C.I.A fights terrorist, George Bush
Republican shrill shill for the Bush administration, David Brooks,who works writing a column for the New York Times tells of an ongoing mutiny by the C.I.A. The horrible crime the C.I.A. is...
View ArticleThat other George
George Washington in his Farewell address predicted the dangers of elevating the concerns of a party above country. His words seem prescient now, and well worth reading. It might be useful to remember...
View Articletoday on cspan2 saving SS
Did anyone besides me see cspan2 today? They had the National Cmte. to Preserve Social Secur.& Medicare on. Speakers included: Greenstein, Robert, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy...
View ArticleDismantling FDR's four Freedoms
Bush in his inaugural speech used the word FREEDOM more than two dozen times. But what does he mean by freedom? As we have watched him in the past four continue the dismantling of the New Deal (a...
View ArticleCookbook Economics
Cookbook economics Baking a cake, an economic analogy If you bake a cake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, you'll get cake. If you bake for 35 minutes at 325 degrees you'll get cake. So there is a range...
View ArticlePropagannon and Journalistic fear : The Ethics Rules
Among journalists, has the ethos of protecting their own replaced the stated ethics of their professional duties? The police have their blue line, and the medical profession has the unspoken agreement...
View ArticleKrugman on Democrats standing firm against the right
Krugman hits the perfect note again, a must read article. "By refusing to be bullied into false bipartisanship on Social Security, Democrats have already scored a significant tactical victory."
View ArticlePropagannon - All about GOPUSA
My task was to comb the diaries and try to put the information we have learned about gopusa all in one diary. Many people have contributed to this, but because information was duplicated I'd rather...
View ArticleBush: Take a Lesson from Henry V
From an essay from my daughter's class on the work of The Bard. The issues with Henry V have different connections to modern events. There is a disturbing similarity between Henry's...
View ArticleThe abortion metaphor - my rant
We all understand what this is really about. Terry as a metaphor. Feeding tube equivalent to umbilical cord. You want her wishes to be irrelevant, just as you want all "choice" out of the discussion....
View ArticlePrivate religion and public sex
The news of the last few days has me overdosing on a religion. Let me share my thinking on this.The conservatives have it backwards when they complain about too much sex on television. It is religion...
View ArticleShay's town hall meetings
While we all work to regain majority party status, it is obvious there are a few Republicans around who are reponsable members of Congress. Chris Shays appears to be one of the good guys, as...
View ArticleNew Appointments
George Bush announces his intention to celebrate passage of the bill making removal of the estate tax permanent by a number of appointments. The establishment of the Barony of Pittsburgonia and the...
View ArticleAlabama Bill Targets Gay Authors
Perhaps it is the recent attacks on the Constitution by the Republicans in the Congress or perhaps it is a result of the continued pandering to the religious right that has emboldened our homegrown...
View ArticleTime for a GCWD? was "Epicurean Creed"
Fundamentalist creeds not to your taste? Looking for a more palatable persuasion? Seeking sustenance for the body and soul? Does all this talk of politics and religion make you hungry out of sheer...
View ArticleVermont - great news! Universal healthcare plan
Vermont considering comprehensive single payer healthcare plan I was watching the capital gang on CNN. It was same old debate with Robert Novak and Kate O'Beirne representing the wingnuts against some...
View Article"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." -rant
"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." John Milton, Paradise Lost Why Republicans doesn't want properity in the United States. It serves them to keep the larger mass of people poor, and to...
View ArticleThe theocon weakness and James Watt
The Washington Post has a new op-ed peice by Reagan ex-Department of Interior head, James Watts. It reveals the Theocon weakness to activism by religious liberals. Ahhhhh James Watt famous for claiming...
View ArticleKrugman unafraid of "gay married terrorists"
Krugman hits another homerun with his lastest column! It speaks for itself and is well worth reading the whole thing. I love the sentence: "But the national election was about who would best defend us...
View ArticleWoodhull Foundation Takes on Brownbeck
Woodhull Foundation challanges Brownbeck's "experts" and the data in their presentation at pornography summit. They are being refused permission to present experts with opposing studies. Woodhull...
View ArticleDeath, Greed, and Fundamentalists in America
When one thinks of religious intolerance in this country probably the first thought is of New England and Puritans. They are known to have forced dissidents such as Anne Hutchinson to leave the...
View ArticleThe House of Kos
The House of Kos is a very very fine house. Ok, some of us think the lava lamp in the corner is a little tacky. And the orange drapes do not match the purple sofa offending some esthetic...
