Archive for June, 2008
Random Thought
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Aaron Boone, Hillary Clinton, presidential elections, stupid memes | Leave a Comment
I’m quite pleased to know that we’re witnessing the death of the “Senators can’t win presidential elections” claim (assuming nothing extremely outside the realm of likely outcomes occurs between now and November). The claim was always a stupid one, based as it was on a whopping sample size of 11 presidential elections1. Now, with the [...]
No One Speaks About My Maverick That Way
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, the media | 2 Comments
The media will fight to the death to protect its beloved and sainted hero.
Rick Klein, blogging at ABC News:
Clark’s comments seem to miss a vital point about the McCain campaign: Yes, his military service is part of his stock campaign biography, but McCain is not running on that record nearly as much as he’s running [...]
Connecting The Day’s News
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Southern Baptists, domestic violence, gender, religion | Leave a Comment
Dear Women,
Stop running businesses if you don’t like being abused.
Sincerely,
A seriously deranged Southern Baptist (of course!) “scholar”
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Why Does Wes Clark Hate America?!?
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, Wesley Clark | Leave a Comment
Someone needs to stop this Wes Clark character from running around spitting on our troops. I don’t know who he thinks he is1, but he has absolutely no standing to impugn the experience of St. John McCain. The man was a prisoner in the Hanoi Hilton, for chrissakes!
What is “General” Clark really a general of, [...]
Poster Boy For The Politics Of Fear
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Joe Lieberman, terrorism | Leave a Comment
The worst part is that Lieberman’s comments don’t even make any sense. The terrorists will want to “test” our new president, so they’ll attack us shortly after his term begins, and John McCain is better equipped to handle that attack than Barack Obama because… John McCain has years of disaster management training? I don’t get [...]
Obama Was Hanging Out In My Neighborhood!
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Barack Obama, Columbia Heights, DC, DCist | Leave a Comment
I was originally just going to share this feed, but then I realized that doing so might imply endorsement of DCist’s position.
The Hill has the idiot local news scoop of the day with this gem from the Columbia Heights location of the Washington Sports Club. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama stopped by earlier [...]
A Bit More Fairness, Perhaps
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, Richard Nixon, Watergate | 1 Comment
I’m obviously no McCain supporter in this election (other than the part where I’m constantly propagandizing for him), but this attack strikes me as a bit over the top.
Well, here’s what McCain said (about Nixon and Watergate) at the time, according to the book that I’m currently reading entitled Man of the People: The Life [...]
Reporting I Can’t Take Seriously
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under CNN, the media, torture | Leave a Comment
A CNN Political Ticker piece about one of the distractions Republicans are using to focus attention away from the meat of yesterday’s House hearings on torture lost me after a paragraph and a half.
A Democratic lawmaker’s comment that he was “glad” that a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney could be identified by al [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: New Feature Edition
Posted on June 27, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner | Leave a Comment
Hooray! A weekly compilation of animal news! Stories both cute and interesting (but mostly cute), collected by Carol for your reading convenience.
First up: a PSA. Watch out for angry bees!
Readers in Montana, please keep your eyes peeled for the 130 bison missing from the St. Labre Indian School. What are they [...]
Missing White Girl + MySpace Link = RATINGS GOLD!!!
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under missing white girls, the internets, the media | 1 Comment
No one had better interrupt my weekend plans, which as of five minutes ago consist of following this story 24/7 until my eyes bleed. I swear, if CNN breaks into coverage of Missing White Girl ‘08 in order to share some boring new poll result in the boring presidential election, my television might well become [...]
A Potentially Dumb Question, But I’m Willing To Risk It
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under economy, oil | 2 Comments
Whenever anyone talks about the price of oil (as opposed to the retail price of, say, gasoline), they talk about that price in terms of dollars per barrel. Since the dollar has been falling against other currencies for quite some time now, is there a general misconception (at least amongst the average reasonably informed person [...]
Quote Of The Day
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Paul Lo Duca, Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
“This game is not about stats, it’s about going to sleep at night.”
-Paul Lo Duca, the Nationals’ starting catcher back-up catcher starting left fielder utility guy
The context helps the statement make a little bit more sense. But only a little bit.
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More McCain Green Screen Awesomeness
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, Madonna, The Colbert Report | Leave a Comment
From last night’s episode of Colbert, this entry is even better than the Pulp Fiction one:
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Question Of The Day
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Supreme Court, gun control | Leave a Comment
What kind of gun should I buy?
Mission 2/3 Accomplished
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, North Korea, war on terror | Leave a Comment
We overthrew Saddam. North Korea is no longer a state sponsor of terrorism. The Axis of Evil has officially dwindled to a single Country of Evil. As soon as Bush lets fly with the bombs in Iran, the War on Terror will be won.
Suck on that, Bush-hating terrorist appeasers.
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Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on June 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Ralph Nader, Things I Don't Care About, race | Leave a Comment
(Part nineteen in an ongoing series)
Trying to decide whether, “Ralph Nader is a complete moron,” or, “Ralph Nader was intentionally grasping for media attention by saying something that makes him sound like a complete moron,” is the more accurate summary of his remarks on Barack Obama’s race.
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Personal Scouting In The Veepstakes
Posted on June 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Kathleen Sebelius, Labor, running mates | Leave a Comment
As I mentioned, I saw Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius last night. She received an award from the labor organization American Rights at Work and I was lucky enough to be invited by a friend who works for the organization.
Governor Sebelius certainly has an impressive list of accomplishments from her efforts to protect working Kansans. Without [...]
I Smell A Blowout
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Barack Obama, Gordon Smith, Republicans | Leave a Comment
I saw Kathleen Sebelius speak tonight. More on that tomorrow. For now, I just wanted to get up Republican Senator Gordon Smith’s latest ad for his close reelection campaign in Oregon, one of the first things I saw when I got home:
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Holy crap. Things [...]
In Which I Admit My Bigotry
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bill O'Reilly, Heinz, food, gay rights, mayonnaise | 2 Comments
In fairness to Bill O’Reilly, I also find the ad in question repulsive and would prefer it not be shown on television.
Of course, my revulsion is entirely unrelated to the couple appearing in the commercial. How can you people continue to eat mayonnaise? The substance is disgusting in every describable way. Please stop displaying it [...]
Worst. Columnist. Ever.
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Richard Cohen says we can’t trust Barack Obama because he was never tortured by the North Koreans North Vietnamese*. No, really, that’s what he says.
But here is the difference between McCain and Obama — and Obama had better pay attention. McCain is a known commodity. It’s not just that he’s been around a long time [...]
