Obscene and absurd
I have the good fortune to make slightly into the six figures in gross income. We have a quarter-million-dollar mortgage, I max out a 401K, we have three kids, and we're married-filing-jointly with...
View ArticleScience OT: The Unbearable Coolness of the Solar System
Just about everything having to do with the Solar System this year has been -- or is about to be -- really amazing... Spirit & Opportunity, Sedna, Jovian moons, planetary lineups, MESSENGER...
View ArticleI'm confused again. Why are we in Iraq?
Since we're not in Iraq because of 9/11, or because of WMDs, or because we're going to turn it into a shining beacon of democracy for the Middle East... what is the reason we're in Iraq again? Oh, I...
View ArticleAmerica: A Leader, Not A Cowboy
Dreamt this potential Kerry slogan last night. The double meaning is deliberate: America should be the world's leader, not an international cowboy; and Kerry is a leader, while Bush is a cowboy....
View ArticleRobert Reich on a Bush 2nd Term
Remember what we are fighting for. Wars -- probably nuclear -- against Iran and North Korea. Death of the public schools. Repeal of taxes on unearned income. Major slashing of social spending. Chief...
View ArticleThe Actions Of A Few
The abuses at Abu Ghirab were, it's said, the actions of a few, and not representative of the beliefs or actions of most American soldiers. Let's stipulate this, for the moment, pending the release of...
View ArticleOff with their heads!
Every time Bush's popularity dips below 50%, something happens to push it back up. Ain't that funny. Just watch as the beheading does exactly this. Nick Berg becomes yet another American who gave his...
View ArticleAvoiding overexposure
I think folks should keep calm about the Kerry campaign's relative lack of visibility. Not just the whole murder-suicide thing but for another reason: Americans get rapidly tired of politics. John...
View ArticleWhy We Don't Just Conquer
If there can be any silver lining from the Iraq catastrophe, let it be what we learn here: Invading other countries just because you don't like their government is a really bad idea. It shouldn't have...
View ArticleThe Spin
I've got some fairly conservative friends. They don't admit they're neocons but they're big on Iraq. I've been listening to their take on things, over email. They don't talk about all the news, but...
View ArticleFBI Warns Bush Popularity Dangerously Low, Terrorists May Strike
At least that's how I interpret today's headlines. We're not even changing our alert level from Dipsy to Tinky-Winky like we usually do after Karl... um, the government determines danger is upon us.
View ArticleMadrid - is this really so hard?
Let's be fair here. al-Qaeda really did want Spain's Socialists to win. They did get what they wanted from their terrorist attack. Spain's voters happened to do what al-Qaeda wanted, though it's not...
View ArticleNot a Dime's Worth of Difference
If the names on the ballot were Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer, would you still vote for Nader? Discuss.
View ArticleThis is WWII again? Does that mean...
The big question, if the War on Terra is to be compared with WWII... does that mean we're on the side that runs the concentration camps... or the side that uses nuclear weapons?
View ArticleFred Hiatt puts it together
Fred Hiatt's latest editorial on the WaPo site is one of the more cogent explanations of just why torture is bad -- under any circumstances -- how slippery the slope is, and exactly why...
View ArticleDebate one-liners you'd like to see
I've been thinking about the lines I'd like to see Kerry deliver in a debate, or on the campaign trail. Ways to express the failures of the Bush administration in a soundbite that the news will carry....
View ArticleBumper Stickers: Capture The Flag
I want to spread this idea as far as I can. It can do some good, maybe more than a normal bumper sticker can. Capture the flag. If you have a Kerry or Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker, or plan to get one,...
View ArticleRepublican Government As Galactic Presidency
The bizarre notions about Ditka and now Nugent running for Senate prompted me to try making a list. Sonny Bono. Ronald Reagan. Arnold. Fred Grandy. Fred Thompson. Steve Largent. Jack Kemp. I'm sure...
View ArticleGoreing Kerry: "reinventing" a "personal connection"
The latest noise-machine attack on Kerry is that he hasn't yet "made a personal connection" with voters. I don't know if it's true or not. Certainly his voice can sound stentorian. I do know that...
View ArticleVideo links for convention?
I'm lame. I misplaced the link to where all the videos were available last night... and now I can't find anyplace that has videos from tonight. Where can I find them?
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