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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...
Tag Archives: politics
Pencils, Pens & Primaries
By Magic Love Hose A confession: I actually don’t have a problem with the idea of primarying a sitting President on its own merits.
Morning Awful: Sarah Courts Cycle Culture
It isn’t how ridiculous Sarah Palin appears waving from the back of a motorcycle, but how ridiculous the media appears by fawning over it. And isn’t it amazing how a “vets for (insert Democrat)” sign never winds up in frame … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Jon Huntsman Appeals to the Youth Vote
Possible GOP contendah! Jon Huntsman explains his time working for Obama in China thusly: Speaking to a commencement ceremony crowd of several thousand at the University of South Carolina, Huntsman cast his decision to serve as U.S. ambassador to China … Continue reading
Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 1
April 7, 2011: When Alabama’s new Republican House majority moves to vote on a bill that would make abortions illegal after the 20th week of gestation, Democrats filibuster. The result is an unflinching conversation about the priorities of faith-based politics. … Continue reading
Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 2
Dexter Grimsley questions Kerry Rich, sponsor of an abortion bill, on his understanding of the medical science of fetal pain; Barbara Boyd questions the majority’s overreach; Alvin Ward reminds the sponsor about the costs of previous suits brought against the … Continue reading
Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 3
Christopher John England points out the bill’s problematic disagreement with Supreme Court precedent; Pebblin Warren discusses infanticide and back-alley abortions as the unintended consequences of abortion restrictions; Joseph Mitchell attempts to amend the bill to use the word “fetus” instead … Continue reading
They Are The Fear They Want Us To Feel
In the aftermath of the Second World War, America experienced an economic boom that created the largest middle class on Earth. The problem, of course, was this prosperity did not extend to everyone. An immense underclass existed, especially for minority … Continue reading
Marxist Conservatism
I spent entirely too much time this morning reading an essay about Karl Marx at OpEd News. This caught my eye: Where Marx’s doctrine didn’t fit the reality of social struggle, as in Russia, China, and every other country that … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Alabama Crimson Tea Tide
Alabama is officially a red state at last. Republicans own the state house for the first time in 136 years: Stewart attributed the Republicans’ taking of the Legislature for the first time in 136 years, as well as every state … Continue reading
Rally For Sanity
By Marc Mitchell Two things: I don’t get out of bed at 3AM on a Saturday for just anyone, and I certainly don’t take five hour bus rides for the hell of it. So imagine my surprise, this past Saturday, … Continue reading
