If You Only Read One Diary I Ever Write, Please, This One
I've written a lot of diaries over the last few years. I've probably said a few stupid things and made a few bad predictions. I write from the heart and from the top of my head and sometimes that gets...
View ArticleKick Their &%#$ing Asses Guys
I'm tragically stuck at work until noon. Damn meeting that my superiors just wouldn't re-schedule. But I'll be out there soon getting the mother %&$#ing vote the mother %&##ing out! Sorry, I'm...
View ArticleWho Gives A Bleep About Joe Lieberman?
Sure has been an interesting 24 hours following the reaction to (more) Democratic capitulation in the form of Joe Lieberman. Sigh, it's like we're Wiley E Coyote and Joe is the Road Runner. One of...
View ArticleBush and Henry VIII: They Would Have Loved Each Other
The exploits of King Henry VIII have long fascinated me. Even in a time of lesser knowledge, one has to be pretty damn full of themselves to pull even half of the idiocy that he mustered. And yet, as I...
View ArticleRemember, We Don't Need Arlen To Vote Yes On EFCA...We Just Need Cloture
With today's hilarious news that Arlen Specter has jumped from his sinking ship to our fine vessel, there has been a bit of disappointment that he hasn't also flipped on the Employee Fair Choice Act....
View ArticleRichard Lugar Shows Sotomayor Some Hoosier Hospitality
Just wanted to post a short diary mentioning the fact that Richard Lugar has become the first Republican in the Senate to declare his support for (soon to be) Justice Sotomayor. Source. Being that I'm...
View ArticleSome Alternatives To Dick Cheney For The GOP
Well, we're hearing more and more talk that the GOP might actually think of nominating Darth Vader himself for President. While I, like most of you, relish that fight as the next best thing to a one...
View ArticleDear Bill Clinton: Primary Blanche Lincoln
Shocking absolutely no one, Senator Lincoln has turned tail and ran on the front of health care. She's not only backpedaling on her previous support of the public option, she's vowing to work against...
View ArticleDemocrats, To Quote Woody H. "Nut Up Or Shut Up"
This weekend, while trying to distract myself I'll be seeing the new Woody Harrelson flick "Zombieland." Distract myself from what? Well, the fact that "Yes We Can" has been flipped upside down during...
View ArticleIn This Dream I Had, I Solved Health Care
I'm usually not one to ever bring up dreams I have. Mainly because I rarely have dreams. Never have. In fact, I spend more time not being able to sleep than I do dreaming. Damn insomnia.However, last...
View ArticleOpt-Out Public Option A Poison Pill For Stupid States?
I'm not here to get into the fight about whether Reid is right or wrong to go with his watered down public option. It'd be preaching to the choir. I'm with you guys, I wanted single payer and a...
View ArticleIf Joe Filibusters Kick Him Out Of The Caucus
I'm with most of you I'd assume in that I feel like Joe Lieberman should have been kicked out of the caucus a long time ago. But, damn it, we as a party and a majority have no backbone if his gavels...
View ArticleWith A 12:1 Advantage, Why More Troops?
I've been fixated on this for a few days and taking a bit of heat at my other favorite place to talk politics that is a little more "fair and balanced" because my reaction is basically "we're up 12 to...
View ArticlePalin/Bachmann 2012!!!
So I'm sure that a lot of you have been getting a chuckle out of the awe inspiring ten thousand some odd wingers protesting in the capital right now. Trying to hard to work against their own self...
View ArticleIt's Time For The Nuclear Option
We all remember the cold dark days that brought us Justices Roberts and Alito and all of President Bush's other judicial nominations. When we were cautioned against filibustering the travesties because...
View ArticleOh! Sweet Nuthin
Feel free to start the video below playing, there's nothing to be seen other than the cover to Velvet Undergrounds essential masterpiece "Loaded", but I think the song is a great title for a thread and...
View ArticleThey Said It Was A Pre-Existing Condition
"They said it was a pre-existing condition?"That is what I recently exclaimed, in complete shock, to my wife of ten years. She had just told me that a friend of hers at work had recently been to the...
View ArticleLinda McMahons Doomed Candidacy Just Cost Someone His Job
I wanted to touch on a bit of news today that most of you would probably not see or care about if you did. But which I think is a direct result of Linda McMahon's doomed and comical run for the US...
View ArticleHasbro Childrens Hospital Fundraiser
One year ago two staples of the Transformers (you know, the Hasbro toys that turn from cars into robots...though that's REALLY simplifying) fandom (The Allspark and TFWiki) came together to raise...
View ArticleI Am The 41%
So the exit polls say that Mitt Romney won the white vote by a margin of 59-41. So say the New York Times. While Fox Noise freaks that this is the worst...thing...ever because Mittens still lost the...
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