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Conservatism Approaching Double Face Palm Territory
It pains me to say it - well, not really because I actually enjoy writing about the idiocy of the right - but conservatism is fast approaching double face palm territory. Have you ever seen such a collection of losers, dunces, moral cretins, and blissfully unaware candidates for high office as showed up for last night's CNBC debate? You have a certified imbecile (Perry). A … [Read more...] about Conservatism Approaching Double Face Palm Territory
Beware Of Any Deal Over Government Deficits That Includes Tax Code “Reform”
Anyone who follows politics in this country knows what the word "reform" has come to mean. These days it means a deal in which the poor and the working middle class get stiffed on their benefits and pensions, while the rich either get additional compensation or are simply excluded from making their own sacrifices. That's the basis of the reform of the tax code being pushed … [Read more...] about Beware Of Any Deal Over Government Deficits That Includes Tax Code “Reform”
This Is Not Progress, It’s A Pathology
Please forgive me for visiting yet again the clown car that the Republican Party has become, but I can't help myself. Writing about these wackjobs is like shooting fish in a barrel, although I have to occasionally remind myself that this is not a political version of The Office but a bunch of . . . er, clowns who will stoop as low as it takes to try to deny our Islamofascist … [Read more...] about This Is Not Progress, It’s A Pathology
This Veterans Day We Remember the ‘Forgotten Crash’ at Taillefontaine
The ring, a circle that has no beginning and no end, has been a symbol of undying love, fidelity, loyalty and of life itself through the ages. But the ring can also represent patriotism, bravery and sacrifice as in a military service academy ring, a combat aviator's ring, the ring on a fallen soldier's finger -- a Ring of Honor. As we observe Veterans Day and honor all … [Read more...] about This Veterans Day We Remember the ‘Forgotten Crash’ at Taillefontaine
Presto Panico: Berlusconi Screws The Pooch, Italy, Maybe The World
There have been 63 (not a typo) governments in Italy since World War II, an astonishing number unless you consider that governments to Italians are what potato chips are to Americans: Bags full of empty calories that bloat the tummy and ruin their appetite for more nourishing fare. But few Italian governments have been more hapless that that led by Silvio "Bunga Bunga" … [Read more...] about Presto Panico: Berlusconi Screws The Pooch, Italy, Maybe The World
A Reset for 2012
WASHINGTON - Pres. Obama didn't lift a rhetorical sentence to help Wisconsin activists fight Scott Walker. In Ohio, Ed Schultz was on the front line, while Pres. Obama stayed out of it. In Arizona, the voters kicked out a radical right wing bigot. Mississippi refused a "personhood" amendment that was so extreme it would have theoretically outlawed some forms of … [Read more...] about A Reset for 2012
When Every Vote Counts
Every several decades, David Shribman writes, the United States has an election in which "the country seems to approach one of the hinges of history." The election of 2012 will be such an election. While a significant number of voters may be in the center, the nation's two political parties are not: Sometimes, it seems as if the two parties are occupying different … [Read more...] about When Every Vote Counts
Another Boffo Performance By The Republican Theater Of The Absurd
Perry's performance "was like watching a thoroughbred get euthanized on the track." I have no idea how many independents or voters who have not decided whether Barack Obama deserves reelection are watching the Republican presidential debates. Party bigs must be hoping that the number is small because the slate of wannabes almost to the last man (you too, Michele) are … [Read more...] about Another Boffo Performance By The Republican Theater Of The Absurd
Herman Cain News
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From “Dirty Harry” to “J. Edgar”
Memo to Clint Eastwood: This admirer of your mature work is going to pass on the new Hoover movie. Even public monsters have inner lives, but some are beyond my capacity to care about, such as those of a man who built a self-glorifying empire by blackmail in Washington, ruining reputations, holding Presidents hostage in a personal police state and relentlessly hounding the … [Read more...] about From “Dirty Harry” to “J. Edgar”
With Paterno Axed & Spanier Out, The Demons Of Happy Valley Are Exorcised
In a few short hours last night, the board of trustees of Pennsylvania State University exorcised demons that had haunted a campus fondly known as Happy Valley for 13 long years. Legendary football coach Joe Paterno was fired outright despite his pleas to retire on his own terms after an extraordinary 62 seasons and more victories than any major college coach. University … [Read more...] about With Paterno Axed & Spanier Out, The Demons Of Happy Valley Are Exorcised
(UPDATED) Why The Sandusky Investigation Died Aborning
People on the fence about whether the Penn State University board of trustees overreacted in firing legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier might pause long enough to familiarize themselves with the background of the case. It is not a pretty picture. In 1998, campus police and Centre County law enforcement authorities … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Why The Sandusky Investigation Died Aborning
Quote of the Day: On Rick Perry’s Debate “Oops!” Moment
Our political Quote of the Day comes from Mark McKinnon' writing in The Daily Beast about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's forgetting his own talking points at last nights GOP Presidential debate: Rick Perry is now the official Charlie Brown of presidential candidates. He reminds me of the kid who got held back in high school. Even though he’s been there longer than the rest of the … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: On Rick Perry’s Debate “Oops!” Moment
The Right Wing’s 2011 Shellacking
WASHINGTON -- This week's elections around the country were brought to you by the word "overreach," specifically conservative overreach. Given an opportunity in 2010 to build a long-term majority, Republicans instead pursued extreme and partisan measures. On Tuesday, they reaped angry voter rebellions. The most important was in Ohio, where voters overwhelmingly defeated … [Read more...] about The Right Wing’s 2011 Shellacking
Paterno Leaves
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Grand Juries in Pennsylvania Active over Sexual Abuse of Children in Far More Than Penn State
Penn State and their sexual abuse intrusion cases are not alone is being peered at by a Grand Jury in Pennsylvania. See excerpt from EWTN news Feb 15 of this year 2011 below detailing Grand Jury findings on abject neglect of credible complaints of sexual intrusion of children in Catholic Diocese... one wonders what the h.e. double hockeysticks is in the water in … [Read more...] about Grand Juries in Pennsylvania Active over Sexual Abuse of Children in Far More Than Penn State
Letter From The Eastern Cape: ‘God Drives Us To Life Street In A Big Taxi’
OLANA, A FIVE-YEAR-OLD DROWNING VICTIM, IS LAID TO REST By SUSAN WINTERS COOK I'm facing about 200 people I don't know and wondering how I will be able to deliver my message without choking up. I am the only white person at this funeral. That is the norm for my husband and me because only a minority of whites will venture into rural African communities. Thus we are … [Read more...] about Letter From The Eastern Cape: ‘God Drives Us To Life Street In A Big Taxi’
A Tale of Shame: Paterno’s Football Machine Covers Up Rape, Protects Perp
Although I'm not an alum of Penn State, during my 10 years in Pennsylvania I spent a lot of time at State College ("Happy Valley"), given that I worked in the dairy industry (and it's the land grant institution). Maybe that's why this story turns my stomach inside out. Or maybe it's the inhuman nature of the tale. In case you're tuning in late, on Saturday a grand jury … [Read more...] about A Tale of Shame: Paterno’s Football Machine Covers Up Rape, Protects Perp
Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps
Let us all take a few moments to remember that today, November 10th, is the 236th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. For more than two centuries they have been fighting to defend our freedom in the air, on the land and on the sea. For all the sacrifices they have made in our defense, we all should say a huge thank you. So remember... hug a Marine today. OOOH … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps