Papal 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.
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Krazy 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?
Read moreThe Bugman And The Constitution?
There is no comment I can make that can serve as an appropriate repsonse to what DeLay said in this interview. Tom DeLay is, once again, deficient in both scholarship and intent.
Read moreStartling new underground group spreads lack of panic!
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only God, unless there is more than one God. The vote of our God subcommittee is 10-8 in favor of one God, with two abstentions. Brother Flaming Sword of Moderation noted the possibility of there being no God at all, and his objection was noted with love by the secretary.
Read moreThe Black Robed Men
James Dobson, the religious figure who all but dictates Republican social policy, just referred to Supreme Court justices as the modern equivalent of the KKK.
Read moreTheocracy Watch
Is Scarborough honestly saying that Jesus Christ had a position in the last presidential election, that only Republican voters were true Christians?
Read moreThe Pope's Gay Bashing
What’s maddening about this pope’s signature gay bashing is this: When the pope ? the dead one, the next one, the one after that ? says something stupid about homosexuality, straight folks take it to heart.
Read moreThe Party of Pass The Buck
Today’s news – “Martinez aide wrote memo on Schiavo” – is really yesterday’s news with Mel. ‘Ole Mel keeps getting into trouble, yet skates by by blaming others. Mel, is he a poor, innocent dupe, an empty suit, or both?
Read more$10 Million for That?
Well, the 601 page summary of the $10 million 14-month study on the intelligence failures surrounding Iraq is now published. Wow, what a bonanza of information. For our $10 million, we find out that the data on arms in Iraq was flawed. We know that. When we got over there, we didn’t find any.
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