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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 2008
Happy Halloween
Halloween is supposed to be a holiday, so I’m taking the day off from blogging to get ready for a Satan’s Youth Ministers show over at Old Town Tavern. In the meantime, Get Your War On! Get the latest news … Continue reading
Is Palin Staking a Claim? (UPDATE)
Out of curiosity tonight, I checked every URL I could think of for Sarah Palin in 2012. They’re all “under construction.” The WHOis.com database shows them held privately, which basically says that some anonymous party has staked out the internet … Continue reading
Another Shameless Parody
Remember, remember,On Fifth of November,Mudslinging and derision.I see no reasonWhy catcalls of “Treason”Should ever be forgiven. Joe Plumber and Palin, t’was their decisionTo raise a cry of “Socialism!”Three-score stories of ACORN on FauxTo call Obama’s election a hoax;Through Wright and … Continue reading
Head-On Radio
My blogging time tonight was taken up by a call to Bob Kincaid’s radio show, where we talked about the election and ‘Piltdown Politics.’ I read a poem and had a great time. If you’ve never listened to the show, … Continue reading
Wingnut Robot Pwned!
I’m glad this interview happened. Not only did Joe Biden have an opportunity to demolish the ‘Socialist’ theme, he demonstrated the proper reaction to an ambush: fight your way through. He completely turned the tables on this talking-point dispensing robot.
Piltdown Politics
In 1912, a fossil skull was discovered in a British gravel pit. Some scientists hailed Piltdown Man as the ‘missing link’ between apes and man, but many were suspicious. After four decades and some 250 research papers, Mr. Piltdown was … Continue reading
Jo the Victim
So last night, a 20-year old Texas college student volunteer for the McCain campaign was at a bank ATM when a strange black man assaulted her and took $60. After seeing a McCain sticker on her car, he carved a … Continue reading
