The Republican party now seems the party of consensus -- of sorts: GOPers now seem to have settled on a theme that they are using against President Barack Obama...that he's weak. It's in a lot of the recent assertions and condemnations. Hardball's Chris Matthews covers this trend here: Can this take hold and pay political dividends for the GOP? The best hunch is that … [Read more...] about Republicans’ New Attack Line On Obama: He’s Weak
What Makes U.S. Great
Just in case you needed reminding. (Click cartoon for full size image.) More more, visit Small World cartoons. … [Read more...] about What Makes U.S. Great
Funny Response To Stupid Ad
For those who may not have seen it, there is an ad out there which once again tries to portray the fight over same sex marriage as 'the gays are gonna steal your kids'. It is quite disgusting. Well there is a very funny response, which I think shows a light response to a nasty ad … [Read more...] about Funny Response To Stupid Ad
I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Bloowww Your House Down!
Yesterday, Dick Cheney told a Fox audience that he wanted the CIA to release all the torture memos, including the ones, Cheney said, that "proved" torturing enhanced interrogations had stopped terrorist attacks and kept Americans safe. In fact, he declared that he had already "formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos..." Except that, um... he didn't … [Read more...] about I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Bloowww Your House Down!
Of a Hot-for-Secession Governor and One Cool Lady Senator
Texas governor, Rick Perry, has a penchant for trying to grab the headlines. This, perhaps in preparation for his upcoming run for re-election against someone who promises to be one tough rival, one tough lady---but always a lady---U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. His headlines-grabbing, anti-Washington rants, however, come at the expense of Texans and Texas, such as, … [Read more...] about Of a Hot-for-Secession Governor and One Cool Lady Senator
Latin Americans Will Sooner or Later Come ‘Crawling’ to the U.S.: Gazeta of Russia
Chavez: 'Today I don't smell sulfur.' Obama: 'Thank you very much.' As part of our coverage of the events surrounding the Fifth Summit of the Americas, WORLDMEETS.US offers this unforgiving walk through the reality of Latin America from a Russian perspective. For Gazeta of Russia, Yevgeniy Trifonov writes in part: "For Latin Americans, China, Europe and Japan, even … [Read more...] about Latin Americans Will Sooner or Later Come ‘Crawling’ to the U.S.: Gazeta of Russia
Torture
I'm trying to get my head around both the recently released memos and the issue as a whole. I believe that torture is wrong and that it doesn't work. But what if I believed that torture did work? That is a question of evidence, not ethics. If it worked, how much risk to American lives would I tolerate in order to defend my ethical commitment? An editorial in today's Post … [Read more...] about Torture
MemoGate: Acts Of Insanity
The political definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This applies to the sadist(s) in the Bush administration ordering waterboarding of two al-Qaeda prisoners 266 times. Even the Central Intelligence Agency interrogators questioned their superiors about the continued practice of brutal interviewing techniques. It … [Read more...] about MemoGate: Acts Of Insanity
Quote of the Day: Is Dick Cheney Panicking?
Our political Quote of the Day comes from Andrew Sullivan who wonders whether former Vice President Dick Cheney is "panicking" as news continues to emerge giving details about the extent of torture under the Bush administration. He points to Cheney's increasingly harsh public statement taking aim at President Barack Obama and writes: Did Cheney believe he could hide all this … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Is Dick Cheney Panicking?
MemoGate
The political definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This applies to the sadist(s) in the Bush administration ordering waterboarding of two al-Qaeda prisoners 266 times. Even the Central Intelligence Agency interrogators questioned their superiors about the continued practice of brutal interviewing techniques. It … [Read more...] about MemoGate
Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
This one's been making the tech blog rounds... If that didn't quench your tech-machinery-plays-music thirst, here's a laser cutter playing the Super Mario Bros. theme. And here a CNC router plays Still Alive from Portal. For Queen fans, here a guy in a car rocks so hard to Bohemian Rhapsody that the airbag goes off and knocks him out. (Check it out soon. It's been … [Read more...] about Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
Many Foreclosed Homes Throughout The Country Doomed To Be Razed
It's a sign of the particularly tough financial times: bulldozers will be kept busy as some foreclosed houses will be razed throughout the country. Why? In some cases the owners didn't have enough money to keep up maintenance, so it'd simply cost too much to bring them up to code and resell them. In other cases, owners took what they could from the actual home. In yet other … [Read more...] about Many Foreclosed Homes Throughout The Country Doomed To Be Razed
Economic Babble
To get a real feel for which way the economy is headed, imagine if the things analysts and government officials have been saying about the economy of late were applied to your personal financial situation. For example, these experts say that after falling off a cliff at the end of last year and the start of 2009 the economy has finally bottomed out. Visualize that in your own … [Read more...] about Economic Babble
Assault Weapons Ban (Guest Voice)
Assault Weapons Ban by Martha Randolph Carr Escalating violence in Mexico and border towns in the U.S. from the growing drug trade has increased a call to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban against some semi-automatic and automatic weapons. The 1994 ban passed by Congress was allowed to expire under the last administration but after investigations proved that many of the … [Read more...] about Assault Weapons Ban (Guest Voice)
Paid Blogger Microtrend?
Jeff Jarvis casts a skeptical eye on Mark Penn's Wall Street Journal column today: [Mark Penn says] there are now more paid bloggers than CEOs... As much as I would like to believe that blogging is a lucrative profession, I’m not sure I buy it — not quite yet. He says that bloggers with 100,000 readers a month are making $75k. Name a few. Still, the trend is heading this way … [Read more...] about Paid Blogger Microtrend?
(Updated) President Obama’s Tortured Disconnect
By SHAUN MULLEN GUEST VOICE Aside from the release of a couple sets of Bush administration legal memos that justified the use of torture, I have made no secret of my displeasure over how President Obama has handled this sordid mess. In fact, it is the signal failure of the first 100 days of his administration. But the more we find out about how broad based and … [Read more...] about (Updated) President Obama’s Tortured Disconnect
Wrestling Megan McCain
This morning I find myself taking one side of a dueling columnist battle at Pajamas Media, with my article on Why Megan McCain is Right. This is poised against Kim Priestap's piece on Why Megan McCain is Wrong. On the surface it may seem difficult to defend the opinions of a 24 year old when it comes to an issue as weighty as the future of a major political party and the … [Read more...] about Wrestling Megan McCain
Obama Is Right On Cuba But Needs To Go Further
Among the many things to come out of President Obama's recent visit to the Summit Of The Americas is the issue of whether or not we should expand ties to the nation of Cuba. Needless to say this has raised the hackles of the hard liners in the Cuban American community and has also served as a point of attack from the right. As my readers will know I have not always … [Read more...] about Obama Is Right On Cuba But Needs To Go Further
Twaddle About Obama’s Toughness
Dick Cheney tells Fox News that President Obama’s handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could lead “foes” of the U.S. to “think they're dealing with a weak president.” Lyndon Johnson's appraisal of Richard Nixon comes to mind in this growing debate about President Obama's toughness or lack thereof. "Not much here," said LBJ, pointing at his head. "Even less … [Read more...] about Twaddle About Obama’s Toughness
Torture Is Way Cool
Watch the talking heads at Fox laugh and joke about how absurd it is to use a word like "torture" to describe bringing human beings to the brink of suffocation by drowning and keeping them from sleeping for 11 days at a stretch ( Mike Huckabee to Ken and Barbie, who sit there giggling and cracking up: "They've been putting me under sleep deprivation for years now and it's about … [Read more...] about Torture Is Way Cool