2006 Winners and Losers – Predictions for 2007 Here you go, a partial compilation of winners, losers and even predictions, because no list is complete without your input. And the Biggest Losers for 2006 are… The Republican Party, for getting whupped in the 2006 election cycle even after resurrecting their old southern strategy that failed [...]
Archive | December, 2006
3,000
3,000 God bless the fallen, their families and the buddies in the units still fighting on the front lines.
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A New Year Dawns
A New Year Dawns Red Rock. One of the most beautiful places I\’ve ever seen, though this picture doesn\’t do it justice. However, if you look closely you can see the red marbling of the mountain. Last week I had another encounter with a gorgeous hawk. These winged creatures have landed on our property too, [...]
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2006: A Very Bad Year
2006: A Very Bad Year cross-posted on Huffington Post\’s \”Fearless Voices\” Oh, Pakistan. \”There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently.\” – Robert Evans If I were to write my personal reflections on the year I have had [...]
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NIXON PARDON: For Friendship, Not Country
Cross-posted at Huffington Post When I wrote the post I Can\’t Forgive Ford, all hell broke loose in some quarters. Some wouldn\’t talk about it, ignored it completely, with some comments unprintable. Being proved correct in my assessment is not really important, because my feelings ran deep on this issue. But today\’s article by Bob [...]
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Missing the Edwards Message
Missing the Edwards Message –updated below/with videos/YouTube– cross-posted on Huffington Post Taken Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. Meanwhile… KATRINA HITS LOUISIANA, THREATENS NEW ORLEANS AND BILOXIGET IT? How cynical can we possibly get? Or maybe it\’s just dense. You don\’t have to be an Edwards fan or be convinced he\’s the one for \’08 to get [...]
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Saddam to Hang by Sunday?
Saddam to Hang by Sunday? –updated– UPDATE (5:15 p.m. – 12.29.06): AP reporting Saddam to hang tonight. Sorry, couldn\’t resist the graphic. On a very serious note, what will this mean for Iraq and for what the U.S. military will soon face? Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 [...]
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IRAQ: Bush’s ‘Escalation,’ and Ford’s Shiv
IRAQ: Bush\’s \”Escalation,\” and Ford\’s Shiv 2006 Memories: Team Escalate in Conference In Edwards\’ announcement today he evidently used the \”e\” word, according to Ezra who was at the festivities. As regular readers are aware, I\’ve been using the word \”escalation\” for weeks and weeks. Edwards explicitly condemned the \”surge\” plan for Iraq. But he [...]
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John Edwards Running
John Edwards Running Thoughts? Former North Carolina senator John Edwards this morning declared his candidacy for president in 2008, sounding a populist call for citizen action to reduce the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, combat poverty and global warming and help restore America\’s moral leadership in the world. Using a neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina [...]
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Poor George is ‘Weary’
Poor George is \”Weary\” Things that make you want to hurl. Well, boo frickin\’ hoo. Poor Mr. Bush, just so much on his mind and so many decisions to make, not to mention those mean Democrats coming into power in just a few days. I mean really, what\’s an incompetent, escalating warmonger to do? Never [...]
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I Can’t Forgive Gerald Ford
cross-posted on Huffington Post I’m a Democrat, but when I was a kid my family colored my politics, which includes my first political memory of seeing John F. Kennedy’s funeral through the eyes of my big brother and sister. My one woman political show revolved around this history of Republican background, turned Democratic because of [...]
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Targeting Democrats with Stereotypes
Targeting Democrats with Stereotypes Consultant Helps Democrats Embrace Faith, and Some in Party Are Not Pleased is the headline. Who, exactly, are "some"? Read it for yourself. You can count the number on one hand. But even if you don\’t like religion and faith mixed with your politics, it\’s the Democratic stereotype that the Times [...]
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O’Reilly to Pimp for Renegade Judge
O\’Reilly to Pimp for Renegade Judge \”Tyranny of Tolerance\”? He\’s kidding, right? Bill O\’Reilly and Missouri Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. deserve each other. The only wingnut missing in this mix is the original champion of \”feminazism\” el Rushbo. It can only be a matter of time. That this controversy comes out of the [...]
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Movies that Suck
So, what movies did you see this weekend? There are a lot of good ones out there. \”The Good Sheperd\” just isn\’t one of them. No pace. Imploding plot. Dreadfully boring. Angeline Jolie is lost and out of place. Matt Damon plays one emotion the entire film, while DeNiro can\’t find anyone\’s pulse, including his [...]
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Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS \”White Christmas\” starts the season in our home. Watching it and trimming the tree has been a tradition for me since I was a kid, through my single life (which adds up to most of my life) and into my life today. Blessings to you all. Prayers go out to all our troops [...]
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TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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