Menu for tonight's debate
So after lurking for two or more years, and finally signing up for an account last month, I found myself with a bit of a writer's block. I read the front pagers, the recommended diaries and a fair...
View ArticleNot you, Tom
While watching the extended coverage on MSNBC, I noticed how Matthews and others were puzzling over the response of the senior Senator from Arizona when he was asked who he would choose to be the...
View ArticleHidden Message from Stephan Colbert
In his "The Word" segment tonight entitled "Fantasyland" Colbert sent us a hidden message. While discussing the immanent threat of cartoon characters voting, he demanded we use the time-tested method...
View ArticleA medievalist's look at voting
I am a twenty-seven member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval recreation/re-enactment/living history group. Every six months, each kingdom (a one to ten state regional group) holds a...
View ArticleSarah in 2012? Please, No!
On a number of diaries since October, there has been a recurring theme that sets the writers and commenters nigh on to giddy. They envision a future set of events and see it as the best possible...
View ArticleLawrence O'Donnell schools Kati Abrams on Hardball
It is painful to watch. The rage that she showed yesterday is exposed as totally underinformed. She was the one who ranted against Arlen Specter (Specter-PA): What will you do to restore the country...
View ArticleSean Hannity and Swine Flu
Today as I was driving, I tuned into Sean Hannity for a dose of "Know thy enemy." Hair-tearing as it always is, it is fun to listen to their insanity on open display. But today, in the process of...
View ArticleHappy Guy Bachs Day!
Expanded from an Open Thread Comment, but probably still not a full diary. Remember, remember, the fifth of November, As teabaggers and dumb birthers plot. With no sign of sanity She conspired with...
View ArticleMy trip to the Tea Party
Today at noon, I visited the Tea Party Tax Day rally-o-rama in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I arrived about 15 minutes after things had started, parked about three blocks away, and was already seeing a...
View ArticleA Tourist in Zuccotti Park
I am in New York for a few days of mixed business and pleasure. When I mentioned to the trimgal that I would be dropping by the occupation zone, she insisted, "Don't you dare get arrested. You have...
View ArticleColbert Report suspends taping
True "Friend of the DailyKos", "The Colbert Report" suspended taping for last night and tonight's episodes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
View ArticlePresident Obama embraces trimguy's suggestion
In this morning's speech on the Buffet Rule, President Obama spoke of one of his predecessor's campaign for a equitable tax rate for CEO's and their secretaries. Of course the punchline was (and I...
View ArticleHappy Birth Certificate Day
It was a year ago that the White House released the long demanded "long form" of President Obama's birth certificate, silencing all critics and reminding Orly Taitz that her ill-gotten 15 minutes were...
View ArticleWe have reached endgame
Endgame: the late stages of an activity, when previously gained advantages are played out, and few surprises remain. In chess, it is often marked by an emptier board, as many of the more powerful...
View ArticleCampaign Ads arrive now?
I live in northwest Arkansas, a red section of a red state (though there are occcasional pockets of blue). I have had the luxury of missing most of the campaignn ads save for what have come across the...
View ArticleNot that I endorse Wayne LaPierre's proposal...
But it would be fun to ask those who back it how to pay for it. My answer, "Tax the sales of semi-automatic guns and ammunition clips holding more than twelve rounds." Rough calculations below the...
View ArticleShark jumping of the ultimate degree: Gohmert votes for Allen West for Speaker
Just heard this on MSNBC as they were overcommenting during the Speaker Voice Vote:Louie Gohmert (R-Insanistan) voted for the recently booted Allen West for Speaker of the House.Words fail.
View ArticleLuke Russert wrong again
In his lead-in to the current report on the Senate races, little Luke horribly mis-states the situation:
View ArticleFraming "birthright citizenship"
Just a short comment... The big discussion of the past few days has been about birthright citizenship v. anchor babies. Even using the term birthright citizenship seems fraught with ...something or...
View ArticleA true patriot hurries back to Congress to break an impasse
It was a brutally hot July, and the Congressional delegation was deadlocked. One man could sway the vote, strike a blow for the American people. Though ravaged by cancer, this well respected soldier...
View ArticleTrump's Gift: DC Statehood?
I am wondering if the President's military takeover of DC will have a long term unintended consequence. The District's inability to restrict Federal forces, be they Bureau of Prison riot forces,...
View ArticleJosh Duggar arrested for Child Pornography
Demonstrating that he has the morals necessary to be a Republican, particularly a Republican representative from Florida, Josh Duggar has been arrested for receiving and possessing materials depicting...
View ArticleJosh Duggar sentenced to 151 months (12.5 years) in Federal Prison for Child...
Noted scum-bag and sister molester was sentenced to 151 months in Federal Prison after his conviction for Child Pornography. He was arrested April 29 of last year, and convicted on two counts on...
View ArticleMarch for Choice, June 24, 2023?
For almost fifty years, the March for Life has showed up on the National Mall to demand the right to intrude upon the choice that a woman has over her own body. Every January 22, the anniversary of the...
View ArticleIn Northwest Arkansas, the Walton Art Center says no to drag
Northwest Arkansas Equality has announced that the Walton Arts Center in downtown Fayetteville has denied them the ability to book the facility for NWA Pride in June for any event that would allow...
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