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Edwards In For `08
I like John Edwards. I’ve always liked John Edwards. So reports claiming he’ll soon announce he’s running for President in `08 make Southern Beale a very happy girl, indeed. Merry Christmas to me!
I’ve heard some folks knock Edwards for his focus on the issue of poverty. This comes from both sides of the aisle. Some folks see it as a coldly calculated maneuver designed to position Edwards in the best possible light for a Presidential run. Yeah, the poverty issue has always been a hot seller with voters, right up there with cutting taxes and banning abortion. Read the rest of this entry »
Right-Wing Columnist: Tofu Turns You Gay
Yes folks, it’s still the silly season. The people at WingNut Daily, er, I mean WorldNet Daily, have peddled all sorts of lies and distortions over the past few years, but this one takes the cake.
According to the seriously misinformed Jim Rutz, tofu turns you gay. Yes, Rutz writes that soy contains estrogen and is therefore “feminizing”: Read the rest of this entry »
Warren Christmas
As usual, Atrios gets it right:
Look, it’s very simple. There are two Christmas holidays. One is the secular holiday, decreed by the federal government to be a national holiday, which is celebrated and marked with festive displays of trees, lights, fat guys with beards, and elves, along with lots of shopping and the giving of gifts. The other holiday involves a celebration of the birth of the Messiah, and is celebrated with religious rituals and displays of nativity scenes and other religious imagery. Read the rest of this entry »
What World Are They Living In?
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, each time expecting a different result.
That’s about how I felt watching President Bush get testy, then downright angry, at last week’s press conference with Tony Blair. It’s painful to watch Bush struggle to explain why we are still in Iraq and why we will remain there. He and those yes-men left standing seem to think Americans just don’t “get it,” so he will have to explain it to us rubes over and over, until it penetrates our thick skulls. Watching Bush talk about Iraq these days makes me feel like I’m three years old and Daddy is explaining to me yet again why I shouldn’t take the scissors to the cat’s whiskers. Read the rest of this entry »
Dems To Block Congressional Pay Raise
If you had an employee that only showed up two days a week, did a slip-shod job when they were at the office, and kissed the boss’ butt at every opportunity, would you give them a raise? The new Democratic leadership doesn’t think so, either: Read the rest of this entry »
GOP Congressman Complains About 5-Day Work Week
Poor Rep. Jack Kingston! The Georgia Congressman is complaining about the Democrats’ plan to become the “do something” Congress by conducting business at the Capitol five days a week. Imagine that, a five day work week! The horror!
It is to Rep. Kingston. Kingston, whose bio proudly proclaims his rating by the National Journal as 2005`s “most conservative member of the House,” claims the move is anti-family: his family, that is. Read the rest of this entry »
The Real Reason Rumsfeld Is Out?
It seemed a little odd that all of a sudden, after years of complaints about Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush decided it was time for Rummy to go–right after the election. All the Republican pundits said it would have helped the GOP if Bush had sent Rummy packing before November 7. So why the change of heart? Some thought maybe Bush was gaining some humiilty after the thumping at the polls. Maybe he was finally going to listen to those on the other side of the aisle. Read the rest of this entry »