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My Buddy died today..suzie the wonder dog

This is just a quick diary .Almost a year ago, I think, I posted a diary wanting some advice from folks on when was the right time to let a beloved pet go.I got lots of advice and I appreciated it so...

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I quit my job today

So I decided to quit my job at Smithfields ,where I would cut meat for 12 hours a day 6 days a week .I miss the great folks i worked with they were some of the hardest working people i have ever known...

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lost a friend over the SOTU

So a face book friend of mine "Tim" and I have had many spirited debates on face book .I am the liberal bed wetter he the fox newser conspiracy believer.Last night I just couldn't take it any more and...

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I quit smoking

8 months ago I quit smoking but to be honest I switched to E-vapor electronic smoking.So I'm still addicted to nicotine but don't get all the other bad stuff with tobacco .I wanted to write this short...

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Why the south was unprepared for the recent weather event

Could it be possible that the reason for the south not being prepared for all the snow and ice was all the cost cutting the teabaggers have been doing? It's true, storms like the one we just had ,don't...

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Love seeing papa John"s poster boy humiliated

Just saying as a New England Patriot's fan its all the more sweet but knowing papa johns is sucking eggs is awesome!!!!

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LOVE COKE!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/... classic coke commercial

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My wife was rushed to WakeMed cardiac intensive care this week

My wife just came home from the cardiac intensive care unit at WakeMed yesterday .She was at her primary care doc's office having a base line EKG done because of some fainting spells she had and her...

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California beef slaughter house sold meat from cows that had cancer?

I was reading a story from Huff-post just now about a slaughter house that was caught butchering and selling meat from cancerous cows. We shouldn't be so shocked and amazed as a former meat cutter my...

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Why do the commercials work ?

So I'm on utube looking at trying to listen to a few songs and I would click on a video and the commercial would work fine and i would be subjected to the whole 28 seconds but the video wouldn't work.I...

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So you want to intervene in the Ukraine

I have been listening to the right wing talking heads go on about how weak we are and how we should do something about Russia going into the Ukraine.Thought we didnt have any money ??? piles of debt...

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We aint gonna take it anymore lol

As a child of the late 1970's and early 1980's this one song explains the anger the right wing has for America.The authoritarian power base woke up and realised that going into the future their...

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Will the DEMS ever go on offense

Just a question or a plea but why won't our party go on offense?We need our leaders out there with a loud and clear message if the rethugs win big in the mid terms social security,minimum wage...

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Rush wants to win children's book of the year !

Ok so on the face of it i'm disgusted to think of young minds reading propaganda but besides that I would love to see him not win the award for obvious reasons so maybe a bunch of us can vote against...

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Rush Limbaugh the author?

So I put up a diary about Rush wanting to win some award for his children 's book "rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims" or some such shit. Was hoping to get a bunch of people to go the the web site...

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Wage theft and capitalism

I have recently seen several stories about wage theft and blue collar folks taking the 1% to court and winning in some cases like this one about Domino's in N.Y. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.... My...

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It's not a hate crime...

is all i've heard today on right wing radio .It is intermixed with" but libs didnt want to call the fort Hood shooting a few years ago terrorism".and blah blah blah BENGHAZI !!! It made me smile .They...

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Died In The House .com

Will the parasites that prey off the paranoid teabaggers get any more crazy in their pursuit of fleecing all those gullible right wingers? The title is a website that was advertised on patriot politics...

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Thought we were broke?

So the weeping man says we should give the President what ever he needs to fight ISIS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... but I thought we were broke?.Where are all the cuts to the budget to "pay for"...

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Just heard on RUSH lol

So I was listening to rush and a "caller", "David in Tampa" said that his son loves the rush revere books that Rush supposedly wrote.Rush asks the man why the books made such an impact on his son and...

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Ebola in N.C.?

Early breaking word .We might have a ebola case in N.C. Well that will be all Kay Hagen needs ...The silly party afraid of their own shadow will ride this train for alls its worth .I guess we can just...

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I know exactly how the next 2 years will go

I live in a deep red county east of I 95 in N.C. I work for the sheriffs dept.I know exactly how these folks will operate because i got a front row seat during the budget battle in our county for the...

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Nuclear Capable forces ??????

MSNBC reported today that the Russians are moving "nuclear capable forces" to the border of Ukraine ..What exactly are nuclear capable forces? Any large artillery piece can shoot nuclear artillery...

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Obama makes good on immigration, DOW adds 125 points

The day after obama's historic speech on immigration the DOW adds 125 points and stays in record levels .I guess the sky wont be falling anytime soon. Doesn't the republicans know the rich donors love...

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Gas is $ 1.63/gal

Just a short diatribe .How can there be such a huge difference in price between the wholesale price and the price at the pump? Oil has been dropping like a rock for a while now and yes gas has dropped...

