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DaveyS is a 5th-generation Texan now living in California, a proud liberal (product of the public education system in North Texas!), and a staunch critic of conservative policies that are destroying our nation.

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(59 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 19, 2009
Young preacher tasered, beaten at Arizona traffic stop for refusing to submit to warrantless search Young preacher Tasered, beaten at Arizona traffic stop for refusing to submit to warrantless search
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pajamas Media.com - unbelievable conservative website Today I stumbled across something called Pajamas Media.com - they have a youtube page as well. It is an unbelievable conservative website with articles and short videos bashing the left and liberals.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 17, 2008
Universal Health Care None of the health care reforms currently proposed cut the mustard.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Brasscheck TV.com shows us the real truth of what we are up against. If we don't stand up and say the right thing when called to do so, we are not living up to our highest potential.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 22, 2010
Five gay men arrested in Kenya Five gay men arrested in Mombasa, Kenya; Mobs call for death by fire Posted at LBGT Asylum News
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 21, 2010
Why We Should Fly Naked This Thanksgiving. I propose that we wll show up to the screening counter with our luggage and boarding passes and not one stitch of clothing. It's exactly the kind of prank Ben Franklin would have approved of.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Sentencing Reform Proposition, in response to the Stanford rape case We can easily remove racial bias from sentencing with one simple change.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 16, 2008
Time for Progressives to confront the right-wing Doublespeak It is way past time for us to take control of this debate, which has been framed in such a way as to demonize any sort of wealth redistribution, even when basic human needs are the focus.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 26, 2014
UGANDA - Human Rights Emergency unfolding for LGBT's Human rights atrocities are unfolding and will take a serious turn for the worse unless action is taken RIGHT NOW. President Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda, with a penalty of life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality."
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Twisted Logic of Medical Insurance Companies: My Personal Battle A personal account of a health care issue, which points out that we are missing the boat in the current health care debate - that necessary health care is a human right.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2009
Case Study: Costs of My January Back Surgery. Case study of the costs of my January 2009 back surgery in Southern California. Who's cooking the books?
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 30, 2009
More Universal Wisdom to Chew on. Third in a series of articles prepared strictly to try to interject some of the Universal Wisdom being articulated by the scientists and philosophers of the day, this article asks what Progressives are going to do about the Church.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Gay Rights Battle: Senate Filibuster and DADT are the biggest wastes of time and money in recent memory. We are going to rise above this toxic level of existence. We are going to push back by ignoring, and by no longer accepting the bigoted arguments as though they have any credibility whatsoever, because they don't. And those who continue to adhere to the bigoted beliefs will just have to suffer the marginalization that it brings to them. But we have to organize.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 23, 2007
Return to the Separation of Church and State Call for the GLBT community to claim their rights under the Consitution.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 11, 2009
And Now for a Perspective Other than the One You Will Get from the Mainstream. So I sit and contemplate how we got here. I am totally blown away by all the Happy Easter ruckus that is going on.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Translating Universal Wisdom into the political debate. Building on the theme started by my most recent article, in which I announced that "Poverty will end when we decide it will end, and not one moment before that," I am going to begin a series of articles for the purpose of introducing Universal Wisdom into the political debate.

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