View ArticleNo Dentist Left Behind
If you do understand, you'll enjoy this analogy, which was forwarded by John S. Taylor, Superintendent of Schools for the Lancaster County, PA, School District. Be a friend to a teacher and pass this on.
View ArticleReligion in New Kansas Textbook
A new science book incorporating the hollow earth theory to be accepted by Kansas School board.
View ArticleSelling news like a car
Why we don't understand the corporate media Ask a top management person in a Japanese automotive company what his business is and he'll say "making cars". Ask a person in a similar position at an...
View ArticleJehovah pink slipped, design not intelligent enough.
Re: termination of employment Dear Jehovah, After much consideration we regret to inform you that your services as the creator are no longer required.
View ArticleCuba can evacuate 1.5 million people, American failure shows lack of competence
Cuba with less resources and no more warning than New Orleans had is capable of large evacuations. Examples see below fold.
View ArticleHippies send help to New Orleans
Hippies have been much maligned in recent weeks, so I think this should be passed along. Plenty International and "The Farm" to aid Katrina survivors, (more below fold)
View ArticleHeadline: Level Four hurricane hits Western Long Island and Manhattan,...
Headline 2006: Level Four hurricane hits Western Long Island and Manhattan, hundreds of thousands dead. Think it can't happen, read below. The warming of the ocean and increasing more powerful storms...
View Articlecoming storms: Phillipe and Rita
Phillipe and Rita Tropical Depression 17 will probably become Philipe more below
View ArticleLieberman's Latest Dirty Trick
Well A research company just called me concerning the Connecticut Primary. They could not say who paid for survey though nothing odd about that. The first questions seemed very normal. They were about...
View ArticleEnd the Iraq war by next week
The executives, directors, and major shareholders (holding in 1000 or more shares) of companies having large contracts with the defense department shall be subject to a draft of their children and...
View ArticleYes, but will they respect us Wednesday morning?
As in that tired old joke, the girl asking if she will be respected in the morning after giving in to sexual advances is asking the wrong thing. Because she isn't respected even before she gives in to...
View ArticlePlaying the Ethnic Card
Just when you think they can't take the debate any lower or more loony, I came this article in Newsweek. Earlier I have viewed crazy accusations of anti-Semitism based on scant evidence,...
View ArticleEnd Times Fundamentalism - Symptom, not disease
"Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." R. D. Lang I posit that religious fundamentalism is a not the problem (well yes, it is A problem, not THE problem) that we must...
View ArticleA troll diary - truth in advertising
Norway is complaining, all her trolls are out blogging over on Kos. There really has been an uptick here lately. And it seems people for forgotten how to turn troll diaries in to recipe books and...
View Article1000 Katrinas, 1000 dustbowls
is what we can expect over the rest of the century. 340,000 Flee Flooded Indonesia Capital At Least 20 Killed After Days of Rain By IRWAN FIRDAUS AP JAKARTA, Indonesia (Feb. 4) - Boats ferried supplies...
View ArticleNeo-Edwardwardian England - The Bush model for a new America
Upset at Moma Bush and her remarks about protecting her beautiful mind? Outraged at Rove who wants his son to never do menial work? Look beneath for fold for a glimpse at the model for such outrageous...
View ArticleAnimal Torture, Training psychopaths to vote Republican?
Or perhaps it is training Republicans to be psychopaths? Hard to say which, but almost almost all mental health professionals will tell you that animal torture and killing while young, is...
View ArticleWhere will you be after the great Collapse?
Bits and peices kept get through the mists of 80k hookers, and missing blondes. The campaign insult of the day ties up all the pundits as they repeat charges and concerns. Meanwhile the financial...
View Article"Strikers" whining on O'Riley
Ok, scanning through TV channels there on Fox was a stunning sight. A Hillery supporter whining to Bill O'Riley about blogging on Kos and explaining the so-called "strike".
View Article"C" student who studied tops "A" student
Let this be a lesson to us all. I'm not sure why anyone should be surprised. McCain's staff knew McCain had to do well. They knew he frequently blows it when he has to think on his feet. On the other...
View ArticleMemorial fund for Stephen T. Johns
Several of us were concerned about making donations to Mr. John's family in his memory. Yes, its a very short diary. Information about the Memorial fund follows. Condolences are nice, but one family...
View Articledefeating Andrew Breitbart
Yes, he lies, but his lie is a transparently deliberately malicious lie to ruin organizations and the people within them. There is a name for that kind of lie.. libel. And there is a remedy in law....
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