Great and powerful words from yesterday...and today in Alaska
Great intellectual contributions all of them. As President Eisenhower noted in 1960: "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience....
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald destroying NPR's Alicia Shepard, not even funny
A bit of a background for those who are unaware of the "debate." The lady in question defends NPR's use of the BS meme created by Bush-Cheney with regards to exchanging the word torture for the phrase...
View ArticleUnintelligent by Design
These folks from Ohio, were onto something when they argued against the "flaws" in the the "theory" of "Intelligent Design", back in 2000: "The intelligent design people say there are too many holes in...
View ArticleThe Poetry of Sarah Palin and Donald Rumsfeld
I have to say that I find Mr. Rumsfeld's work to be of "great quality" but, nevertheless, Mrs. Palin's "body of work" is catching up...quickly. Some examples will serve to illustrate my point: * Sarah...
View ArticleOK, I've had it
OK then, in the Front Page right now we have a diary talking about Ben Pershing, a Washington Post "reporter" who defends the coverage done by his paper, concerning the "birther-lunatic movement" as...
View ArticleWhy the "Kenyan Birth Cert" is a fake (take 2) - (thinking out loud)
First, just let me tell you how I know that the "certificate" is a fake: BECAUSE IT IS FAKE, PEOPLE. Is this site seriously engaging in this type of drivel? Why? How is this "fun" or productive? How is...
View ArticleThe Original Rickroll
Hey, where is "luntzie" when you need him? (Warning!!! some words and lyrics are highly offensive) Furthermore...
View ArticleSatire - CNN's Lou Dobbs just showed some footage of what "Obamacare" could...
Lou said this on screen: Note what happens in the 45 seconds mark...an American hospital's "ER room" might look like that in the future!!! Then, Lou, sponsored by AETNA, followed through...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald writes about last night's election: "Turning From the Base"
A night of "comebacks" I guess. Not that many people "missed me" but I am back in between down time (thanks to the Gods, I have a lot of work and writing to do) More importantly, once again Glenn...
View ArticleWe Can Work it Out!
Nothing else to add...it's hard to think of any other non-current artist or group that still commands attention and record sales like the Beatles. It's no stretch to say that, as a group, the Beatles...
View ArticleI really, really, really like Obama!!!
I really, really, really like Obama!!! OK so I supposedly belong to the "angry left", but I am "OK" because... I really, really, really like Obama!!!
View ArticleI dare you, I double dare you, say "that" again: "it's the left's fault!"
To make it very clear to you, let me quote "DA MAN": Because some here were trying to actually say that last night! (more below the fold)
View ArticleUS Supreme Court version of Eisenhower's Military-Industrial Complex Speech
"My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office ...as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority...
View ArticleThose Darn Krauts
Its Friday night, so allow me to write about...nothing in particular Furthermore...
View ArticleGlenn Beck, the Ultimate Insult and other musings
Something needs to be said about this obscene rally organized by Beck, out of decency, out of shame, out basic common sense. Leonard Pitts Jr., African-American columnist, reminds everybody the context...
View ArticleFive Myths About The Bush Tax Cuts
This debate is so fundamentally important for the future of the nation that I will discuss portions of an article written by William G. Gale published by the Washington Post (title in the headline)...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Top 10 unfulfilled pledges (C'mon Man)
Warning, political criticism follows...(I will be critical of a Politician...Gasp!!!) 1.PROMISE BROKEN. Mr Obama said he would "not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an...
View ArticleThe Obama Presidency (Thus Far)
I was reading the comments of Howard Fineman, a man who is a beltway boy so is not like I am going to tell you that his words are the gospel, however, they are a good introduction to the topic: Obama's...
View ArticleObama sure is wrong on the issues, but He is not "Dangerous"
I am one the biggest critics of the President's political decisions and with all his "maneuvering" he has embraced the GOP "worldview" for the most part. I want to revisit a diary that I wrote...
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Ducks-Beavers (Oregon-Oregon State) - Civil War
What??? No Oregon-Oregon State Civil War, the most important college football game evah diary to comment on? Heavens, how "Un-American" of you guys, why is it that You Hate America?
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