Author Archives: John Rove

John McCain is set to pick his running mate and I think like most liberals I fear he will pick Mitt Romney and make himself unbeatable in November.  Mitt being devoutly religous would instantly lock up the evangelical block of … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum explains why the FISA debacle is so bad

From Ezra Klein There are criticisms that people make of Social Security, most of them relating to a mismatch between the program’s revenue and its future obligations. But McCain’s comment is very different. It’s like if lots of people made … Continue reading →

Via Andrew Sullivan some people are hoping for a truce in the divisive culture war In the 35-year fight since Roe v. Wade, it seems there are few common values to be found between our opposing sides. But it turns … Continue reading →

I am not being totally sarcastic here.  I don’t know if high fuel prices were the intended consequences of George Bushs’ policies but completely destabilizing the middle east has certainly led to higher prices, and these higher prices may be … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman points out that home ownership may not be for everyone and that maybe the government should not spend so much time trying to encourage people to buy homes. He goes on to say some people may be better off if … Continue reading →

This post is almost a complete rip-off from Matthew Yglasias Barack Obama, in a private 20-minute meeting with members of the Bikes Belong board of directors, told them if he were elected president he would increase funding for cycling and … Continue reading →

If the Patriots had won the superbowl New England would have won every major sports championship in the last year.  Bostonians would have been completely unbearable.   BTW I don’t count hockey as a major sport.

In Florida prescription drugs are far deadlier than most illegal drugs combined. The Florida report analyzed 168,900 deaths statewide. Cocaine, heroin and all methamphetamines caused 989 deaths, it found, while legal opioids — strong painkillers in brand-name drugs like Vicodin … Continue reading →

People in South Korea are protesting US beef imports:  : South Korea’s president said Wednesday that his government will make a fresh start, hours after an estimated 80,000 people gathered in the South Korean capital in the largest demonstration yet … Continue reading →

Looks like McCain has a problem with the religious right I thoought this part was especially relevant: The record is getting pretty long. McCain denounced the religious right (”agents of intolerance”) eight years ago, and bungled the Hagee and Rod … Continue reading →

I thought this was old news but maybe not for everyone. Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents … Continue reading →

Ezra Klein examines the political realities of the farm bill.

Yahoo has an article about Clinton and what led to one of the biggest political upsets in history. In the end, none of the mistakes by Clinton and her campaign team was fatal in and of itself. She and her … Continue reading →

I keep hearing that Obama is too young to be president.  Rush Limbaugh and Geraldine Ferraro seem to think that if a 46 year-old white guy was running for office he would be laughed at as too “wet behind the … Continue reading →

I am amazed that this has been controversial, this seems like a no-brainer, apparently both Bush and McCain are no-brainers: …the new G.I. Bill has strong bipartisan support in Congress. The House passed it by a veto-proof margin this month, … Continue reading →

Looks like the market might work sometimes after all: The Department of Transportation said figures from March show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded. Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s … Continue reading →

The FBI is trying to recruit informants of the vegitarian variety: What they were looking for, Carroll says, was an informant—someone to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors, schmoozing his way … Continue reading →

Looks like someone is trying to buy a few superdelegates. One of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he also pressed for the organization’s two … Continue reading →

After reading this article it is hard to see how the meat packing industry can function without cheap labor. At the same time it is not fair for the immigrants who come here, like this guy: At St. Bridget’s Catholic … Continue reading →

Looks like the Clinton and Obama camps are starting to come together Aronchick said that in his own discussions, he emphasized the need for the senator from Illinois to stop describing Clinton and her backers as representing the politics of … Continue reading →

The latest farm bill definitely has some pork to it.

Ok He has a alot of problems but a big one for him is how does he keep the republican base of right wing cultural conservatives while still appealing to moderates. Kevin Drum says he can’t. McCain and the Republican … Continue reading →

The Iran-Contra scandal sounds pretty interesting. McCains role in the scandal also sounds pretty interesting. Another thing, it  seems that the only country that has benefitted from the invasion f Iraq is Iran as basically they now have a friendly … Continue reading →

Pretty much the day after surgery I started watching season 2 of The Wire and I just finished season 4 last night.  Season 3 was probably the best, one of the funniest scenes had to be Snoop buying the nail … Continue reading →

Ezra Klein looks at how we got Bushed and asks if the country has learned its lesson. My guess is “no”. Conservatives like Grover Norquist and other architects of Bush’s failed administration will never admit that conservitism is a failure. … Continue reading →

For a while now people have been talking about rising food prices. I wonder how much of price increase can be attributed to stronger enforecment of US immigration laws. It seems like many jobs that involve food production also use … Continue reading →

Mattew Yglesisias takes on the electibility argument This part here makes a lot of sense: This business of Travis Childers winning an extremely Republican district on the heels of two other Democratic special election wins drives home how infuriating the … Continue reading →

I got this via pandagon.net Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition” and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday. The father of relativity, … Continue reading →

The Clinton campaign has been mostly kept afloat by loans from the Clintons(Bill and Hillary) for quite some time now, she has loaned herself over $11 million. This money mostly came from Bill Clintons income as a paid speaker.  The … Continue reading →