December 4, 2008
It is probably the best kept secret in the blogosphere, but remember back when Presidential candidate Barack Obama called a reporter Sweetie? Then he apologized and promised to give her an interview later. Well, someone left a message on a thread here earlier today saying Agar was going to get her...
go to article »November 8, 2008
I get all my best rumors from McDonald’s on the South Side of Chicago. Today I was drinking my coffee while at the table on the other side of the tray return area came the following conversation from a group of African Americans: “I’m a Republican.” “You shoulda voted D...
go to article »November 6, 2008
Last night I turned on the television long enough to hear McCain’s concession speech and Obama’s victory speech. And of course between speeches the pundits had a little time to fill. “A historic candidate”, they said about Obama. Changing channels, “…histori...
go to article »November 5, 2008
Waiting for the election results can be tedious. And how to keep track of those pesky electoral votes as the states are called. Here is a little electoral map with plenty of space for doodles. You can color the states in as they turn red or blue. If you prefer jpeg format, for importing to a...
go to article »October 28, 2008
Last night I wrote a post about Chad Micheal Morisette in West Hollywood, California who thinks lynching Sarah Palin is nifty Halloween art. Already this morning I had a creepy comment. Someone with the handle “Buzzometer” left a message saying: If only this was real! Now this isn’...
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Whatever you think of Sarah Palin’s politics, there is no excuse for the hate speech that has been unleashed against her. The latest is some guy in West Hollywood, California, Chad Michael Morrisette, who thinks hanging Sarah Palin with a noose makes for good art. Is anyone else as dumbfo...
go to article »September 30, 2008
As the stock market dropped 770-some points today, the blogosphere trembled with rhetoric. Citizens called their elected officials by the droves, and most expressed opposition to a bailout–at least 80% and maybe more, depending on who you ask. In Indiana today I saw the following impromptu d...
go to article »September 7, 2008
A few months ago someone named GeekLove08 left a message on this blog asking me to post a link to their new video. I don’t consider this to be a political blog as such, but when I saw the video, I had to write a post about it. The video is of Hillary Clinton clad in a demure pastel pink outf...
go to article »September 4, 2008
For those who thought McCain’s nomination of Sarah Palin for VP was all about picking up any of Hillary’s old supporters still on the loose, maybe it is more about picking up the religious right. Obama’s recent shift to the right on FISA, abortion, and offshore drilling was about t...
go to article »September 1, 2008
Don’t talk about fairness, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin advises Hillary. “…when I hear a statement like that coming from any woman candidate with any kind of a perceived whine about that excess criticism or a sharper microscope put on her that doesn’t do us ...
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