Cross-posted at HuffPo ## My God, we have lost our country completely. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) stood ALONE on the House floor last night for nearly five hours reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. Yet this has not been mentioned once on US news tevees (with the exception […]
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The 2008 Republican National Convention aims to recruit 10,000 volunteers who will be needed to help with: * Welcoming delegates at airports and hotels * Assisting with transportation logistics * Working with security teams * Supporting convention operations at the Xcel Energy Center * Providing guest services and […]
The Wall Street Journal - Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?: Here’s a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world’s largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand? And […]
Scotty Talks (More) June 10th, 2008 by Celeste Fremon Tuesday ight Scott McClellan did his first bookstore gig tonight in Washington, DC, at Politics & Prose, the popular independent book retailer on Connecticut Ave. The jammed to the rafters crowd (an […]
My friend Davey Henreckson has agreed to join me on The State as a special guest co-host once a week! It’s great to have him on board! Get the latest episode of The State at Klaxn.com: The State Ep06: The Evangelical Manifesto, Global Warming and Evangelicalism, The Ethics of Voting, and Other Stories
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Phrases I Never Thought I Would See In Print “The Kathleen Sebelius experience” The story also points out that Sebelius couldn’t even deliver Obama her home state if she were his running mate, but so what? It’s six electoral votes, and it’s probably not a state that he’s going to be counting on. […]
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I’ve been reading old material about Carl Stokes in preparation for a panel session at Cleveland State University on June 19. (See: http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum/events/06_19_08_stokes.html). Of course, it’s a momentous time to think about the achievement in 1967 of Stokes when he was elected the first black mayor of a major American city. […]
Whom do you think John McCain should select as his vice presidential running mate? Willard “Mitt” Romney Condoleezza Rice Jeb Bush Mike Huckabee Bobby Jindal Donald Duck is the same age […]
From the New York Times. President Bush has ordered federal contractors to participate in the Department of Homeland Security’s electronic system for verifying the immigration status of their workers, greatly expanding the reach of the administration’s crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants. An executive order, signed by the president on […]
Parliament is ignoring ‘New Great Energy Game’ in Afghanistan, says MP Posted on June 10th, 2008 The Hill Times, April 14th, 2008 Economist identifies Afghanistan as a strategic ‘energy bridge’
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Report Takes Aim at ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype of Asian-American Students - NYTimes.com Waste of money? Why would you want to fight a positive stereotype? You don’t want people to think we’re smart?
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Zathras says… Jun 10th, 2008 by Mrs. Who Many of you know that my blog was named for a character on my favorite Sci-Fi show of all time, Babylon 5. I’m wondering if Chris Muir is also a Babylon 5 fan. You know him…the marvelous creator of the comic […]
Contrary to many folks upset with Rep. Dan Boren’s decision to not endorse Obama, but saying he will hold his nose and reluctantly vote for him anyway, I fully understand. After all, Dan’s been elected with that same sentiment for years.
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The other day, I was driving along in my car thinking about all the hoopla that surrounded John McCain’s place of birth in the Panama Canal Zone and the fact that the media went crazy - demanding to physically see his birth certificate. What about Obama’s birth certificate? Go and read all the buzz […]
It’s an exciting time in America! June 9th, 2008 — News, Politics It’s an exciting time here in the United States! Citizens are glued to their television, waiting to see what will come next! I mean really, it’s rerun time, which means time to catch up on al those precious show you […]
If you were hiding under a rock, here ya go! (via Kottke)
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Mother Jones with one of the better roundups I’ve seen on Obama’s VP Options. I’m not really sure who I’m rooting for at this point. Bill Richardson is my first choice to actually hold the job, but I’m not certain if he’s the best choice in terms of strategy. I don’t think he’s […]
Paul Weir — Presidential Candidate Avman Comments (0) Exclusive — Must Credit Louisiana Conservative Dot Com I am happy to announce that we here at Louisiana Conservative have been given exclusive coverage of Paul Weir, candidate for the Presidency of the United States! We have already dispatched reporters to his […]
—Purple Avenger This is a rather amazing article, go read it all.In an interview, Sheik Ahmad al-Rishawi told The New York Sun that in April he prepared a 47-page study on Afghanistan and its tribes for the deputy chief of mission at the American embassy in Kabul, Christopher Dell. When asked if he […]
A long road trip with five children means lots of books to read. McKay’s has always been one of our favorite places to visit. Since they changed locations, we go less often. Yes, it’s easier to get in and out of the parking lot and there is a lot more parking space, but the […]
