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Re: Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
05/14/12 4:48 pm
You can add this to the list of idiocies. –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Closet Romney
05/13/12 9:58 am
As Bill Maher said in his monologue on Friday (one of the more prescient comments), in most salons, the guy wielding the scissors is the ga...Re: The Democratic Party Marijuana Evolution
05/11/12 3:48 pm
Buy stocks in marijuana too. It goes to a good cause and you make some money on the side. If marijuana is so bad, why is it that there are ...05/09/12 2:47 pm
I swear, I wrote this last night, and I had no idea what was coming today.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 10:37 am
My thoughts on this are going up in a comic later tonight. Good news is, it appears the President listened to them before they even got ...Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 6:03 am
I was so disappointed when I heard the news about North Carolina this morning. There's still a lot of work to do.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 2:26 am
Thank you. I could not have said this better. The more they bemoan and bully the President for a response, the more divided the Democrats l...05/08/12 12:39 pm
This makes perfect sense. My problem is that I have come to dislike organized religion so much, feel so cynical about it, I don't know...Re: #StopRush, ALEC, and the Howard Stern Category
05/08/12 11:59 am
Like “class warfare,” it is only wrong when we fight back. Sounds an awful lot like every bully, everywhere, doesn't it? –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak
05/08/12 6:46 am
Rachel Maddow is rooting for Ron Paul...and thinks the current president has too much power - like there ARE two other branches of governme...05/04/12 6:55 pm
"All men are created equal... Sam Colt made them that way." Great stuff.Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 4:45 pm
Hey, great advice. Make absolutely certain your children grow up in a constant state of seething rage and resentment. What could possibl...Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 1:08 pm
The only reason I entertain speculation about Limbaugh's sexuality is that it fits the pattern of the homophobic authoritarian. Expect more...Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 8:46 am
I read and hear things. Saw once where this Baptist preacher got in some trouble for liking young boys just a little TOO much. There's th...
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
