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In a new piece of hubris from John McCain, he said today that he would win in Iraq and capture Osama Bin Laden. Instead of the kind of national healing that we need after one of the most partisan administrations in US history, what we have from John
Published: 05-15-08 08:31 PM

Tonight, we seek to turn back the clock, so to speak, and run away from the fundamentalism that we have been taught for the last 2000 years. We seek to rehabilitate Julian, a Roman Emperor who was like a light against the darkness, and who for three
Published: 05-15-08 07:47 PM

There is a separation of Obama and Wright that is taking place based on the latest comments of Obama's campaign people, including Axelrod himself. Separations between such people are necessarily painful and will take time to heal, especially sinc
Published: 04-28-08 05:19 PM

Ever watch a friend just deteriorate mentally to the point where it's just too sad to deal with it? Well, this will be my last link to Roosevelt at Mo'thanskin.   For months now, he has smeared Barack Obama, and still after his preferred
Published: 05-15-08 05:53 PM

Wonkette has thoughfully achived an Inside Edition clip of Bill O' Reilly flipping out because he can't ad lib when the teleprompter goes bananas. He also doesn't know what "play out" means. This is the absoulute crazi
Published: 05-12-08 11:24 AM

Matt Taibbi goes undercover to penetrate the brainwashed world of John Hagee and his followers, which sounds not unlike a cross between a Synanon meeting and The Babarambaba cult from "What's Happening?". Excerpt:"Hello,&
Published: 05-12-08 08:02 AM

While presidential elections are the political equivalent of a binge alcoholic, I am relishing the spectacle of John McCain "flip-flopping" all over the country as he tries to get elected after 8 years of GOP disaster.The latest is McCain&#
Published: 05-15-08 07:29 AM

It would be the height of Irony if this entry brought a John McCain spot onto my Google Ads to the right. 
Published: 05-09-08 04:31 PM

The "Age of Reason" is over.  According to The Progress Report, the Pentagon has big plans for the Green Zone in American occupied Iraq:With the help of the Defense Department, the Los Angeles-based company C3 is "developing the
Published: 05-07-08 07:49 AM

Get thee to Dirty Coast.
Published: 05-15-08 07:24 AM

Don't say dawlin' on the campaign trail, sweetie.
Published: 05-14-08 07:54 PM

Zany libertarian nonsense.
Published: 05-14-08 07:43 AM

<!-- end photoProvider -->Wed May 14, 3:42 PM ETA women and children survivors of the cyclone Nargis gather to get relief food in Dedaye, some 130 kms southwest of Yangon. UN chief Ban Ki-moon Wednesday called an emergency meeting on Myanmar
Published: 05-15-08 09:01 AM

<!-- end photoProvider -->Wed May 14, 5:29 PM ETin this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards chat while participating in a rally on the South Carolina Capitol steps in honor of M
Published: 05-14-08 03:47 PM

AP 1931 file photoMore comfortable writing equations than praying? Debate continues to swirl over Albert Einstein's spiritual beliefs.Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual core?Einstein's most famous legacy is the sp
Published: 05-13-08 03:50 PM

I have a gotten a reply from the Daily Telegraph, they would not be ensuring the paper arrives early in Gran Canaria
Published: 05-14-08 01:10 PM

Taxpayers money is being used to bury the dead and pay the hospital bills of a paragon of society who is really a menace.
Published: 05-15-08 07:53 AM

Ex-President refused to appear before the House Committee on Power and Steel yesterday, so the committee withdrew its invitation and have arranged alternatives that are worrisome. Who is an ex-President answerable to?
Published: 05-12-08 09:26 PM

“The best things in life are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties in your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain common work as it comes,
Published: 05-15-08 08:54 AM

Mother's Day
Published: 05-11-08 10:39 AM

Hallelujah!
Published: 05-09-08 09:59 AM

it appeared in 1651 with a famous title-page engraving showing the towering body of a crowned giant, made up of tiny figures of human beings bearing swords.
Published: 05-14-08 07:11 AM

"Nobody wears beige to a bank robbery!" - Virgil Starkwell, Take the Money and Run
Published: 04-19-08 06:50 AM

General Mark Clark signed the peace document ending the war (Korea), even though the official goals had pretty much been achieved he stated later "I cannot find it in me to exalt at this hour." (Clark was the first U.S. commander to agree to an Armis
Published: 04-22-08 05:22 AM

The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with se
Published: 01-01-08 01:50 PM

Two US marines will stand trial following the killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha, the worst incident of alleged war crimes involving US troops in Iraq, officials said Monday.
Published: 01-01-08 01:35 PM

New study shows people who lived near or worked at former munitions factory in Colonie have depleted uranium in their bodies
Published: 12-31-07 03:48 PM

So far I have used this blog merely as a way to communicate with friends and family while I live overseas, rather than a way to comment on news/politics/current events.However, I found this article (America's Safety Catch ) on the BBC website par
Published: 04-27-08 09:09 AM

I really don’t have an excuse this time for not posting for an entire month. It’s pitiful and I am well aware of that.I do have something of a reason, though. I was on vacation for a few days, which really doesn’t account for the en
Published: 04-26-08 02:52 PM

I am going to blame the current lack of updates on computer problems. For a while, every time I tried to load the entry editor on my blog, the browser would automatically quit on me.Finally, I sorted out the settings issue with one of my other browse
Published: 03-29-08 09:33 AM

GAO report: US utterly unprepared for new al-Qaeda attack.
Published: 04-18-08 10:37 AM

Southlandian Tale
Published: 04-03-08 09:51 PM

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Published: 03-24-08 09:30 PM

Columnist Tim Rutten has it right. The U.S.A. is fast becoming one of the world's great killing fields.  The major factor in this shameful phenomenon is the proliferation of guns. Thanks, in large part, to the National Rifle Association'
Published: 04-03-08 07:37 PM

Little did I ever expect to be posting a story written for Business Week!  And, no, this is not an April Fools joke.  The lineup of advocates for a single-payer, not-for-profit, national healthcare insurance system for the U.S. just keeps o
Published: 04-01-08 10:46 AM

Like John McCain, economics has never been a major interest of mine.  I don't follow economic issues closely and understand only the broader workings of that institution. From time to time, however, some factor involving the econom
Published: 03-28-08 10:50 AM

AMERICANS are Morons
Published: 12-11-07 08:04 AM

While true, unions have had their problems,do we throw the baby out with the bathwater?They may be the only salvation for our nation's future.With proper oversight and informed rank and file they are the only defense for workers vs.corporations.
Published: 08-16-07 12:03 PM

Our leadership is responsible for our country being attacked. Their response is to strip us of our constitutional rights; Form an unresponsive tyranny;Put the ownership of the free press in the hands of the few;and commit crimes for which the average
Published: 08-13-07 12:05 PM