The Root Cause of All Political Evil Unveiled
In today’s op/ed column in the New York Times, David Books places blame for the dissolution of national discourse, for
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Wingnuts and The Da Vinci Code
Over on Scarborough Country, Joe and Pat Buchannan needed their little Holy War fix, so out pops, of all things, the Da Vinci Code.
Read moreBe Kind to Rabid Radicals Week at CNN?
I’m just surprised the CNN whores didn’t use the ol’ computer graphics package to doodle some devil horns on the head of the gay guy. And maybe give him a pitchfork to wave around.
Read moreFull Disclosure is Best Disinfectant
I can’t think of truer words. But oh what a difference 10 years can make. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is facing a major ethics investigation into his past lavish, lobbyist-paid trips. DeLay has so far refused to offer any details into his activities. Maybe DeLay should take his own advice from 1995 and follow his own standards in 2005:
Read moreDebt To Society
As the U.S. government’s budget deficit tops $2.2 TRILLION, Bush made the following statement at the signing ceremony for the credit industry relief bill (known in Congress at the Bankruptcy Reform Bill): “Bankruptcy should always be a last resort in our legal system. If someone does not pay his or her debts, the rest of society ends up paying them.”
Read moreAunuld's English
Seems the Governor of California has a good excuse when he screws up. According to a story on MSNBC: Blaming
Read moreDeLay Disdain for The World Wide Web
OK, so we know that Tom DeLay isn’t all that fond of crazy activist judges like, say, the seven Republican appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court who went along with the “murder” of Terri Schiavo.
Read morePapal Election
Ratzinger was essentially the right hand man to John Paul, who appointed most of the College of Cardinals. I thought this guy was the heir-apparent all along. Like Bush, John Paul wasn’t ready to go.
Read moreKrazy Kristian Kook
According to Josh Marshall, the Rev. James Dobson, DD (Doctor of Divinity, or Daffy Duck, or both) claims to smell the odor of a burning cross drifting from our nation’s highest court. James Dobson compares the “men in white robes, the Ku Klux Klan” to the “black-robed men” on the Supreme Court.
Read moreRespecting Conservatives
Personally, I’m getting a little tired of all this making fun of conservatives. When you think about it, they deserve a lot of respect.
Read more60 Years After FDR
Sixty years after his death we should be raising a toast to F.D.R. and his progressive ideas. And we should take that opportunity to ask: How in the world did we allow ourselves to get from there to here?
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