(I did not create this image.) I give up on politics in America. There are obviously some very stupid people out there whom I have not met. Hillary Clinton is easily the sleaziest politician in the race, but is supported by very nearly 50% of Democrats. Her lies and assorted misstatements seem to have reflected [...]
Part 1 of a series of great presidential speeches, with untrue or deceptive statements in italics. Justifications in footnotes. Today’s speech: Address to the Nation, Cross Hall, March 17, 2003. ====================== My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision1. For more than a decade, the United States and other [...]
There’s a superb article in BusinessWeek that anyone even superficially interested in the current economic situation in the United States ought to read. The author discusses the disparity between the likely cause of current high oil prices (speculation) and what the government’s economists like to claim is the cause (supply shortages). The author’s point is [...]
Percentage of Americans who are intelligent enough to remember to breathe: 100% (assumption) Percentage of Americans who believe that “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track” in this country: 81% (CBS News-NY Times poll) Percentage of Americans who disapprove of the job done by George W. Bush as President: 72% (ibid., 100% [...]
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BIG FAT EDIT: After writing this post, I’ve found out that the same Laurence Britt who wrote the essay on fascism which I excerpted also wrote a dystopian political novel entitled “June 2004″, about a future America dominated by right-wing extremists. In my mind this makes him much less trustworthy as a scholarly critic of [...]
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I just read an article in the Washington Post about Barack Obama’s position on abortion. But it’s not his political positioning I want to talk about, rather I take issue with the way this article paints Obama and the democratic party’s views on abortion (because, somehow, there is such a thing). I want to preface [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Hi. How you doing? I know, this recession sure is taking a toll on my paycheck. Have you seen the cost of gas lately? The dollar is dropping in value like crazy. Oh, about this article. I know there are probably a lot of you out there who support McCain and Rep. Coburn. I think [...]
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Upon looking for reviews of the movie 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), I find that it has been adopted by the film-goers of the pro-life (hate this vocabulary) crowd as a movie against abortion. It’s interesting to me that anyone can watch a movie with an [...]
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Bush has appointed someone to oversee Federal Family Planning Programs at the Department of Health and Human Services. If you know anything about this administration, you have a pretty good idea what that means. Let me linky to an article wherein they pull some absurd quotes. Let me remind you, this woman is in charge [...]
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
My wallet was delivered! I can hardly wait to come home to its canvas-y goodness. Hopefully they left it at the door, because if it’s at the office, I won’t get it until Friday or Saturday at the earliest. In the daycare here, they take care of very young (read, less than 6 months old) [...]