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Tag Archives: Politics
An open letter
Dear Massachusetts: Congratulations! You have now retroactively voted for Richard Nixon. Love,Me
A Perfect Storm of Stupid
It’s always weird when one comes into contact with the way a rabid right-winger views the world; they just don’t see things the way the rest of the world sees them. At all. It’s often breathtaking and creates cognitive dissonance … Continue reading
Pass it. Now.
I see, in various places, that deals are now in place to secure the 60 votes needed to end debate on the Health Care bill in the Senate. Setting aside the staggering insanity that we’ve now reached a place where … Continue reading
Fly it.
Surely if the Supreme Court has affirmed the right to burn the flag — and rightly so, in my view — than one also has a right to fly the flag. When I first heard about this, I figured it … Continue reading
Huh….
I’m as big a supporter of President Obama as anyone, but even so, it doesn’t seem to me that he has a record of accomplishment yet to warrant something like the Nobel Peace Prize. I’ll grant that he gives people … Continue reading
The wanking of the wankitrons
Color me kinda-sorta amused by the outbreak of right-wing joy at Chicago’s defeat (along with Tokyo and Madrid) for the hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games. First, there’s the odd spectacle that these people are actively rooting against the United … Continue reading
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Seeking the Middle?
UPDATE: A correction is posted below. An interesting discussion is going on at Tor.com over an old issue: should one make decisions on novels to read on the basis of the authors’ political views? Specific examples cited over there are … Continue reading
Ye Gods
The more I think about it, the more glad I am that the Democrats didn’t nominate John Edwards last year. Boy Howdy, what a piece of work that guy has turned out to be.
Pailin’ in comparison
If there’s a stupider person in American public life than Sarah Palin, I don’t want to know about it. Of course, I’ll bet there is a stupider person out there, because there’s always someone stupider. But boy howdy, is that … Continue reading
Make it stop.
Oh my God…the “Birthers” are so insane that Ann Coulter has called for them to shut up? We’ve managed to find a group on the right that is so far out there in Cuckoo-land that Ann F***ing Coulter thinks they’re … Continue reading