More Bushit!
So the White House has thus far rejected the 9/11 commission's request to show them Condi's 9/11 speech (the one she would have given that day, which contains no mention of Al Queda, Osama, or even...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Ramifications of George W. Bush, Christian Extremist
Eric Alterman provides the following (quoted directly): "I'm here for a reason," Bush told Karl Rove shortly after the attacks, "and this is going to be how we're going to be judged." A close friend...
View ArticleAn interesting approach to Kerry
Meet JohnKerryIsADoucheBagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com, created by Alan Blevins. As a proud Deaniac who's voting Kerry in November, I can certainly identify with this sentiment, though I wouldn't...
View ArticleBush's 'executive powers' on trial
(cross-posted at bionicjive.org) The Washington Post has the story (you need to register, or you can read the CNN version here): Back-to-back cases before the Supreme Court on Wednesday question the...
View ArticleOn being accused of "not supporting the troops"
Whenever I hear that "you're putting soldiers lives in danger with your protesting" meme, I try to point out that it was Bush's hyped-up misrepresentation of evidence that got them there in the first...
View ArticleObjectively speaking
I had a thought this morning (unusual, yes...): Would our stated rationale for invading Iraq seem so strong nationally if there was a fear that Iraq could actually kick our ass? Imagine the same...
View ArticleNo, in fact, MoveOn did NOT "sponsor" the Hitler ads.
Recently in your inboxes, you may have noticed one of a couple of emails about how Dubya is showing a new video on his website in which Hitler is featured alongside some prominent Democrats. The basic...
View ArticleThe lesser-known Roman god 'Ironicus' makes an appearance:
Bill O'Reilly called Howard Dean a "genuinely bad guy" today. From the O'Reilly section on the Fox News website: Time now for the "Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day." I have to tell you that most...
View ArticleA wonderful metaphor.
(lifted from my blog that nobody reads) One of my composition professors, Jeffrey Mumford, has come up with the best metaphor I've ever heard regarding the possible second term of George W. Bush. It...
View ArticleIs this evidence that Bush was AWOL?
A couple of weeks ago, the editors of Raw Story ran a story on evidence compiled by a guy named Paul Lukasiak. Here's the main thrust, from the introduction to Lukasiak's fully-detailed site: ...the...
View ArticleOn Bush's Religious Hypocrisy
We've all heard the tired meme: John Kerry isn't a true Catholic, because he's pro-choice. Trouble is, it doesn't seem to be going away. It's one thing for us to respond that John Kerry's religious...
View Article...Cry me a river...
Conservative bloggers bitch and moan. Sniff... http://patterico.com/archives/002828.php#comments http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2221 And surely, many more that you've found in...
View ArticleKerry "cheated" on the debates?
Urgent Mission for dKos Dectectives. Drudge goes nuts. This other guy goes nuts too, in more detail. At issue is whether or not some white, grainy, completely unidentifiable thing Kerry pulled out of...
View ArticleSure, Bush "met with" the Black Caucus in Congress...
...because they showed up at the White House, in a bus, uninvited. (Thus spoke NPR just a moment ago.) Don't let him get away with that! Spread the word! [Update: This is confirmed in a Fox News...
View ArticleFundamentalism for Kossacks
The first thought I had after learning Kerry planned to concede was that now, more than ever, I feel compelled to enter the ministry. With the theocratic tendencies described by galiel, there is...
View ArticleSome surprisingly good news in Dallas!
According to the Houston Chronicle, the first Democratic sheriff in 20 years has been elected in Dallas. And she's an openly gay Latina. This has really interesting ramifications--it even rocks our...
View ArticleFun With Haikus: Election Results
November second... Remember that movie called "Apocalypse Now"? --- Sure, my state went red, But that was then, now is now. Greetings from England. --- It's disconcerting That you cannot spell...
View ArticleThe great debate is upon us!!!
What we are witnessing with CBS and NBC refusing to air the United Church of Christ's "God is Still Speaking(,)" ad is not simply anti-gay bigotry, although that is certainly a relevant component....
View Article'Anti-marriage,' 'anti-family,' and 'pro-life until birth': some frames to...
One of the most personally irritating spins of the right wing is this idea of "family values." It's a code-word that everyone in America takes to mean "not gay," and depending on the context, it can...
View ArticleSpongebob "Unequivocally Welcomed" by the UCC
Some of you may remember the recent accusation by "Dr." James Dobson of Focus on the "Family" regarding Spongebob Sqarepants' hidden sexual agenda: he's a homo, and he's promoting homo-ness to the...
View ArticleNRO: ok, being gay is natural, but you can't have any rights.
...at least, not according to John Derbyshire of the National Review. He dances an interesting dance: ...My own inclination, therefore, is to believe that most homosexuality is inborn, or acquired...
View ArticleAl Gore Rhythms
What follows is the text to an algorhythm I created for a computer music class. I call it, Al Gore Rhythms. The assignment was to create an algorhythm of no less than twelve steps that gives...
View ArticleAngela Y. Davis: Live from Oberlin College
I just saw Angela Y. Davis give a talk on feminism and race in light of it being International Women's Day today. She is a marvelous speaker with big and bold ideas. Among her many gems of the...
View ArticledKos Action Alert: Please help Thea Som.
This weekend, a twenty-four year old named Thea Som will be deported to Cambodia, from which his parents fled the Khmer Rouge. (Ironically, Thea was actually born in Thailand and has never been to...
View ArticleDiary Pimpin': Someone Else's Gay Marriage Thread
Update [2005-3-14 21:42:6 by obietom]: Please go here and recommend that diary, so that a story on CA's gay marriage might make it to the front page. For additional reading, another excellent,...
