Texas Gov. Rick Perry has done some very impressive by-the-book damage control to try and undo the damage from his classic will-be-shown-for-generations brain freeze during the recent Republican Presidential candidates debate. He has explained, in effect apologized to his followers and deftly used humor. Last night he used humor by doing a perfectly delivered Top 10 List on … [Read more...] about Rick Perry Does a Top 10 List on David Letterman (VIDEO)
Kim Phuc’s Odyssey: ‘I Dream One Day People All Over The World Can Live In Real Peace’
(PUBLISHED EACH YEAR ON THE DAY WE HONOR OUR VETERANS) I had the privilege of covering a good many big stories during a long newspaper career. The visit of a diminutive woman by the name of Phan Ti Kim Phuc to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Veterans Day 1996 would seem to pale in comparison to the Clinton impeachment circus or O.J. Simpson trials, to … [Read more...] about Kim Phuc’s Odyssey: ‘I Dream One Day People All Over The World Can Live In Real Peace’
On Father’s Day, I Mean, Veteran’s Day (Guest Post)
by Rafael Jesús González, M.Div: University of Creation Spirituality, California ministry to the poor. Veterans Day When the First World War officially ended June 28, 1919, the actual fighting had already stopped the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the previous year. Armistice Day, as it was known, later became a national holiday, and in 1954 (the … [Read more...] about On Father’s Day, I Mean, Veteran’s Day (Guest Post)
The Nonsense Debate
WASHINGTON -- Don't laugh too hard at Rick Perry for his mortifying episode of brain-lock at Wednesday's GOP presidential candidates' debate. His opponents managed to remember their lines, but didn't do any better at making sense. OK, I understand, the Perry Meltdown is hard to resist. There are three reasons why the Texas governor needs to pack it up and head back to … [Read more...] about The Nonsense Debate
Quote of the Day: Election Day Results Punished Backlash and Over-Reach
Our political Quote of the Day comes from The Daily Beast's John Avlon, who looks at the 2011 elections and concludes the results show the consequences of backlash and over-reach --and a strong rumbling of warning for both parties. I need to add that when the elections were held I was on a long drive in my national tour, which lasts until the end of May. My reaction in … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Election Day Results Punished Backlash and Over-Reach
Oops!
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Classic Comedy Bit Back By Popular Demand:
Here it is. Back by popular demand (from two younger TMV readers): The famous Sy Si routine that Jack Benny did with Mel Blanc (who did the voices of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig,Tweety, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, Barney Rubble, Dino the Dino and a host of others): Benny loved this routine and did it again: And again: Even in his final … [Read more...] about Classic Comedy Bit Back By Popular Demand:
Breaking News! … Vatican Dispatching Cardinal Bernard Law To Penn State
Breaking News! ... Vatican Dispatching Cardinal Bernard Law To Penn State Breaking News! ... Vatican Dispatching Cardinal Bernard Law To Penn State Sources tell 'The Garlic', that after an all-night session, Pope Benedict XVI is dispatchingArchpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major Bernard Law to Penn State, to offer The Vatican's assistance in the burgeoning … [Read more...] about Breaking News! … Vatican Dispatching Cardinal Bernard Law To Penn State
The Brave New Energy World: Race Not Crisis by Llewellyn King As the United Nations declared that the world population had reached 7 billion, energy thinkers gathered in Houston last week were sure that even larger populations could be sustained if three cardinal areas were to be addressed: food, water and energy. Although no resolutions were passed at the forum, there was … [Read more...] about
Truly Reprehensible
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Paterno Support
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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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