Monthly Archives: June 2007

Whoopsie, señor!

Your tax dollars at work: A 1.5-mile barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border was designed to keep cars from illegally crossing into the United States. There’s just one problem: It was accidentally built on Mexican soil. Now embarrassed border officials say … Continue reading

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Anchorwoman of the Year

Sullivan spots a rare example of courage in the mainstream media: an MSNBC morning anchor, expected to begin with a story on the release of a certain spoiled rich whore, scuttled it & lead off with real news instead. Bravo…

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Bush sez “kiss my ass!” yet again

Blahblahexecutiveprivilegeblah: President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers’ demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors. Bush’s attorney told Congress the White House would not turn … Continue reading

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Smudging the point

As I stated in my post about the recent Supreme Court decisions regarding “campaign finance reform”, IMO there is entirely too much focus on what is said to influence elections rather than how the elected are influenced after the fact.  … Continue reading

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Sign #3412345 of the neutering of organized labor

Crap like this is actually seen as super-important… People that truly work for a living aren’t politicians.  It’s ridiculous that to organize they have to act like they are.

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This wouldn't be hypocritical, would it?

As I’ve stated before, I personally find the idea of nationalized “single-payer” health care to be misguided, inevitably used as a gift to corporatism & an excuse for further regulation of our lives, and the issue of health care in … Continue reading

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When 50-50 might as well be zero

Y’know that “Rip things in half!!” commercial for some frozen energy drink? Well, the Supreme Court apparently took it literally, and tried that on the 1st Amendment. Observe… -Issue Ads within 60 days of an election? Sure: Free speech rights … Continue reading

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Guess the smell

Consider this an entry in the category “things that only I would ponder because I’m weird”: Is this Onion article meant to spoof how these type of stories are covered in the real papers, or to make fun of the … Continue reading

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Neo-hippies for Private Currency

Found this interesting: A walk down Main Street in this New England town calls to mind the pictures of Norman Rockwell, who lived nearby and chronicled small-town American life in the mid-20th Century.  So it is fitting that the artist’s … Continue reading

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11 months later…

Pretty much the same legislation, same result, same ridiculously inconsistent reasoning for it I pointed out last time.  His new nickname should be “The Predictable One”.

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