Put 9/11 In Perspective
I realize I'm likely to catch hell for this from somebody, to dare to downplay 9/11 on its fifth anniversary. By doing so, I'm either the one pointing out the emperor has no clothes, or I'm the village...
View ArticleThe smell of Republican desperation
A long time ago I placed myself on a Republican mailing list and ever since then I've had the dubious pleasure of seeing how the Republicans play to their base. Behind the cut is Ken Mehlman's latest...
View ArticleThe -true- stakes (Original video)
Hi. So most of you have seen that execrable GOP-produced video entitled "The Stakes," showing images of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda peoples threatening to blow us all up. The video is obviously...
View ArticleUpdated: The True Stakes (Original Video Response to GOP's Fear Ad)
In yesterday's diary I posted a Flash video I've created. It is a one-minute "campaign ad" intended to be a response to the GOP ad entitled "The Stakes." My response mimics the ad's style but has a...
View ArticleWhy Every Republican Officeholder Deserves to be Voted Out
Most people who have been politically active for a long time have made political contacts and acquaintances in both parties. Most people who are politically astute see differences between candidates...
View ArticleDear Democratic Senators- and Representatives- Elect
Congratulations. You did it. Your Herculean efforts and skillful campaigning paid off. You worked hard, you did well. You earned those seats. You earned the majority in the House, and the apparent...
View ArticleTalking Points Emerge: Powerline's Reaction to Libby Verdict
So I've been a participant over at the Powerline Blog forums for a while (an experience which I suggest you do not duplicate, not because it isn't worth it, but because if lefties flood the place...
View ArticleThe Masks Come Off: Power Liners Put Their Misogyny On Display
One of the most difficult topics that seems to come up is the one of female teachers engaging in sex with underaged (usually male) students. A recent spate of them brought up the topic on the far-right...
View ArticleMeta: Let us not celebrate Falwell's death
Yes, Jerry Falwell has died. Yes, he has a long legacy of preaching hate and intolerance - supporting Apartheid, blaming 9/11 on homosexuals, etc. etc. etc. Other diaries and blogs have written the...
View ArticleAmend the Constitution - Limit the President's Clemency Powers
Well, we can all be mighty well and truly outraged at Bush's abuse of his powers to protect his crony and aide, Scooter Libby. But at the core, the problem is, the President's authority to grant...
View ArticleAnother Right-Wing 'News' Source Joins in "Obama Is the Anti-Christ" Narrative
Being a glutton for punishment curious about the narrative right-wing websites try to push on their all-too-credulous readers, I have an account at TownHall.com, and occasionally receive their...
View ArticleEncounter with a Bigot: MN State Fair
In my beloved state of Minnesota, our State Fair is going on. I was, with my family, on an outing to the Fair, and much as I do every year, I dropped by the Democratic Farmer-Labor party pavilion to...
View ArticleDo something you've never done before
I’ve been politically active since I was 18 years old when, at a rally on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol on Martin Luther King Day, 1990, a small, perky gentleman came bounding up the steps...
View ArticleBREAKING: McCain Seeks To Replace Palin (SNARK)
ST. PAUL, MN – Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain is seeking to replace his recently-selected running mate, sources close to the Arizona senator have confirmed.His running mate,...
View ArticleBush to draw down troops - AFTER the election. Wink, wink.
The AP's "sources" inside the Bush White House are now reporting that Bush plans to maintain troop levels in Iraq until the end of the year, and then begin a draw-down in January.That's very...
View ArticleHealth Insurance: Obstacle to Employment
The American health insurance system is broken in many ways, large and small. Whether it's the healthcare-by-emergency-room to which many of the poorest Americans resort, the escalating costs of health...
View ArticleSo what do we do about with the teabag protests?
I'm curious how the teabag protests will turn out today. They've been heavily hyped and the astroturf organizers are trying to tap into the anger of a small right-wing base and mobilize them to give...
View ArticleAn entirely puerile diary
Well it started here when I made an offhand remark about certain fair-weather patriots now wanting to secede from the union after lecturing us lefties for the last eight years about citizenship. I...
View Article"Criminalizing Conservatism" asks Hinderaker? Only when conservatives are...
Power Line Blog's wingnuttiest wingnut John Hinderaker is capable of writing blog entries that vary from the embarrassing to the laugh-out-loud ridiculous to the outrageously offensive, but he wrote a...
View ArticleMeta: Political Correctness
It's a term I loathe and which I normally feel has no place in political debate - in its modern usage, "PC" is coined and defined by its opponents and in actuality means "Anything I do that offends...
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