Happy Birthday, to me…

Born, Memorial Day, May 31st 1977

Indicted, Memorial Day, May 30th 2006

The Charges:

Treason, and violation of Article 134:

(1) That the accused made a certain statement;

(2) That the statement was communicated to another person;

(3) That the statement [...]

Dispatch from Wingnutia

A short list of “Conventional Wisdom” from Right Blogsylvania:
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a communist and a terrible president.
Jimmy Carter used to be a waffler, now he’s a traitor.
Walter Mondale is a flip-flopper.
Michael Dukakis is a waffler.
Ronald Reagan was the best president in history.
The media is liberal.
Bill Clinton is a flip-flopper.
Hillary Clinton murdered Vince Foster.
Bill & [...]

Every once in a while you stop to look around.

For the most part, what I see in my day to day life isn’t that bad.
I don’t see any hoards of (illegal) immigrants coming to take my, or anyone else’s, jobs.
Although I don’t see that many jobs to be had by anyone.
I don’t see the institution of marriage breaking down any quicker than it was [...]

Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

What saddens me about this isn’t that the other side cares more about power than anything else. It’s that my side — of which Jonathan Chait is a sterling example and spokesperson — doesn’t, and therefore loses political struggles it ought to win, thus creating BOTH empirical harms and a morally less attractive social order.

For your weekend reading.

The NSA Surveillance Program is Illegal

(H/T) Moonbatty

Official Business

Thank you for contacting my Washington, DC office. The concerns of my New York constituents are very important to me and I appreciate that you took the time to share yours with me. Please know that as I participate in discussions on the issues before the United States Senate, the thoughts and the opinions of [...]

Boo Hoo Hastert

- Hastert is demanding a retraction from ABC. Now they think the power of the Executive Branch is geating too strong…after it effects them. Convenient.
(H/T)Crooks and Lairs.

Happy Birthday Bob.

Robert Allen Zimmerman, born 24 May 1941

-Where is this Generations Dylan? Where is this generation’s Pete Seeger for that matter?