Archive for the 'religion and politics' Category

Looking for that mouse

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

A friend sent me this article with the comment, “I think you will enjoy reading this.”
I did. Thanks.
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All McCain’s Base

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

I mentioned it here and in an article with another reference to that wonderful meme, Seth Graehame-Smith says, “All McCain’s base are belong to [Obama and the Democratic Party]” [sic?].
I wouldn’t have mentioned it, except I ran across this quote:
I don’t care if footage of Obama snorting coke off Scarlett Johansson’s boobs surfaces in late [...]

Quiet desperation

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

You: Did you read it?
Me: No, I don’t like to read. Reading for elitist liberal types.
Me: “Lives of quiet desperation.” Have you ever heard of that?
You: No.
[quiet desperation after the jump.]
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Following the trail of poverty and crime

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Wow.
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War crimes

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

On Feb 7, 2002, President Bush issued an order. The order stated, in pertinent part “I accept the legal conclusion of the Department of Justice and determine that Common Article 3 of Geneva does not apply to either al Qaeda or Taliban detainees.”
With these fateful and ill-advised words, President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief, perhaps unwittingly, perhaps [...]

He’s onto your B.S.

Friday, June 20th, 2008

It comes as no shock to anyone who has ever played a game of poker, but Obama has opted out of the public financing that has caught his Republican straw man in legal hot water.
David Brooks whines, “Obama isn’t Uncle Tom, Whaaaa!”
I need to take a moment, point at David Brooks and do a “Ha [...]

Jimmy Carter

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

This still-born meme brings up this classic Onion post.
Good stuff.
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When geeks rule politics

Friday, June 6th, 2008

From Chris Kelly’s article on Huffington Post:
One good thing about Hillary proclaiming her right to a four-day national non-concession? We’ll never have to wonder what it would have been like if she’d been elected and that phone in the White House had rung at three AM.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Hello?
KIM JONG IL
All your base [...]

Advocates of Single-Payer

Friday, March 28th, 2008

This shocking article, especially in light of their tactical PR moves, makes a number of people theorize that WalMart would be advocates of a Single-payer health care system.
No. Just the opposite.
In 2004, WalMart spent $650k to defeat Proposition 72. Now a careful reading may have some wondering how a bill requiring heath coverage is [...]

Reading George Orwell

Friday, March 14th, 2008

In my seventh grade English class, I got an opportunity to read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
My mom had read it once as a little girl during the brief occupation of Seoul in the Korean War.
“One day Ohma brought home fish for dinner, wrapped in paper. But it was too much paper—everything was scarce. I [...]