George Carlin: The Real American Dream Speech
I always forget about this gem. Twitter just reminded me of it. Everyone needs to watch this 3 times, and then remember these words: "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to...
View ArticleTeam Progressive: Shaky But Still Able To Win
Preface: I really prefer micro-blogging about short, concise, action-oriented bits of news and information. I am not a journalist, and have never considered myself much of a writer, so forgive me as I...
View ArticleTeaparty Ideas Are Wrecking America
Introduction The entire Teaparty movement is based on ideas that have been continuously discredited for years. Yet the GOP, eager to leverage all the passion and zeal of these misguided populists, is...
View ArticleDear American Conservatives
Russell King has penned a brilliant rant, and it's perfectly timed. I was just about to embark on a treasure hunt to find the best examples of this insane journey these freaks have taken us on. As I've...
View ArticleTeahadists: “The rest of us have reason to fear them too.”
Frank Rich Writes in today's NY Times: Are these politicians so frightened of offending anyone in the Tea Party-Glenn Beck base that they would rather fall silent than call out its extremist elements...
View ArticleDave Weigel on C-Span; Discussing What I’m Calling “Trio-Conservatism
This is a wonderful interview, and like most of the Washington Journal good stuff, it was buried in the early morning segment when only we hard core @cspanWJ watchers even saw it. You really need to...
View ArticleWhose side is the Republican Party on?
So whose side is the Republican Party on? Hint: It's not yours. New ad to be run in heavy rotation. Hat tip Daily Kos:Barbara Morrill Tweet…
View ArticleRepublicans: A Curse To America, Reality TV To Everyone Else
An old and dear Candian friend of mine wrote this to some of his inner circle. I thought I'd share, Dear Americans, We have been so entertained over the years by your television broadcasts, but...
View ArticleThose loud and funny liberals “ruining America.” Responses to a NY Times...
This morning, I tweeted this disturbing and sometimes insightful, but ultimately maddening, guilt-ridden sanctimony dressed up as constructive criticism in op-ed by Steve Almond in the NYTimes....
View ArticleThree Views On The Crazy: Our Republican Party Problem
Here are three articles I've ready in the past 24 hours that each sum up our "Republican Party Problem" in differents ways. The first and last are brief. The one in the middle is deeper, but a crucial...
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