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Some people like Dick
I like to spice things up from time to time by watching Fox News. Or that blond jackass on Headline News. I can’t say with 100% certainty, but I’m thinking both networks count towards your “heaven points”. You know that part in Defending Your Life where Albert Brooks has to watch his [...]
8 Years
“A good lawyer will tell you, when the story keeps changing, it’s usually because someone has something to hide…”
- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.
I hated Bush before it was cool
I saw the title above on a political t-shirt this weekend, but raise your hand if it makes you think of Barbara Mandrell. Anyone?
To be completely fair, I’ve never hated Bush. I just think that he’s been a terrible president. Which incidentally is the same thing I thought before the last election, [...]
Just Because You’re Black?
Earlier this summer the local Austin newspaper (not the free one) published a political cartoon from Mike Thompson of the Detroit Free Press that generated reader feedback that surprised me.
But first, have a look.
I understood the meaning to be that all of this bad stuff happens to black people just because they are black, and [...]
Made in the U.S.A.
Do you remember those old TV commericals that urged consumers to buy American? All you had to do was look for the “Made in the U.S.A” label. It sounds simple enough, but I don’t think I’ve ever looked. I just don’t pay attention. I don’t even look at the grocery store [...]
The Year of Rovegate
After talking to a few people today, I was surprised to learn that not everyone is aware that Karl Rove has been identified as a major source in the 2003 leak of an undercover CIA agent’s identity.
I know that the political posts on this site are far from the most popular, and that a couple [...]
A Wasted Vote
I haven’t written about politics since shortly after last year’s presidential election, but it is certainly not because I haven’t been thinking about it or reading about it. With the Texas legislature recently taking steps to ban gay marriage, gay foster parents, and pretty much gay people altogether, our mostly conservative representatives are clearly attempting [...]
The Bubble Boy
The boy king speaks. His time ran out before he got to the part about blowing sunshine up his ass.
“The administration I’ll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on what’s best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country [...]
The absolute truth of the Holy Bible
A reader recently commented that he would point me to the “absolute truth of the Holy Bible” if I were the type of person that set aside rational thought and analysis. Although we have vastly different ideas about the role of religion, I am not a person without faith. To quote Gary Hart:
Liberals [...]
The State of the Union
The exit polls seem to indicate that many people (even a majority) that voted for Bush did so because of social issues. While I’m sure there are those that support his view of the war in Iraq, and the greater threat of terrorism, it’s arguable that those issues were not responsible for the increased [...]
A vote for America
Although it often seemed that it would never arrive, Election Day is finally upon us. Most of what can be said about the choice that we are presented with in 2004 has already been said. It has been left in our hands. Will we stand up for the ideals of progress and [...]
John Kerry for President
It won’t be a surprise to anyone that reads this site on a regular basis, but I’m supporting John Kerry for president this year. There has been talk that both candidates are second tier politicians that limit our choices, but that does not mean that there is not a clear choice. I won’t [...]
The First Debate
It was actually my intention to post on another topic tonight, but it wouldn’t be right to miss offering a few comments on the first presidential debate that took place earlier this evening.
The simple truth is that Kerry won. He made his points better than Bush, he looked and sounded better than Bush, and [...]
A glass house in Crawford
CBS News has put together an interesting list of George W. Bush’s top ten flip-flops. This won’t stop people from accusing Kerry of being the only one to ever change his mind, but read this article and then ask yourself who the real political opportunist is.
The local news ran segments today with Ann Richards [...]
The paper trail
I don’t mind telling you that I’m not at all surprised that reports this week suggest that George W. Bush failed to perform up to the standards of the Texas National Guard. He hasn’t exactly performed up to any measurable standard as president either. Dan Bartlett (White House Communications Director) would have you [...]
William Frist, M.D.
I’d pretty much prefer to be stabbed repeatedly with a hot poker than listen to Bill Frist (R-Tenn, Senate Majority Leader) make the case for George W. Bush. Of course, I just did a few minutes ago. I missed his address last night while making serious preparations for the premiere of Scrubs, so [...]
The Alan Keyes project
I read today in the newspaper that the Republican leadership in Illinois wants to bring in Alan Keyes to run against Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate. Yes, that Alan Keyes. The one who lives in Maryland. The one who ran for the Senate from that state a few years ago. [...]
