Fred Thompson once saw himself as being made of Presidential timber. What a joke. Tuesday Obama speech marks end of combat ops in Iraq. If Obama had had his way, Saddam would be making that speech in Baghdad. #ftrs #tcot
Reading Jane Meyer’s profile of the Koch brothers reminded me of two things. 1) Conservatism and what is wrong with it. Q: What is conservatism? A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy. 2) Conservatives want to rule, not govern.
I watched some of the Beckapalooza and I gotta say that it was moronic beyond belief. Then there is this: Ricky Thomas, 43, a SWAT team police officer from Chesapeake Beach, Md., brought his 10-year old son Chase to the Beck rally. “I wanted my son to see democracy in action,” Thomas said. He said [...]
I don’t use marijuana, and this link is to NORML, but this page is very interesting. Preclinical data recently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation demonstrating that cannabinoids may spur brain cell growth has reignited the international debate regarding the impact of marijuana on the brain. However, unlike previous pseudo-scientific campaigns that attempted to link [...]
Paul Krugman takes down Paul Ryan’s tax cut plan. From his column: So why have so many in Washington, especially in the news media, been taken in by this flimflam? It’s not just inability to do the math, although that’s part of it. There’s also the unwillingness of self-styled centrists to face up to the [...]
Tucker Carlson tries to pass himself off as a journalist, but he is just a lying pile of shit. He used to be on television, but that passed. He has a web site now that doen’t bear linkage. He outed a email list center and left leaning journalists that was run by Ezra Klein. He [...]
I saw the headline, “Ten worst Iraq war books” and wondered which ones they could be. 1. Tommy R. Franks: American Soldier 2. L. Paul Bremer III: My Year in Iraq 3. Ricardo Sanchez: Wiser in Battle 4. Janis Karpinksi: One Woman’s Army 5. Douglas Feith: War and Decision 6. Richard Myers: Eyes on the [...]
I should have added this to my “We are all going to Hell” series because it is about the way we live and the things we do that show us unworthy of the wealth of Earth that we have been given. From Foreign Policy: Niger river delta in Nigeria, oil spills equivalent to one Exxon [...]
There is a Facebook group called sarahpalinisamoron. If there wasn’t, I was going to create one. Love this: I raised this dynamic with an experienced political web operative — who did not want to go on record antagonizing Palin — and this pol argued that while Palin can drive magazine covers and book sales, her [...]
The Seattle PI has an article up about www.stopgreed.org. Let see now long before the Blethen paper writes something about it. What is Stop Greed? Glad you asked. Joel at the PI knows. Who’s behind ballot Initiatives: A liberal guide An ambitious new website, titled stopgreed.org, seeks to give financial footprints to big corporate and special [...]