Forget Jindal. There Was Something Even More Hilarious.
And that hilarity was the absolute, unabashed hypocrisy of the GOP members of Congress.Did you notice it at all? Did you?As much as I liked Obama's speech (and damn you, Mr. President, for making me...
View ArticleCorrecting A Terrible Misconception About the Assault Weapons Ban (AWB)
OK, I've seen several diaries already about Eric Holder's announcement about reviving the Assault Weapons Ban. And there is something I'd like to clear up in the debate.Setting aside the...
View ArticleDear Rush: You Can Come Debate Me Instead
This Rush Limbaugh thing is getting surreal.Limbaugh is issuing a challenge to the President of the United States to debate him on his show:But I have an idea. If these guys are so impressed with...
View ArticleDOJ and the FISA Lawsuit: The Lawyers are Doing Their Job (Updated)
After reading throughout the Netroots some of the concern vis a vis the latest Motion to Dismiss filed by the Department of Justice in the FISA lawsuit, I thought I would give my perspective, as a...
View ArticleIn Other DOJ News...Free Paul Minor
A fellow Kossack alerted me to this story, so I decided to give it a little more sunlight, particularly because it is time sensitive.Paul Minor was a prominent Mississippi attorney who was a heavy...
View ArticleOh Noes! Wingnuts Ain't Gonna Like This...Stimulus Projects UNDER Budget
Overshadowed by the pirate rescue mission, the Easter Egg Roll, and the new Obama puppy, the little reported news is that the stimulus package may actually be, well, working.That, of course, is enough...
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RIP Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
A sad day for baseball and Detroit Tiger fans everywhere...Mark "The Bird" Fidrych has passed away at age 54 in an apparent accident on his farm.
View ArticleMedia Starts Doing Job 7 Years Too Late
Excuse me, but I need to get something off my chest.In two days, two recommended diaries highlighted mainstream media talking heads, in the form of Shep Smith at Fox News and Norah O'Donnell at MSNBC...
View ArticleTeh Stoopid, It Burns!!! Or...Elections Have Consequences.
I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to be amused...or upset...or just shaking my head at the pathetic. But I think I'll take Door #3, please.Let me state the foregone conclusion that seems to be getting...
View ArticleIt's OK to Hate...So Long as You Condemn von Brunn
That seems to be the message the white seperatist movement is clinging to today, through one of its chief spokesmen, John de Nugent:"The responsible white separatist community condemns this," he said....
View ArticleMaryland Republican Group Likens Obama to Hitler (UPDATED)
Yeah, I know. Seems like right wingers like to toss out Godwin's Law any chance they get when it comes to our President. So it's not that surprising, but...given this is a local issue for me, I...
View ArticleMaryland Republican Group Takes Down Obama/Hitler Comparison
Some of you may have seen my diary from a few days ago highlighting a post on the webpage of the Republican Women of Anne Arundel County by the group's president comparing President Obama to Hitler....
View ArticleHey, Sen. Coburn, You Already GET Public Health Care
There are days you are overwhelmed by the stupidity of Republicans in Congress.And then there are days you get to watch Tom Coburn in action.Coburn, in some sort of attempt to be cute, proposed an...
View ArticleThe GOP's Punk Job on Health Care Reform
So, this is how the post-Obama GOP operates. Bereft of any ideas of their own, any electoral strategy worth a fig, here's what they've come up with to save their hides: Manufacture dissent via...
View ArticleShut the Hell UP!
My Friday rant today is pointed right at the heart of the GOP leadership. For the most part, I've been amused at the crazy rantings coming from the Right these days, but for some reason, this whole...
View Article20 People More Deserving of the Nobel Prize -- The Wingnut Edition
Amazes me how we all go a-twitter about awards. Granted, it's the Nobel Prize and all, but we're debating it with the same passion as, say, the Oscars or the Heisman Trophy.Seriously, people, it's...
View ArticleI'm Betting On McCain
Listen, I know times are tough. But I'm putting my faith in President McCain. The man ran on a clear vision for the country, and that's why we elected him. And while I realize folks might not be...
View ArticleIn case you hadn't noticed...
Hi.This diary was inspired by a comment by Adam B in the current set of dueling meta rage diaries about something I'm not clear about, don't really have a position on, and don't really care about.It...
View ArticleCalling all Marylanders...Fundraiser for Judd Legum November 14th
Hi all,Just wanted to use my diary today to promote an event that I happen to be hosting for Judd Legum. As many of you may know, Judd is running for Delegate in Maryland in District 30. You may also...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance
As all of you, I'm appalled at the poster being featured in the front page diary at this moment. It portrays victims of the Dachau concentration camp, and equates them with "national socialized"...
View ArticleLost Opportunities and Lost Friends
This diary has been ruminating in my head for the past several weeks, but I wasn't able to actually write it until now. Don't ask me why...sometimes you aren't ready until the muse actually strikes....
View ArticleDebate the Mandate, But Don't Call it Unconstitutional
Before proceeding to read this diary, do me a favor. Google the following phrase: "health care mandate unconstitutional." I'll wait...OK. Notice anything about what came up as links? If you were...
View ArticleI Don't Know Jane Hamsher.
I've never met her, though been in the same room with her. Same goes with Markos. And quite a few (but not all) of the front pagers.And yet, I wish each of them peace and good wishes for the New...
View ArticleHuh?
OK, I'm not usually big on a. response diaries or b. short diaries, but something is amiss here.I'm speaking of this rec listed diary.Premise of said diary is that Rep. John Shadegg, conservative...
View ArticleOh noes! Treating a Terrorist Like a Criminal Actually Works
Remember all the hubbub those on the right had about Christmas underwear bomber Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab? That treating him like a criminal and having the FBI interrogate him was the wrong thing to...
