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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: sarah palin
Sarah’s Sex Scandal Jumps 14-Foot Fence, Shark Tank
Remember the fence? It wasn’t high enough. In case you haven’t heard, author Joe McGinnis’s new book about Sarah Palin has a salacious sports section: Palin allegedly slept with future NBA star (Glen) Rice when he was a University of … Continue reading
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
Actual, Real, Not-Imaginary Tyrants
It just gets worse. The security outfit Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller hired to manhandle nosy reporters has (A) bragged about being staffed by former Blackwater employees (B) had an expired license. Oh, and Miller ran over an 8-year old … Continue reading
Sarah Pines for Clash of Civilizations
Sarah Palin asks: If those who wish to build this Ground Zero mosque are sincerely interested in encouraging positive “cross-cultural engagement” and dialogue to show a moderate and tolerant face of Islam, then why haven’t they recognized that the decision … Continue reading
Sarah Palin Doesn’t Vomit On Camera
therefore she showed her coolness under fire from impolitic liberals/progressives who probably hang out with terrorists. See how that works? Details here.
Precious Bodily Fluids
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Sam Stein Succumbing To Beltway Syndrome?
Huffington Post’s Sam Stein is one of my favorite writers. An otherwise excellent article about Nevada’s tea party-republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is spoiled by the first sentence: “The Tea Party movement is better-known for its alignment with libertarian, anti-Washington … Continue reading
