated Press photo 10:15:52 PM    Comments []

Who do you think should be the next chairman of the Democratic Party? Simon Rosenberg 5.4% Martin Frost 1.9% Howard Dean 85.7% Wellington Webb 1.4% Donnie Fowler Jr. 2.2% Harold Ickes 2.2% Jim Blanchard 1.2% This is a copy-and-paste of an online poll at standupdemocrats.org. I think it's safe to say that if Howard Dean is not made the chairman of the Democratic National Committee next month, all hell will break loose within the party -- and/or the party will disintegrate. (I know that I don't plan to support the party anymore if it does not change its leadership.) The current Democratic Party "leadership" -- which is centrist (translation: too pussy to take on the Repugnicans), overly focused on fundraising and woefully deficient in grassroots organizing -- blew 2000, 2002 and 2004. Strike one, strike two, strike three -- they're out.  Most of the candidates for DNC chair, including Howard Dean, are scheduled to appear here in Sacramento in a forum on Saturday and I'm attending. (I'll give you a full report.) It will be interesting to see Dean in person. I'll try to resist the temptation to ask him to give us a little scream. 7:51:39 PM    Comments []