” The financial condition of the world’s most exclusive dining hall and its affiliated Capitol Hill restaurants, cafeterias and coffee shops has become so dire that, without a $250,000 subsidy from taxpayers, the Senate won’t make payroll next month.” Dianne Feinstein: “It’s cratering,” she said of the restaurant system. “Candidly, […]
Wow! Amsterdam, 9 June 2008 A 115-year-old woman who remained mentally alert throughout her life had an essentially normal brain, with little or no evidence of Alzheimer’s disease… …according to a study in the August issue of Neurobiology of Aging. The findings question the assumption that Alzheimer’s disease or […]
namely, the man who would think he has even a snowball’s chance in the jet blast of an F-15 in afterburner of becoming Virginia’s junior U.S. senator. I give you . . . . . James Gilmore. Yes, James Gilmore, whose administration gave me more than enough to […]
I really do have PLENTY to write about related to race without even touching the Presidential election and I suspect that once you open the door to that topic, it might be difficult to close it again. Consequently, while I have posted the occasional campaign related mention because I couldn’t help it or out of […]
McCain’s campaign is wasting no time in courting former Clinton supporters to their side. While I find this completely unbelievable, I have to remember that most people don’t follow politics and have no idea what John McCain’s record is. That is where the DemoMemo.com comes in. I’m here to give women ten good […]
By Barry Foy, Special to the Ethicurean The glimmer of international celebrity outshone the chandeliers in Tokyo’s most expensive hotel on Sunday night, as heads of state, movie stars, and tycoons gathered for what trendspotters predicted would be the party of the year. Flanked by reporters and bodyguards, the glitterati feted […]
Moving to the next generation of broadband technology could deliver huge economic rewards, says a new UK report. According to the BBC, the report says that broadband with speeds of up to 100 Mbps would give a boost to productivity as people did what they do now more quickly, by getting more out […]
From the Post: Rockingham County resident millionaire Walter Curt is the Virginia Republican Party’s new finance chairman. Curt, an anti-tax activist with close ties to the conservative wing of the party, has given nearly $800,000 to GOP candidates in Virginia since 1997 […] In 2007, Curt and his company were the single biggest […]
Fresh from teh intarwebs… 1 - Chicken Little and the Death of Short Fiction by Neil Clarke “Every few months, leagues of Chicken Littles run to the rooftop to proclaim the impending death of short fiction.” Yup. And then the articles about the fight-back don’t mention the ‘zine you run. And […]
This evening, the mas macho member of the US House of Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced articles of impeachment against President Bush in a 35 count indictment on the House floor. It’s not going to happen, but think about it: 435 members of the House and only ONE has the nads/brains/morals to do this? And […]
Obama’s flag pin flap came back into the news a while back because… well, he started wearing it again. He said: You know I started wearing it again at that veteran’s event because once again I had been handed the flag by a veteran who said it was important. This is an issue […]
US Marines Ignore Taliban (Record) Cash Crop (of Opium) to Not Upset Afghan Locals=slogin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taliban Raise Poppy Production to a Record Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take Away the Taliban’s Opium Cash Crop!
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There’s the usual hedging, but this is the most positive MSM piece I’ve seen in a long time, as you can see from the snippets below. But recent substantial gains by the Iraqi army, flagging insurgent violence and civilians reclaiming a sense of confidence have produced expectations that are higher than at any […]
I’ve asked myself time and again what the “party elders” are thinking. Apparently it’s beyond me because I can’t figure it out. I don’t go in for conspiracy theories, and I think we have to look at how people really operate. I tend to think decisions at this level are pragmatic in the extreme […]
Don’t Elect Somebody this Ignorant of American History or the Constitution June 8th, 2008 Here’s a video of John Huckabee McCain claiming not only that America is a Christian nation, but he is also (apparently) implying that Barack Hussein Obama is Muslim. Huckabee McCain is also saying that only Christians are […]
McCain is collecting $58,000/year in disability? By media girl hmmmm…. permalink | media girl’s blog 1 comment tags: disabilities election election 2008 John McCain politics Republicans 1 8 June 2008 - 5:44pm
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Pathetically, I was watching FoxNew’s “Geraldo at Large” on Saturday night. Here’s a brief interview he had with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Geraldo asks him whether he considers himself a man of color: Yep. Red, white and blue.
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Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post wrote the other day, about Obama’s victory: For Barack Obama in June 2008, Ulysses Grant in April 1865 offers a useful role model. After a long and brutal civil war, Grant sought Robert E. Lee’s surrender, reminding him of the “hopelessness of further resistance” and urging […]