2016-03-19 18:53
This post has been a long time coming.I was very proud to be a progressive blogger, especially in the run-up to the 2008 election, where I did my part here...and through the blogosphere, hel… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
On Sunday, the New York Times published a rare Maureen Dowd column. What made it so rare? It was both clever and insightful. I had forgotten the last time Ms. Dowd had written anything subst… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I posted the following on AmericaBlog today. I thought it worth repeating here:More than anything, if President Obama does not investigate the abuses of the Bush administration, which should… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I don't get shocked by anything anymore, but this goes beyond the pale.Bristol Palin, who had a baby out of wedlock, and remains unmarried, is now a spokesperson for abstinence. And she is d… Read More
2009-04-28 04:48
Just found this on YouTube, it is pretty funny. Unless, of course, you are Karl Rove...or Michelle Bachmann Read More
2009-04-27 20:09
One of the closest people that the GOP has to a moderate Senator is Maine's Susan Collins. In order to get her to side with the Senate Democrats on the stimulus bill, Collins had certain dem… Read More
2009-04-19 17:55
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyI almost did not post this, because Stephen Colbert does not have embedding capability on the net. However, Friday ni… Read More
2009-04-17 02:34
I don't really get what President Barack Obama is thinking, but I am continuing to be disillusioned by some of his decisions.The latest is his decision to not seek to prosecute those in the… Read More
2009-04-15 23:04
I could barely watch Fox at all today. The network was not just reporting on a protest. They organized this entire teabag hysteria and crossed the line. Nobody can argue after today that Fox… Read More
2009-04-13 19:04
In an earlier post, I had written about the hysteria over President Barack Obama's upcoming commencement address at Notre Dame University. I have to give Notre Dame credit, however, at least… Read More
2009-04-13 18:01
Rush Limbaugh has done it again. The Supreme Alienator, who once built his reputation with repeated references to 'femi-nazis,' continues to insure his irrelevance in 2009. According to his… Read More
2009-04-11 04:29
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyThis has to rank as one of the most hilarious news segments ever on cable network television. Rachel Maddow has a len… Read More
2009-04-10 20:55
I need to start out by making very clear that I do not regret being one of the people who worked to get Barack Obama elected. As disappointed as I am, a McCain-Palin victory would have broug… Read More
2009-04-04 20:59
It keeps getting more and more surreal to watch the GOP in action. On a day where the main GOP talking point was to blame President Obama for the collapse of Wall Street (as if the economic… Read More
2009-04-04 15:30
Remember back to the good ol' days of 1981 when 15 year old Brooke Shields said that "nothing" came between her and her Calvin Kleins? If not, just click on the above video from brookenook.c… Read More
2009-04-01 22:08
Continuing their recent imitation of lemmings, steadily careening off a cliff, the tone-deaf House Republicans unveiled their new budget...and CEOs everywhere applauded.Just who benefits fro… Read More
2009-04-01 19:21
The 'party of no,' with a lot of hooplah, put their cards on the table yesterday. As promised, the GOP, who had been criticized for their vehement opposition to the president's budget, witho… Read More
2009-03-27 15:51
I find the rudeness and hysteria shown by some Catholics, over the invitation by Notre Dame University to have President Obama speak at the commencent, to be hypocritical and bizarre.Accordi… Read More
2009-03-24 18:52
I don't know about you, but I think the right-wing nutjobs are falling all over themselves, trying to be the leader that drives their followers over a cliff.The latest entry in the 'Ann Coul… Read More
2009-03-17 19:29
On the first day of his visit to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI has come out with a statement that will cost countless thousands of people their lives. He has claimed that the use of condoms does… Read More
2009-01-29 00:51
Rush Limbaugh, he of Oxycontin fame, must be loving life these days.After saying that he wants President Obama to fail, Limbaugh gets rewarded with publicity when the president and his spoke… Read More
2009-01-26 18:19
It was on January 26th that Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, made the following comment about the chances of a recession, in testimony to the Senate Budget Committee:"It is a low pr… Read More
2009-01-22 01:38
First of all, my apologies for having not posted since my last entry about the loss of my beloved dog.The grief has been far more pervasive than I could have imagined and, combined with majo… Read More
2008-12-31 20:34
It was hard enough writing in my blog yesterday, I did it as a diversion to take my mind off my sadness. But these last few days have been pretty awful for me.On Monday morning, my best frie… Read More
2008-12-30 19:42
Apparently, my commentary on the GOP was more on the mark than I realized.In my last post I feature the "Barack, The Magic Negro" video and included a link to the NY Times article that sugge… Read More
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