Senate passes Amnesty for Telecos
At this point, my outrage meter is so long gone, I have a hard time mustering the energy to protest the most egregious violations of law and justice, since they …
Our Thermopylae
Continuing the theme of music videos set to speeches, here's a soaring rendition of Al Gore's testimony before Congress, in which he challenges politicians to “walk through the fire” of …
MessNBC
The dull roar you hear is the growing chorus of voices complaining about the rampant misogyny at MSNBC, the biggest perps being Chris Matthews, aka Tweety, wanker emeritus, the most …
Waxing poetic on politics
Connie at Planet of the Blind wants the whole class to write Haiku to Bush. So Snag offered this little gem: There's blood on the ground For sweet sweet crude …
The war president
Earlier this month I posted a pro-Obama video, in which one of the candidate's speeches was transformed into a song. The vid went viral on the Net, and has gotten …
Anti-war movement suckered by the "Chicken Doves"
There's another searing political expose by the fearless Matt Taibbi in the 2/21 issue of Rolling Stone, about the self-serving capitulation of the Democratic Party on the Iraq War. Warmongering …
Betsey Johnson celebrates 30 years at New York Fashion Week 2008
I didn't pay any attention to Fashion Week, or fashion at all until a couple of years ago when I got hooked on Project Runway, the hit reality series on …
Is Conyers edging toward impeachment hearings?
A report from David Swanson of Democrats.org and AfterDowningStreet.org, about the efforts of his groups, Code Pink and others to talk to Conyers (chair of House Judiciary Committee) about impeachment. …