Category Archives: Politics
Then again…
…maybe I didn’t write him off too soon. (What I”ve been saying lately, but probably more coherently.) This country needs a hero, and all we can manage to get is cardboard cut-outs. /sigh
Couldn’t've Said It Better Myself
It’s going to be hard to do a worse job running America than the Republicans have, but if anybody can do it, it’s the Democrats. —PJ O’Rourke
I May Have Written This Guy Off Too Early
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze – a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many. [...]
1984
On my wall at work is a button I’ve had since about 2002. It says simply “Bush/Orwell 2004.”
The Clear Skies Act allowed more pollution, the Healthy Forests Act caused more trees to be cut down, the Patriot Act scarred the Bill of Rights, No Child Left Behind was a step toward privatizing public education, the [...]
To Impeach or Not To Impeach
I’ve been trying to figure out which side of the debate I come down on. On one hand, there’s a great deal of accountability to be sought. On the other hand, reaching across the aisle to get past this bullshit mean-spirited partisan politics could (would?) be a good thing. On the other hand, bipartisan politics [...]
Pat Tillman’s Brother
Kevin Tillman speaks out.
It is Pat’s birthday on November 6, and elections are the day after. It gets me thinking about a conversation I had with Pat before we joined the military. He spoke about the risks with signing the papers. How once we committed, we were at the mercy of the [...]
On George Allen
George Allen (R-Macaca)* is in a lot of trouble these days over some insensitive—or maybe just plain ignorant—remarks. I suspect he really is a racist prick, but I haven’t followed enough to know that for sure. Probably the worst I could say about him based on what I actually know is that he’s a meat [...]
On Bill Clinton
MSNBC’s Olberman has been creating a buzz over the last month or two on the webs, but honestly, he’d never hit my radar until this stuff recently. He’s right anyway. “Our tone should be crazed.”
It’s, um, interesting—yeah, let’s go with that—that FAUX News has pulled off of YouTube what is still available as a transcript. [...]
Support the Troops, Redux
Veterans for Peace has a “Bush Administration Treatment of Soldiers and Veterans Fact Sheet.”
I’m just sayin’.
Kathryn at 9?
Without regard to the politics of Project for the OLD American Century, I saw this picture the other day and it reminded me of how I remember young Kathryn. The ‘toon is a little more freckled and surly, but other than that, I think she’s a dead ringer. Must be the hair.
