Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. Ahh…surprise, surprise. The Associate Press reports that a memorial service for slain anti-abortion activist, James Pouillon, will be followed by a large protest outside the local offices of Planned Parenthood in Owosso, Michigan. This clinic does not even perform abortions. Pouillon was shot to death on September 11, 2009 by Harlan Drake who also shot […]

Former speechwriter for George W. Bush. Editor of the National Review. Editor for the Wall Street Journal. Resident fellow of the American Enterprise Institute. David Frum is a thinking person’s conservative if such a thing can be said to exist. And the right has lost him, it appears. In a column the Los Angeles Times yesterday, Frum had this to […]

Attending teabagger rallies and town halls where teabaggers were in attendance the past couple of months, I just couldn’t help noticing how teabaggers can’t quite get their -isms straight. There’s communism/Marxism. There’s fascism/Naziism. There’s socialism. And in their minds these are BAAA-AAAD!!! And as far as they are concerned, liberalism is just one more of the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, […]

Coupla very interesting diaries on the Daily Kos this morning that cover the Teabagger Reunion in Washington, D.C. this past weekend. First of all, there’s this dude, “MD Friend of Hillary ” who’s sportin’ a pair much larger than the average guy: It’s amazing to me that just supporting people having an OPTION can result in so much anger and […]

Michelle Malkin is claiming 2 million turned out in Washington, D.C. today to “celebrate” the day after 9/11. The organizers, Freedom Works claimed that ABC News was estimating 1 to 1.5 MILLION turned out. Uhhh…actually? ABC News didn’t say that at all. They said 60,000-70,000. Oops. According to ABC News: Conservative activists, who organized a march on the U.S. Capitol […]

Spent some time prettying up the blog over the past coupla days. Here’s some changes you’ll notice: Chili pepper icon now appears in the address bar and in the tab if you use Firefox. Firefox also shows the icon, called a “favicon” in link buttons if you bookmark my blog. All the sections in the right sidebar now have stylish […]

Via Politico, Joe Wilson’s campaign is reporting that he has now raised $1,005,021 since his “YOU LIE!” outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress this past week. As reported yesterday, Wilson began his own fundraising effort via YouTube to counter the groundswell of financial support for Democrat Rob Miller. Miller has raised just under $900,000 via his Act Blue page […]

Or is it Niece Vader? From the most awesome blog Fengtastic. I’m just sayin’…

Yesterday, the US Census Bureau released a major report that outlines poverty and other issues in this country including health care coverage. The stats are for 2008. Looking through it today, one thing really stuck out: Over one-third of Americans are already covered by “government health insurance”. Over one-third. 255.1 million Americans have health insurance and 87.4 million are “covered […]

Liberalism: Broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution. (WordNet) Liberalism: The quality of being liberal; Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. (Wiktionary) Liberal:: Broad: […]

Like it or hate it, the President gave his much-anticipated speech tonight. It appears that after a summer of tea bagging screamers with not a shred of decency when it comes to public debate and dialog, the infection has grown beyond the confines of town halls, school gymnasiums, union halls and other public gathering places. Tonight, during the President’s speech, […]