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Shooting God's Messengers
"God Damn America"
That was the line that got Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and subsequently Obama himself, in trouble with the mainstream media. This piles on top of the endorsement of Obama by Louis Farrakhan, an endorsement Obama was required to, "denounce and reject [my emph.]." This is yet another in a series of double standards ( Read more... ) -
Foot in Mouth Disease
Steve King (R-IA)
When you think about the optics of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected President of the United States, and I mean what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does it look like to the world of Islam? And I will tell you that if he is elected president, that the-the radical Islamists and the-the Al-Qaeda and ( Read more... ) -
Primary (And Secondary) Confusion - Part 8
This Was Supposed to Be Over
Hillary Clinton won Texas and Ohio. Great. I'm not irked just because I voted for Obama. As you'll recall, I wept when he quit. Not in a pathetic way. More sort of a, "Shane! Come back!" kind of way. *Ahem* Anyway, what's bothering me is that this was supposed to be over. Done, finito, no more in fighting, let's ( Read more... ) -
But First...A Bit of Fun
I know. I know. I've been AWOL with the politics and the anger and the sound and the fury. And I'm plenty pissed off. The Democratic party right now is looks a lot like a man trying to shoot himself in the head with a rifle. Don't know what I'm talking about? Try it. If you don't understand the metaphor, well, at least you'll stop asking. ( Read more... ) -
Miscellaneous Tea
Pander Bear
Eight years ago, John McCain was running as the maverick. A blunt, honest man, he toured the country in his bus, the Straight Talk Express. Earlier this year, in a fit of sympathetic machinery, the Straight Talk Express literally broke down. McCain has taken a number of his maverick stances and has since reneged on them. For example ( Read more... ) -
Primary (And Secondary) Confusion - Part 7
Cannibal Candidate
Ever see one of those nature documentaries where the sharp-toothed razor-clawed mother gives birth to a snarling brood of hairless, pink, wrinkled, snarling offspring? And then she eviscerates a bunny rabbit, but the rabbit isn't enough to feed everyone so she has to eat one of them? Well, that's a bit like what the Republican ( Read more... ) -
Primary (And Secondary) Confusion - Part 6
Barack Me Amadeus
Obama swept the primaries this weekend, taking the Louisiana primary and the caucuses in Nebraska, Washington, Maine, and the Virgin Islands. Don't knock the Islands. They get 9 delegates and 6 are for Obama (3 uncommitted). Obama scored big margins of victory, over 20% in the primary and over 30% in the caucuses. I would ( Read more... ) -
Primary (And Secondary) Confusion - Part 5
Super Tuesday
Turnout on the Democratic side continues to be staggering, and while it dwarfs the turnout for the Republicans, both sides are getting big numbers in this year's primary elections. For instance, according to the AP, Anchorage caucus sites had a total of about 4,000 Democrats turn out. The previous record was 254 voters set back in ( Read more... ) -
Personal Log - That's it.
I want something good to happen. Right now. No more jam tomorrow. Right fucking now. -
Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark - The State of the Union
This thing is a Gordian knot of misstatement, half-truths, and outright lies. It’s hard to know where to begin dissecting this mess. Only option seems to be the beginning. So here we go. Let’s see how deep this rabbit hole is.
Begin Murderer!
In the work ahead, we must be guided by the philosophy that made our nation great. As Americans, we believe ( Read more... )