Stimulating family planning
There is a great op-ed, Counting Out Women, by Melissa McEwan published today in the Guardian (UK) about Chris Matthews and the general idiocy in the US media (not to …
Day 6: Obama caves to Republican hissy fits
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? I can’t believe that President Obama is ALREADY letting the Republicans run (i.e. ruin) his plan for an economic stimulus. Here’s an idea …
Joe Lieberman's last stand
I didn’t vote for Al Gore in 2000 and Joe Lieberman, Al’s stupendously stupid VP pick, is why. He was a whiny sanctimonious prick then, and he’s gotten worse every …
Esquire makes endorsements, calls Inhofe "the worst" member of Congress in U.S.
Esquire Magazine got the civic bug two years ago and started endorsing political candidates. And they didn’t do it half-ass, either, they endorsed in every single congressional district, up or …
Oklahoma's Mickey Edwards pleads with Congress to uphold Constitution
Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either. But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and …
You go, girl! Code Pinker confronts Sec. Rice
Reuters photo My friend Desiree gets right in the face of Condoleezza Rice, who is, indeed, a “war criminal.” (Tried to embed the video, but had technical problems. Updated, with …
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Why I'm a Green, Example 3,547
Digby noted on Friday (during my news blackout while attending the annual Greens meeting) that not one Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee showed up for the hearing …
Profiteering in Iraq
I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost …