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Party-man
(Note this is a part of my Red-Ken thing and is primarily intended as satire ( Read more... ) -
I’m a commie!
Ok, I have had it now. Actually I have had it for years with the nonsensical ravings of the right wing radio stars. For years they have screamed commie, socialist, or whatever euphemism they wanted to employ to imply that the particularly timid (and oft-times corporate backed) democrats are somehow rabidly revolutionary reds seeking to turn ( Read more... ) -
My reading list...
Speaking of books to be read, we are nearing that magical time of the year where I solicit recommendations from everyone I know and then try to burn through said list within a year. Of course it is stupid to ask for suggestions when I still have books on my 'to-read' list but I am a glutton for punishment and I have found a few treasures this way ( Read more... ) -
Book lists
I am now reviewing my reading list on goodbooks while answering phone calls. There is a large lump of books that end up there that I have not gotten around to reading ( Read more... ) -
Of rights and crimes
Many of us applauded the recent movement towards enhancing hate-crime legislation to include sexual orientation and identity. Some of us declare Victory! Look at this wonderful accomplishment. We have enshrined in de jure what should already be de facto; basically that if your motives are hate and identification of difference in the targeting of ( Read more... ) -
some strange bit
I lay there in bed looking up at the odd angle ceiling of the house below the hill. All of the houses we lived in were named like that by my brother and me; a title with a vague sense of personal geography or obvious physical description: “The house below the hill” “The red house” “The shack” and finally “The Blue House ( Read more... ) -
Fixing the police:
Give teeth to citizens review boards ( Read more... ) -
Supplemental: One step closer.
Now that CNN is running with the news story with Palin’s hometown being the only one in Alaska that was forcing women to pay for their own rape-tests we are one step closer to my prediction of her inevitable drop out ( Read more... ) -
“Oh my gods its Communism….” or more spin from ‘free-market’ scam artists.
Seriously folks its not communism. I watched Andrew Sullivan on politically incorrect this week as he aggressively and insanely went after Naomi Klein in attempting to brand this typical corporate buy out as Socialism or some naughty ‘ism’ that isn’t capitalism. He was rude and aggressive and made such a stink that Bill changed the subject ( Read more... )