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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: November 2008
The Legend of Grandpa
This is the eulogy I read at my grandfather’s funeral two years ago. There’s no need to embellish the life of John R. Allison. He did so much. He arrived in Japan in 1945 as a lieutenant with an accounting … Continue reading
Saxby Chambliss is a Sack of Sh-t
Not content with sitting out the Vietnam War and then getting into office by smearing a disabled Vietnam war hero, Saxby Chambliss has consistently fought against health care for veterans, armor for troops, and the new GI Bill. In a … Continue reading
Prince George’s Legacy
Apologies to A. A. Milne Prince George was not a good man —And in his latter days,World leaders did not shake his hand,Much to his amaze.At G-20 meetings,When lining up on stage,They whispered of his ruined brand,And did not offer … Continue reading
Bush and the SOFA
The Decider was in such a hurry to complete a Status Of Forces Agreement with Iraq that he made some major concessions. Actually, he kind of conceded the whole War on Terror thing. In what has to be the strangest … Continue reading
Letter to the Times Daily
Printed in the Times Daily today: To the Editor: Among Pastor Kincaid’s listed reasons for not voting for Barack Obama, printed here last Friday, was this gem: “When Barack Obama said that he was proud America is no longer a … Continue reading
Goodbye, Scott
The summer of 2004 was hot. Alabama hot. Sweltering when it’s not baking. The kind of hot that has the mosquitoes sneaking indoors just for the air conditioning. Even the hardiest types never go outdoors until sundown in that kind … Continue reading
China May Buy GM if We Don’t
Yesterday I made the unthinkable suggestion that Congress should buy the Big Three automakers instead of bailing them out or letting them go into bankruptcy. Today, Emptywheel over at FiredogLake points out that Chapter 11 probably won’t work in the … Continue reading
Don’t Bail Out Detroit. Buy It
Regular readers know my penchant for counter-intuitive thinking. Contrast the prospect of a $25-50 billion bailout of the auto industry with the market capitalization of all three automakers put together: about seven billion. That’s right — put together, the Big … Continue reading
Timeline: 2011
The Iraqi Parliament will vote on a security deal with the United States that requires full withdrawal of US troops by the end of 2011. It’s not precipitous, but the deal would put American troops inside bases after next year. … Continue reading
The Troll Song
I hate trolls. No, that’s not strong enough… I despise comment trolls with the white-hot intensity of a thousand burning suns. Few things actually propel me to murderous intention. Comment trolling is one of them. Today, a comment troll popped … Continue reading →