Levi, Thou Art Free

I can’t say that I was surprised by the news that  Sarah Palin’s daughter is not getting married.  Frankly, I’m surprised that they waited until this long to do what was obviously inevitable after McCain’s loss.  I mean, two high school seniors getting married is the kind of life-altering stupidity that you can only afford [...]

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Rush just keeps on giving the Democrats gold.  Apparently today he spent a bit of time alluding to Ted Kennedy’s imminent death (with all of his trademark tact).  What a classy bitch.
But seriously, the Democrats should really move away from the whole “Rush as leader” thing.  I don’t have any self-describing Republican friend who even [...]

Who They Are

I really liked this story about Rush Limbaugh telling conservatives to take back the nation.  Especially for this quote:
We conservatives have not done a good enough job of just laying out basically who we are, because we make the mistake of assuming that people know. What they know is largely incorrect, based on the way [...]

Equal Opportunity Gaffe Machine!

Two gaffe’s:
1.  Joe Biden apparently thinks that the internet has numbers…like phones.
2. Bobby Jindal cannot fathom why the government would want to spend millions of dollars on volcano monitoring.
Again, I can’t help but notice that the Democratic version suggests that the speaker is dumb, but the Republican version suggests an assumption that the people watching [...]

The Courage of Their Convictions

I know we’ve been doing a lot of politics around here recently, but there’s a lot political to be done.  I was particularly taken by this story about six governors who plan to refuse part or all of the federal stimulus money.  The Governors (Republicans, all) of six of the most forward-thinking states in our [...]

Fine in Moderation.

I just saw my first high fructose corn syrup commercial by the corn lobby (I don’t watch a lot of commercials these days).  A quick perusal of youtube suggests that there are more than the one that I just saw, which is this one:

In the commercial’s defense, I do believe that [...]

Unabashed Advocacy: A Moment of Your Time

If you have a spare moment, might I encourage you to go to this website and send a letter of support to Texas state Senator Rodney Ellis and Representative Patrick Rose for their efforts to remove the heavy handed and woefully ignorant creationist element of the Texas State Board of Education.
It doesn’t take too long [...]

Oh…That’s Why.

Being that I have had a large amount of free time on my hands recently, I have been perusing the back catalog of HBO documentaries on the cable box.  I happened to watch “Right America:  Feeling Wronged,” a documentary about the final descent of the McCain campaign.  Admittedly, it is a select portrait of the [...]

News that Doesn’t Surprise

This just in.  Rush Limbaugh is a Disgusting and Treasonous hypocrite.
“Why do we have to accept the premise here that because of the historical nature of his presidency, that we want him to succeed? This is affirmative action, if we do that. We want to promote failure, we want to promote incompetence, we want to [...]

Shows What I know

Turns out I just don’t get it.  My prediction of three days ago that change.gov would become the portal for all things Obama administration has fallen flat on its face.  Turns out that the President has decided to move it all over to  White House.gov.  Visitors to change.gov get a polite and ornate redirect.
Fine.  I [...]