It seems to me that the entirely wrong people are running the healthcare debate. The idea has occurred to me before, but it really hit home last night as I was watching The Ed Show. He had a man on from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee who was promoting this ad targeting Max Baucus. They [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
4 Sep
The Gonzales Cantata
A beautiful and hysterical reminder of how underhanded and arrogant the Alberto Gonzales’ Justice Department was.
18 Aug
12 Carry Guns Outside Obama Event
Does anyone else think this is scary? From TPM Muckracker:
About 12 people were carrying guns, including at least one semi-automatic assault rifle, outside a building where President Obama was speaking today.
No one was arrested outside the VFW National Convention in Phoenix, according to the Associated Press, where hundreds of people demonstrated both for and against [...]
12 Aug
Overused Orwell
As anyone who heard me talk about the book 1984 can tell you, I’m a big fan of Orwell. I think he’s a great writer who honestly lays out the dangers of giving unquestioning allegiance to the government. Truly there are important lessons to be learned from his works.
Recently, however, his name and references to [...]
8 May
Why the Hell Do We CARE?!
OMG It’s NEWS!! The President asked for mustard, no ketchup, on his cheeseburger, then had the GALL to say that if they had a spicy mustard like Dijon, he’d like to have that on his burger best. Apparently, this is a big freaking DEAL going down here! How dare the “mainstream media” not cover this [...]
24 Apr
Jon Stewart Discusses Balzheimers and Bizarro Washington
Jon Stewart discussed the thing that’s been boggling my mind for a while now. How in the world could Dick Cheney (and Karl Rove, too!) start calling for MORE declassifying of documents, MORE transparency, and MORE accountability NOW? Through their entire time in power they have been nothing but staunch advocates of secrecy and giving [...]
22 Apr
The Effectiveness of Torture
This article from the NYTimes elaborates that, according to the newly released “torture memos,” waterboarding was used 266 times on 2 subjects. The issues this brings up aren’t just moral, as in, should we be doing this, but also on how effective torture was.
A former CIA officer who was supporting the effectiveness of waterboarding stated [...]
21 Apr
Door Open for Torture Prosecutions
News from the Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is leaving the door to open to possible prosecution of Bush administration officials who devised harsh terrorism-era interrogation tactics.
He also said Tuesday that he worries about the impact of high-intensity hearings on how detainees were treated under former President George W. Bush. But Obama did say, [...]