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My wife has cancer

We found out just before X-MASS the doctors had found a mass on her pancreas .The doctors did a biopsy and cat scan and confirmed stage 4 pancreatic cancer that has spread to her liver .They told us...

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I just can't believe its happening

My wife ellie who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in December has her good days and bad.We have been married for 25 years .We have been around the world  together not literally but ya...

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Right Wing Wet Dream

The state of North Carolina has private contractors that fulfill some of its DMV functions.Its funny because it exposes the innate problem with private business doing government jobs .The right wing...

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Cancer won my family lost

I had planned to write a series of diaries about and for my wife and her battle with pancreatic cancer but it wasn't to be. I wrote the last diary jan 18 2015 and had figured that we would have months...

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Thanks YA'LL ,DAILY KOS

I wanted to drop a line or two to let you all  know how much I appreciated the support and kind words this winter when my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away feb 20th. There was...

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My wife's poem

When my wife got the word that her cancer was terminal she set forth to get our bills and stuff in order so it would be easier for me after she left .One of the things she organized was a notebook that...

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Trump the Manchurian candidate?

Could Trump be so vile that its too vile to be true? He has donated to many democrats and causes in the past and he has expressed contrary ideas. Could he be in "deep cover" double agent mode? I guess...

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MEGAN KELLY suspended??!!

Just a quick note today but as I was looking through my facebook feed I came across a story about Kelly from FOX news is on a unplanned vacation?? Wonder if she getting thrown under the bus by good old...

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white middle aged man goes to jail ,,go figure

Read this story today on Huff Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... .This was a hoax crime against the black lives matter community and justice got served. The man in question spray painted his own...

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Saturday-hate-mail-a-palooza

I don't know about any of you all but I miss the hate mail-a-palooza diaries. Maybe we can start a petition and kos will show some compassion !!

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Please god let it be a teabagger gone wild

 I know this may sound a little crazy but hear me out. I do so hope this shooting in calif is the act of a right wing teabagger type person cause if it turns out to be a terrorist god help our country...

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NEED SUPPLIES FOR OUR REVOLUTION!!!

thedailybanter.com/… So the militia guys that took over that wildlife  refuge had sent out a request for needed supplies.Many around the country answered their call and started mailing them all kinds...

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Really?

Just a quick question. The news reported that the police used a claymore mine attached to a robot to kill the sniper in Dallas…..Why do the police even have mines????????? These are defensive weapons...

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ON BEHALF OF ALL LAWYERS I APOLOGIZE TO YOU

That is what my friends new lawyer said to her after reviewing the case file which took 2 weeks to get from her old lawyer she fired because of incompetence.  If you live in North Carolina there aint...

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MOSCOW MITCH!

Moscow Mitch is who he is! I filled out 25 post cards to him today sent to Moscow Mitch russell senate  ofc.build. 317 Delaware ave.NE Washington D.C. 20510 today..Maybe we can get more of these sent...

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I'm a Vet no thanks required

I am a vet.I joined the army during the first gulf war as a artilleryman.I’ve served all over the world and ended my service at ft Bragg NC as a paratrooper.I  just read another post from a vet saying...

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I am a recovering Boomer

I just finished reading the post by KOS talking about how religion is on the decline and find my soul to be conflicted. It was a great read. It reminded me of so many things that I have been trying to...

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so have you heard the one about President Biden

www.breitbart.com/...Found on Breitbart.com just now That the president’s lawyers turned over classified documents from the Obama presidential time period that were found in an office that president...

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TRUMP IS GETTING ARRESTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a few lines here today . Breaking news Trump posted this morning on truth social he is getting arrested this Tuesday and put out a call to his supporters to take to the streets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Horse rescue needs some help

UPDATE: Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 · 3:06:19 AM +00:00·lightartyDK has raised over 4000 dollars for the rescue thanks so much ! UPDATE: Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023 · 7:04:40 PM +00:00·lightartyWell apparently...

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The house passes a clean CR !

well the speaker calls the crazy caucus’ bluff it’s over people and now the count down clock begins to the speaker getting canned lolol 

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We aint gonna take it lol

This is why the right wing is so mad these days.Being a child of the late 1970's and early 1980's these songs were our anthems and the authoritarian right saw that things were going to change and their...

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Wage theft and capitalism

I have recently seen several stories about wage theft and blue collar folks taking the 1% to court and winning in some cases like this one about Domino's in N.Y. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.... My...

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So much for fences

This diary is not to start a pie fight or take any stance on the attack on Israel but to point out the obvious . The border between Israel and the Gaza strip was one of the most heavily defended border...

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IT IS WHAT IT IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I have been on DK for like 15 years . T.U. Full MOJO and for the very first time got a comment removed, a donut tossed, a pie thrown at me as it were  . I was shocked ! Shocked I say . I was a...

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