View ArticleTwo questions for our anti-"activist judges" Koolaid drinkers
With all of the hand-wringing over the "will of the people" being subverted by "activist judges" via horrible travesty-rulings such as this, I just have to ask two questions: WHERE THE LIVING @!%*#...
View ArticleWhat brings interfaith leaders together in Jerusalem?
Several prominent Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders have banded together in an effort to honor their common humanity. Oh, wait--that's not the reason. Actually, they're out to present a united...
View ArticleA new frame/wedge for us: Support the Veterans!
Ioo's great diary gives us only the most recent of anti-veteran iniatives backed by the Bush administration's GOP. This while they've become the poster party of 'supporting the troops.' It seems to me...
View ArticleIt's time to boycott ABC.
If you were around yesterday, you already know about how ABC refused to air the United Church of Christ's inclusive TV ad, citing a blanket 'no advertisements from religious groups' policy. Well,...
View ArticleWhy are we contributing to the sense of Roberts' inevitability?
Just out of curiosity, when was it decided that Roberts' nomination isn't worth contesting? Everything I'm coming across online features yet another instance of Democrats offering mild to weak-ass...
View ArticleLMAO!!!
CNN: Some pull Doonesbury over Rove Moniker KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- It may be President Bush's nickname for key political adviser Karl Rove, but some editors don't think it belongs in their...
View ArticleFun with an army recruiter
I just got a forward from my friend of an email exchange between the local army recruiter and herself, regarding whether or not she'd be interested in joining up. She politely declined and wished him...
View ArticleKossacks: Time to up the pressure; here's who to call.
Aikido: a martial art that is based around redirecting your opponent's energy into actually defeating him. Thus, from the right: Patterico has helpfully listed many of the key Republican senators that...
View ArticleIn this humorous turn of events, Blogs For Bush endorses an anti-Bush song.
Apparently, Blogs For Bush, like their political heros, are willing to compromise their stated values if the price is right. Even when that means advertising an anti-Bush song on their website,...
View ArticlePLINO: Pro-Life In Name Only
It seems to me that any use of the term "pro-life" is a concession that reinforces opponents of abortion and screws pro-choice folks. Once you've established that this group is for life, you can...
View ArticleBy My Count: A Description of (most of) the Standing Ovations During the SOTU
Here's how State of the Union 2006 began: Obligatory token gesture to commemorate passing of Coretta Scott King Obligatory insincere appeal to "civil discourse" in the "conversation" Obligatory...
View ArticleLet's track the users who add tags to others' diaries!
Tags from Cindy's post a bit earlier this evening revealed some fucked up shit: Tags: State of the Union Address, qWagmire, bravery, Recommended, Cindy Sheehan, Shutup Whore, Fuck Off, Move On, Get...
View ArticleNYT: "[Reid] Took Free Boxing Tickets"
I bring this up not to sabatoge our guy, but so that we can get a jump on it. This is exactly the sort of opportunity that the RWCM loves to seize, distort, exaggerate, and conflate. NYT: WASHINGTON...
View ArticleRoll Call: The Recent Republican Congressional Leadership
And now, a list of the recent Republican Congressional leadership: Speakers of the House: 1999-present (well, 2006): Dennis Hastert. Covered up predatory actions of disgraced former Republican...
View ArticleRep. Jim Gibbons' former nanny an illegal immigrant
[UPDATE: As usual, I'm not the first on the uptake: RandyMI diared this last night. The story could still use the publicity though.] The Nevada State Democratic Party has obtained documentation which...
View ArticleUnbelieveable: Allen volunteers lie, go "canvassing" for Webb!
One of my friends is from Richmond, VA. He's a right-leaning moderate, and he's been a supporter of George Allen for VA-SEN. Until today. He just forwarded me an email from one of the volunteers of...
View ArticleSOTU Standing Ovation Annotation
I have far too little attention to just watch the SOTU address. So here's an annotated list of all the standing ovations, complete with the preceding roughly-transcribed quote and the occasional...
View ArticleTo the "I don't care" crowd:
I get it, all y'all: you don't wish cancer on anyone, and yet, you don't particularly care that Tony Snow's caught a resurgence of it. That, in and of itself, isn't unreasonable. However, there's no...
View ArticleTwo domestic and foreign plights of the Congolese
This past week, two articles were published about the plights of the Congolese. First, the New York Times reveals the systematized sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Put simply,...
View ArticleOther states can pick a president too
With all due respect to the citizens of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, how is it fair that they get such disproportionate power over the rest of us every election cycle? Why should some...
View ArticleRev. Jeremiah Wright: what the media DIDN'T show you
For two weeks now, the vast majority of media coverage surrounding Barack Obama's pastor, Rev. Wright, has been a straw man of epic proportions. After combing through countless sermons in order to...
View ArticleHOLY F**KING $HIT: Shocking data results!!!
After painstakingly analyzing every word of every recommended diary on dailykos.com for the last 27 months, my research has come to an end, and I am delighted to report my findings. I have come to...
View ArticleDina Titus: YES on HCR! (Send her a note of thanks!)
My wife and I spent months working on Dina Titus' gubernatorial campaign in Nevada (a tough loss to Jim Gibbons in 2006), then supported her successful run for Congress in 2008. In the midst of a...
View ArticleSo we've already thrown in the towel?
Okay, so I just read this NYT feature, which clearly says that there are no tax increases in either the Dem Senate or Repub House debt ceiling plans. What??? Am I the last one at the party? When did...
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