Archive for January, 2008

WMD to Syria on 8 tiny Reindeer

Whenever the pesky fact that not one ounce of WMD were found in Iraq, despite the promises of most of the Bush administration, reluctant reactionaries fall back on a few tired premises. Some say that “we got it wrong, but so did the rest of the world.” Of course anyone willing to read [...]

Wintertime


Ron, Rudy, and David

Captain 9/11 Rudy Guiliani is dying a slow political death in Florida, in the shadow of The Sunshine Empire.  This sequence with Ron Paul and David Cross show how hollow his one issue is.

John Gibson is a horrible person

More proof that John Gibson is a horrible person.  Even Joe Scarborough thought it was over the line.
From Think Progress: Morning Joe Hosts Blast Gibson Comment 

On ESPN and The Catholic League

The day today was a whirlwind, and hardly a moment was to be had to scan the day’s news. Yet as I went about the internets, one story did stick out and brought on a tirade of feelings. The Catholic League was up in arms about comments made by an ESPN2 host about [...]

Really?

Today a study was released claiming that the Bush administration made un-truthful statements that led the country into the disastrous war in Iraq. No shit? Really?
False Statements Preceded War
I am always amazed that after all that we know since 2003, people in the media still talk of the Clinton’s lying, although the amount [...]

More MLK

“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Midnight Music Empire: Garbage

I can’t get enough Garbage.  By far the most talented band in existence, but some say I have a tendency to exaggerate.

MLK speaks on war

With today marking the celebration in the United States of the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was brilliant at separating the political and the mood of the mob from the true patriotism in us all.  I was reading his speech on his standing against the Vietnam war. [...]