This land is my land…
If you still haven’t seen the hilarious political cartoon over at JibJab, go right now.
Too much Whoopi?
It seems that Whoopi Goldberg was fired this week as a Slim-Fast spokesperson after making anti-Bush remarks at a political rally.
Was Slim-Fast unaware that they were hiring a comedian for the job? Did they somehow miss her previous comments about Bush, or her other political commentary? If you want a “safe” talking head, [...]
The ol switcheroo
My grandpa is fond of telling a story about a man whose cat has recently had kittens. A family comes out to look at the newborns, and they notice a sign hanging above the kitten box that reads, “Democrat Kittens For Adoption Soon”. After time passes and the kittens are old enough to [...]
The Bubba W. Shrub Library
The common adage about Aggieland is that “from the outside looking in, you can’t understand it, and from the inside looking out, you can’t explain it.” I’ve always been inclined to believe that, for reasons both good and bad. The school is not nearly as conservative and close minded as the reputation suggests, [...]
The Burning Bush
The thought occurred to me last week that Austin might not be the best city in which to gauge reaction to the new Michael Moore documentary, “Fahrenheit 9/11”.
In the middle of what is surely one of the most conservative states in the nation, lies the most progressive and cultured city in the Southwest. [...]
Thoughts on Bill
I picked up former President Clinton’s memoir last night. I have a book buying compulsion. I’ve barely made it a few chapters into “A Confederacy of Dunces”, and I have ten different Bush bashing books still to wade through. What are another thousand pages to feed the addiction?
Bill Clinton came along during [...]
Axis of Evil
I’ve read that several comic book movies are currently in the works. While news that Superman may be played by Ashton Kutcher is surely a sign of the apocalypse, it seems the Batman people have cast a perfect group of villains for the 21st century.
The wrong George
So George Tenet is out. He resigned this morning to spend more time with his family. Isn’t that what they always say?
The Guardian reports:
Tenet spoke to CIA personnel at a late-morning gathering at the CIA auditorium. “It was a personal decision, and had only one basis in fact: the well being of my [...]
Into the light
I’m an Aggie. I’ve attended several schools, and will probably attend several more, but I will always be an Aggie. The conservative nature of the school often makes me feel like a fox in the henhouse, but at least I would fit in on the Battalion staff.
For a couple of years now I [...]
Shrub: physical comedian
The man is gifted.
Most people have probably heard by now that GBu had a minor accident on his bike out in Crawford and scraped his face up. This is news? So he got going too fast on his BMX and had an accident. It’s happened to the best of us. I [...]
Nicholas Berg
I watched the video this morning. I’m not even really sure why. I heard several news anchors say that it was gruesome, and I guess that I needed to see for myself. I felt sick afterwards. Like most people in this country, I probably have a casual desensitization towards violence, [...]
The fall guy
Bush can say Rumsfeld a hundred times per speech, but if Rove makes the call, he’s gone. Call it a casuality of the re-election campaign.
Marriage penalty
The Marriage Penalty Tax Bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 323-95.
On the surface I don’t have a problem with providing relief to couples who paid more in taxes after marriage. It’s true that the Republican plan has widely been reported as fiscally irresponsible, but what bothers me more [...]
Shrub patriotism
So, let me get this straight. Two draft dodgers feel comfortable questioning the patriotism of a man who joined the Navy of his own accord and won a Bronze Star, Silver Star, and three Purple Hearts?
And, I’m supposed to care about whether he threw them back during the massive protests he participated in after [...]
Iraqi prisoner abuse
If you haven’t already read it somewhere else, pictures were aired Wednesday on 60 minutes that showed U.S. troops smiling, posing, laughing or giving the thumbs-up sign as naked, male Iraqi prisoners were stacked in a pyramid or positioned to simulate sex acts with one another.
Thanks guys. We didn’t have enough problems over there, [...]
When the Bushwhacking ends…
Over at the John Kerry site they have been discussing things that will change after shrub is forced into early retirement. I thought KJ’s list was particularly good:
“Integrity; Compassion; Open government; A respect for the world we live in, the ground, water and air we all depend on; A respect for the people of [...]