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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: July 2009
Wingnut Fail
This one hits close to home. Parker Griffith, my representative in Congress (a Blue Cross Democrat) was accused of “cutting a deal” on health care reform. Except that he isn’t even on the committee they’re screaming about. Talk radio shows … Continue reading
My New Hero
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) puts paid to the nonsense spouted by Republicans about “gummint-run health care:” H/t to Bob Cesca
Malkin Malevolence
Photographic proof that something is really, really wrong with Michelle Malkin: Made by Kyle, from images created by Zirgar.
Birthers Control the GOP
Via Sam Stein at HuffPo, news that a poll finds more than half of those identifying themselves as Republicans either believe the president is not a US citizen or are “not sure.” In June, Paul Krugman said: “at this point, … Continue reading
Fellow Bloggers: A Call To Arms
Oy. A friend just forwarded this to me a little while ago. It’s a trifecta of Wacky, Stupid, and Crazy. And it’s probably infected a million minds already: ================================================== If you haven’t seen any of this stuff, be prepared to … Continue reading
Habeas Corpus: A Theory
At HuffPo, Andy Worthington wonders why Obama is allowing the Pentagon to continue legal proceedings against a Gitmo inmate despite a federal judge’s ruling that the government has “no case:” I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder … Continue reading
Morning Video
Steve Earle’s 1988 appearance on David Letterman: Copperhead Road LYRICS Well my name’s John Lee PettimoreSame as my daddy and his daddy beforeYou hardly ever saw Grandaddy down hereHe only came to town about twice a yearHe’d buy a hundred … Continue reading
Teh Train Wreck™ Begins
“I don’t think Clear Channel really believes that Sarah Palin couldn’t ramble on radio 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, I think they know that America couldn’t handle listening to her for 3 hours a day, 5 days … Continue reading
Glenn Beck Fail
You might think it impossible for Glenn Beck to keep topping himself for Teh Stupid™, but here it is: a rant about sea turtles and otters. Beck’s blowing a dog-whistle here: the bit about spending 80% of the turtle conservation … Continue reading
Birther Fail (UPDATE)
Missouri Representative and Senate-hopeful Roy Blunt doubled-down on the birther Wacky™ today. Greg Sargent asked Blunt spokesman Rich Chrismer for clarification of Blunt’s comments on a video by blogger Mike Stark that made the rounds yesterday, in which Blunt asked … Continue reading
