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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Selling Iran, Part Two
This is what we face in trying to stop the march to war with Iran: The words “terror, terrorism, and terrorist” are used fourteen times in four minutes. “Al Qaeda” is mentioned four times. The word “arson” is used exactly … Continue reading
Selling Iran, Part One
“From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August.” – White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card on advance public relations for the invasion of Iraq. In fits and starts, the marketing blitz for an attack … Continue reading
SiCKO
My girlfriend took me to see Michael Moore’s SiCKO last night. I was expecting to be amused and outraged, which is pretty standard for anything Michael does (and is why he’s such a target of conservative scorn). But SiCKO was … Continue reading
Sociopath-in-Chief
The Commander-in-Chief isn’t affected by low poll numbers. He isn’t psychotic, deluded, or irrational. But he is certainly deceitful and manipulative. He has a glib, superficial charm, appearing intelligent enough; yet when he meets with people, he rarely asks questions … Continue reading
Neverending Worry (a Parody)
To the tune of “Neverending Story” Zero groundLook at your TVIn his faceThe nightmare we have seenThe terrorists are everywhereThey’re hidden in your mindThey’re calling you long distanceIt’s the reason for our neverending worry OccupyA random countryBomb them allFor your … Continue reading
Swiftboating for Kids
Once again, Republicans are for the children until they are against them. Time Magazine ran an article this week about Graeme Frost, the disabled child who spoke out for SCHIP and got swift-boated for it. Once again, it’s shoot-the-messenger time … Continue reading
Visiting Socialism
“If S-CHIP is creeping socialism, then maybe it’s time more Americans found out what socialism looks like.” That was my thought today as I left the VA medical center in Birmingham, Alabama, where a courteous and professional staff gave me … Continue reading
Ron Paul as Ralph Nader?
Chris Weigant said it yesterday, and I have to second him: Ron Paul is the spoiler candidate for 2008. After failing to gain the Republican nomination, his run as a Libertarian is likely to put a Democrat in the White … Continue reading
The Torture Fallacy
You, sitting there reading this. Sit still. Do not move. We are coming to get you. You have been accused of crimes against America, and your only hope is to confess. We have prepared a cell in a secure and … Continue reading
Decider and the Duck Hunter
A shameless parody. The son was stumping steadily,Stumping with all his might;He did his very best to spinHis troubles smooth and right–And this was odd, for in Baghdad,The lights were off at night. Pundits spun so frantically,Because the favorite sonHad … Continue reading
Firestorm
Well, I started a firestorm with an Op-Ed in my local paper yesterday. For those of you who don’t live in the south: welcome to the one-party system. As much as you hear about the “solid south” voting for Republicans, … Continue reading