View ArticleThe Combustible Mix of Populism and Hyperbole
I'm probably as populist as they come, in a lot of ways. I cut my teeth in politics working for "America's #1 Progressive Populist", Jim Hightower. But when populism dives into hyperbole, it's a...
View ArticleI'm Done Trying to Convince the Willfully Ignorant
I'm done.Absolutely, 100% done.Part of my job as a Democratic activist is to try to persuade voters to vote for my party and my candidates. But on this health care issue, I'm just not going to do it...
View ArticleIf Defending My Party and President is a Sin...
then call me a sinner.Simply put, while I've been fighting the battle for civility and reality on this blog for a long time (most recently in a diary from last December), I cannot agree with the...
View ArticleChange the Channel
Meteor Blades had a good diary up earlier today about the meta-storm that went on the last few days. Set out some new rules. Called for a clean slate. Like I say, good stuff.Looking at just a few...
View ArticleThe Bet -- Updated
Folks, we've devolved into more meta about the President's recent appeal to turn out the vote in 2010. And I suppose that is OK, for what it is worth, but I wanted to comment on the actual substance...
View ArticleThe Constitution is Apparently Not Good News for John McCain
There's absurdity, and then there's loopy.John McCain, in apparent attempt to grab hold of the mantle of neo-con nuttiness where the last administration left off, apparently thinks that it is a...
View ArticleHe's Long Gone: A Tribute to Ernie Harwell
Ernie Harwell passed away yesterday. It was not unexpected. He was 92, and less then a year ago he was diagnosed with bone cancer. Ernie may be unknown to you, unless you were a baseball fan. For me...
View ArticleLaw: Obama Stimulus Package Gives Billions to Job Training in U.S.
Hmmm...gee. I read David Sirota's diary and was a bit flummoxed that President Obama's administration, apparently through USAID, was actively outsourcing 3,000 jobs to Sri Lanka to the tune of $20...
View ArticleGibbs!
Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs "commie liberals" Gibbs Gibbs "professional left...sucks" Gibbs.Gibbs? GIBBS?!? G-I-B-B-S??? Rat bastard Gibbs!Greenwald! HuffPo! Klein! Schultz! Maddow!GIBBS!Obama?No, GIBBS!
View ArticleYou First, Rep. King
Ok. You might have heard Stephen Colbert testified this morning in Congress for the "Take Our Jobs" campaign done up by the United Farm Workers. The point of this campaign, of course, is to...
View ArticlePundit Scapegoats the President
(Note: This is meant as a funny to show that the diary in question is about as productive as this one. As such, it is self-parody as much as it is parody. As Bob Johnson might say, "This helps.")I...
View ArticleA "Bipartisan" Idea We Can All Get Behind
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has a truly bipartisan idea: at the President's upcoming State of the Union speech, rather than having the traditional seating arrangement split among party lines, the...
View ArticleBREAKING: MD House of Delegates Judiciary Committee Advances Same Sex...
Great news out of the Free State. After a week of goofy wrangling, delegates backpedaling, then recommitting, the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee advanced the Civil Marriage Protection...
View ArticleVote Against FDR in '44
Executive Order 9066 is a crime against our constitution. It allows for the indefinite detention of US citizens by the military inside the US - without a trial. It is the worst law ever handed down by...
View ArticleGovernment Waste! Off with Their Heads!
Oh, the Washington Post blared the headline today. Brian Williams called it one of the worst "fleecings of America" last night on the NBC Nightly News. Seems as though the GSA got caught in a big ole...
View ArticleYou Always Double Down on 11
In the mid-90s cult hit "Swingers", protagonist Mikey heads out to Vegas with playboy buddy Trent for a night of debauchery, starting with the blackjack tables. Trying their best to look like whales,...
View ArticleArithmetic.
"Arithmetic!" It was the signature line of President Clinton's speech to the DNC a month ago as he explained what the great secret formula was to balancing the budget. Democrats got a kick out of it,...
View ArticleHow the Last Eight Years Has Created Concern for Obama's Picks
OK. Robert Gates. I get it. Lots of people don't like the pick. Ditto Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State (which, frankly, is the only head-scratcher so far for me, given the baggage she...
View ArticleSo, What Will It Take to Make You Happy?
I pose this rather obtuse question because, frankly, I thought we would all be happy, at least in a political sense, given the results of the 2008 election. Some things to ponder about Obama's...
View ArticleThe Story of Barack Obama and Rev. Joseph Lowery
Phoenix Woman has a great recommended diary on Rev. Joseph Lowery, his bio, and his role in the inaugural ceremonies. In seeing that diary, I wanted to share a story I heard just a few months ago...
View ArticleMy Report from the West Side of the Capitol
Hello all. Well, we made it. It has been quite a surreal day, to be sure.First, the obvious details. Yes, everybody is thrilled. Yes, it was pretty cold out there. And yes, I can now say until the...
View ArticleThe Change Started With Him
Not so long ago, right after the election was over, there was a fierce fight going on in the progressive blogosphere. It centered upon all the picks Obama made with respect to his Cabinet, and whether...
View ArticleObama is NOT "Triangulating."
Alright. I'm seeing this start to pop up in threads already. Odd, considering Obama has been President all of a week, but apparently, he's already thinking about 2012 and to some, Obama is now a...
View ArticleLieberman Thinks Torture is a Punch Line
Sigh. You really have to wonder about those elite inside-the-Beltway types and their sense of humor.Last night, at the weird ritual known as the Annual Alfalfa Club Dinner, outgoing club President Joe...
View ArticleLet's Get Ahead of the Curve on This One
With the news that Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name to be HHS Secretary, it's time for the netroots to consider some names they would like to see in that position and start pushing one, and hard.When...
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