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McCain’s Monster

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

I love watching Sarah Palin try to construct logical arguments using the 8 platitudes, 6 bromides, and 4 clichés that make up the whole of her intellectual inventory.
Watching her wrestle with logic is like watching a woman try to apply makeup without a mirror. “Some governors are distracted and ineffective once they become lame [...]

Speaking Truth to Crazy

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Does this guy rock, or what? He talks about the experience on DailyKos.

To paraphrase Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for the triumph of crazy is that sane men do nothing.” So kudos to this guy for stepping up and doing something in the face of rampaging crazy. For most of us, [...]

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Glenn Beck is a political pundit the same way Howard Stern is a gynecologist.
While it’s true that female anatomy plays an important role in what Stern does, and women may be required to disrobe when visiting him at his place of work, it requires a very loose definition of “gynecologist” to include Stern in the [...]

Sweet Relief

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I really enjoyed watching Obama’s inauguration this morning.  It was a great moment in American history, and I was moved and inspired.  His speech was excellent.  He said a lot of things I wanted to hear, and I was delighted that he included “non-believers” among his examples of the diverse creeds found in America.  There [...]

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