ADIOS AMERICABLOG

This site will no more link to Americablog. Despite the commonality of views of this Presidency as well as other issues in our country, LOST has frequently felt out of place in visting and posting there as a progressive straight person. Earlier this week, Americablog's founder, John Aravosis, posted an accusation that the DNC had fired the Committee's gay outreach liasion in retaliation for comments made by that person's significant other. In the postings that followed, Mr. Aravosis displayed a complete lack of objectivity in reaction to this alleged injustice, railing and deleting posters who expressed even benign opposing views or suggestions that the DNC's actions may have been justified for other reasons. At the same time, Mr. Aravosis left up a number of posts which concurred with his view that were revolting and distasteful, at least in LOST's opinion.

So, my 4 loyal readers, if you want to visit Americablog, feel free. I'm just not providing an automatic link to them anymore. Please check out Media Matters for America, a great source for keeping tabs on what the Right Wing echominators are raving about presently.

AND NOW FOR A QUICK REMINDER


. . . Of what LOST believes in.

LOST believes that a great nation cares for its poor and powerless
LOST believes that war is a terrible way to resolve conflict, but that in our history it has been occasionally necessary
LOST believes that Afghanistan in 2003 was necessary, but not finished.
LOST believes that going into Iraq was the biggest military blunder of the 20th and 21st century.
LOST believes that the preceeding will not prevent Bush from making the same mistake in Iran.
LOST believes that media is dumbing us all down and that if you want to know which celeb is sleeping with whom, you should have to reach across the checkout counter (to the tabloids) in order to find out;
LOST believes that the truth about the JFK assasination hasn't been told - but that it will be, someday.
LOST believes that the Global War on Terror makes even less sense than the plan to "Save" Social Security
LOST believes the US should bring the troops home from Iraq now.
LOST believes in impeachment. Cheney goes first.
LOST believes that gay people are born, not made or "turned."
LOST believes that most "transgenders" belong in therapy, not in surgery.
LOST believes in Faith, but not in Hierarchy
LOST believes that Affholter juggled the ball out of bounds, and that Dickerson was out of bounds, too.
LOST believes that bin Laden is deliberately free and alive.
LOST believes the US is a great country, in a world which has several great countries.