which hasn't joined the New Dems. Clinton bandwagon.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/

Atrios lost me long ago with his insistence that urban development/density was the ticket. When he started advocating for this 'issue' and said it was green and would lead to a car less society my so called progressive Dem. city was gearing up to let the investors/ developers/ real estate, have free rein in demolishing Portland. They said we have to get ready for 200,000 climate change refugees who are coming from SF to live in a cool hip progressive green place. Yeah right.

Years later the rents too high, they are bulldozing houses and old buildings, cutting down tress and building toxic monstrous apartment/condos that are unaffordable to most. They are wedging tall skinny slapped together Mc Mansions between the already dense houses. The narrow neighborhood streets are full of earth destroying SUV's and obnoxious screw you, hipster yuppies who call this progress and green.

I no long self identify as a progressive due to the likes of Atrios, Markos, and the local and state progressive Dems. who I helped get elected. They are demolishing Portland at an alarming rate. Beware of Dem. geek wonk's pushing growth and calling it environmentally necessary and progress. Shanghai investments yeah that's the ticket.

To me bloggers like Atrios and Digby are now part of the problem as they are partisan Dem. true believers. Maybe they have good intentions but gimmie a break. This is not progress and it's not democratic.