Category Archives: Words

McCain picks the governor of Alasks, Sarah Palin as his running mate.   She is a 44 year-old mother of five, including an infant daughter with Downs syndrome, she is going to be very hard to attack and she will probably … Continue reading →

Obamas’ acceptance speech tonight was pretty amazing, does anyone think McCain can match Obama in terms of promise for the future.  McCain at best can promise more of the same, he does not have any fresh ideas.  The best McCain can … Continue reading →

I live in Denver and I had hoped to have a few interesting convention insights. Instead about all I have seen are large numbers of police officers almost everywhere and private security guards in most stores. I bought a new … Continue reading →

Or “no way, no how, no McCain”.  Hillary’s speech was really good.  I might take back most of the bad things I said about her during the primary.

My dad is a grumpy old guy who was at best luke-warm towards Obama.  Now my dad is almost giddy at the idea of voting for Obama/Biden in 08. Grumpy boomers seem to need one of their own on the … Continue reading →

The new Republican strategy is to drill, drill and drill some more.  This is supposed to help the economy national security and probably health care.  My question, is their any oil producing country that is nice to live in?  This … Continue reading →

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This is a concept with tons of potential…hoping to see more of these in the future! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGIqGaWZOo0

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Conservatives say some dumb ass shit.  Like “who cares about tire pressure”  Most of us who drive check our tires occasionally and even change our oil.  Not conservatives, they drive a car until it gets a flat or needs maintainence … Continue reading →

This guy’s case should be known by everyone in the country. Alabama is fucked up! He’s been proven innocent, released after 30+ years in prison, yet the state refuses to compensate him for getting it wrong. He escaped multiple times, … Continue reading →

(Glenn Greenwald) The FBI’s lead suspect in the September, 2001 anthrax attacks — Bruce E. Ivins — died Tuesday night, apparently by suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him with responsibility for the attacks. For the … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum talks about the conservative war on birth control, at this point it does seem pretty obvious that certain factions in the US do not want people to have access to birth control and they would like to stigmatize birth … Continue reading →

I just finished reading “overtreated” a book by Shannon Brownlee.  One point that she drives home very well is that even if we get universal coverage we may not get better health outcomes as more people with insurance will probably … Continue reading →

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 →

The dollar has been battered consistently for a while now already, but it’s only the beginning.  Keep in mind that more often than not, an unemployed American worker is someone who has to make interest payments or else face bankruptcy.  … 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.