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Joe Biden on Slavery vs Brigham Young on Slavery
Wondered whether Biden's 'in chains' remark that Romney camp land-heaved over-- had any correspondence in Mormonism... re slaves and enslavement. Brigham Young took over as leader of Mormon church in mid and late 1800s. This is part of Brigham Young's 1852 speech (during immense struggle in US in which holding slaves had been turned down by Northern States. At the time … [Read more...] about Joe Biden on Slavery vs Brigham Young on Slavery
On the ‘Leaking of Secrets’ About the Bin Laden Raid (Update)
UPDATE: The Chicago Tribune reports: The former U.S. Navy SEAL who authored a soon-to-be-published book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution. An official al Qaeda website on Friday posted a photograph and the name of the former Navy commando responsible for the book, calling … [Read more...] about On the ‘Leaking of Secrets’ About the Bin Laden Raid (Update)
Guess He Didn’t Get The Memo – But Neither Did Custer
It turns out that Republican National Officers are a wee bit tardy on their history. Paxson: Custer's Last Stand (detail) I mean, Europeans have only been "occupying" North America for five hundred years, and you'd think in that time, the 500 nations contained within the US would have been noted as NOT a single monolithic bloc of "indians." Nope. In an amazing tale of utter … [Read more...] about Guess He Didn’t Get The Memo – But Neither Did Custer
‘Politically Correct’ 2012 Olympics Approached ‘Fascism’ (Yezhednevniy Zhurnal, Russia)
Is the international Olympic movement irretrievably bloated, corrupt, hypocritical and even fascist? From the country that gave birth to the Communist Party - as Saddam Hussein might say, the mother of all bureaucracies - Yezhednevniy Zhurnal columnist Yulia Latinina calls the IOC 'a classic example of institutionalized good intentions ossifying into a rigid bureaucracy' that … [Read more...] about ‘Politically Correct’ 2012 Olympics Approached ‘Fascism’ (Yezhednevniy Zhurnal, Russia)
Quote of the Day: On Mitt Romney’s Obama Birther Joke
Our political Quote of the Day reacts to presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's nosedive into birtherism as well as to a response by a Romney adviser. The New York Times' Editorial Page Editor's blog: Politicians sometimes think they can get away with saying something profoundly offensive or just plain stupid by acting like it was a joke. It never works, … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: On Mitt Romney’s Obama Birther Joke
This Cartoon Seems More Perceptive Than Ever
This cartoon published in May now seems more perceptive than ever: LEGAL NOTICE ON CARTOON: This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Reproduction elsewhere without licensing is strictly prohibited. See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about This Cartoon Seems More Perceptive Than Ever
By the Way, Mitt, Here It Is For Your Perusal
By the way, Mitt, here it is for your perusal. As carried by Reuters and many other news agencies: If Republicans lose this race, they truly need to sue Mitt Romney for political negligence. Who's Romney's adviser? Paul Begala? … [Read more...] about By the Way, Mitt, Here It Is For Your Perusal
Akin’s Gift to DNC (Cartoon)
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Our Troops: They Serve, They Sacrifice, They Die
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Hagenbrock holds his 7-week-old daughter for the first time after USS Louisiana's return from a strategic deterrent patrol in Bangor, Wash., Aug. 20, 2012. Hangenbrock is assigned to the ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana. Americans disagree plenty -- sometimes fiercely -- over which wars to fight, or not to fight; over how to fight … [Read more...] about Our Troops: They Serve, They Sacrifice, They Die
Mitt Romney Goes Birther, Says ‘No One Ever Asked to See My Birth Certificate’
In another move to show that he likes to align himself with the worst elements in the Republican Party, Mitt Romney joined the birther movement by saying " no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate." No, that's too beneath him. Real classy Mitt, but nobody ever asked Obama about his magic underwear, or all hell would break loose. "I love being home, in this place … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney Goes Birther, Says ‘No One Ever Asked to See My Birth Certificate’
Leaving Arizona, North By Northwest
Next Tuesday is departure day, or at least the day the moving company shows up at the front door. My wife and I will stay in a hotel that night and begin our two car caravan out of Scottsdale the next morning. We’ll meet up with the movers again in the north Willamette Valley wine country in the shade of Chehalem Mountain, 20 miles southwest of what one of our former … [Read more...] about Leaving Arizona, North By Northwest
Level-Headed Voters in a “Ridiculous” Year
The economy will go off a financial cliff and take us into deeper recession if Congress and the White House don’t stop bickering to negotiate a sane settlement over expenditures and taxes. So says the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. No surprise in that, just confirmation of what Tea Party naysaying and opposition impotence have done to America for over two years, … [Read more...] about Level-Headed Voters in a “Ridiculous” Year
On The Road To Our Own Handmaid’s Tale?
Ages ago I read Margaret Atwood's brilliant dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale, about patriarchal religion gone nuts. Now in 2012 I just can't help thinking that with the world sprouting nutty fundamentalist religions of various stripes all over the place - including here in the U.S. - we might just have to live under a similarly toxic religious government in the … [Read more...] about On The Road To Our Own Handmaid’s Tale?
The Gawker Bain Document Dump
WASHINGTON - Today Mitt Romney has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on his days at Bain Capital. "I'm not sure Bain Capital could have grown or turned around some of the companies we invested in had we faced today's anti-business environment. Andy Puzder, the chief executive of CKE Restaurants Inc., which employs about 21,000 people at Carl's Jr. and Hardee's … [Read more...] about The Gawker Bain Document Dump
The Wall Street Tea Party Ticket
Going into the Republican Party Convention in Tampa this coming week, it's time to clearly and succinctly state the nature of this party's ticket. It can be summed up in five words: Wall Street and Tea Party. Governor Mitt Romney likes to point to his business experience. The only business he was in, however, was the Wall Street business. He raised Bain Capital's initial … [Read more...] about The Wall Street Tea Party Ticket
Gallup Poll: Obama Still Wins on Likability; Romney, on the Economy
The latest Gallup poll underscores again why this race remains a dead heat: Barack Obama way ahead on likability, and Romney ahead on who can best handle the economy and the deficit. The question becomes: who is in a better condition to close that gap? Ostensibly, it'd be eaiser to close a likability gap than a gap on having what it takes to fix an ailing economy. The … [Read more...] about Gallup Poll: Obama Still Wins on Likability; Romney, on the Economy
The Tale of Two Political Tales (Guest Voice)
The Tale of Two Political Tales by Tina Dupuy Last Friday I went to the Broadway revival of the 1960 Tony Award-nominated play "The Best Man," written by the late Gore Vidal. John Larroquette plays Secretary William Russell, the womanizing candidate in a sham marriage who's the more scrupulous of the two politicians vying for the presidential nomination in this imagined … [Read more...] about The Tale of Two Political Tales (Guest Voice)
Lance Armstrong Stripped and Banned (Cartoon)
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For GOP, Storm Has Already Gathered
WASHINGTON -- The uninvited participation of a hurricane at next week's Republican convention would be superfluous. Buffeted by powerful internal winds, the party may be flooded with cash, but it's already kind of a debris-strewn mess. Who would have imagined that Topic A, in the days before GOP delegates gather in Tampa, would be abortion? Certainly the thought never … [Read more...] about For GOP, Storm Has Already Gathered