Category: current events

Pentagon blocks site for voters outside U.S. Unbelievable. Their explanation is hackers? I call B.S.. Apparently no other U.S. Government sites are blocked, just the one for Americans living overseas to register to vote, and close to the deadline for registration as well. What are you afraid of, W? I can’t believe that our government […]

OK, if McCain, Luger and Graham are on the President’s side, and they’re being this rough on him, how bad is it really? It’s time for something different. This Administration will obviously never admit a mistake, much less try to correct the ones staring them in the face, even when pointed out by the most […]

I go to meetings at Church most Wednesday nights. It’s one of the many joys of being the Executive Secretary. I take notes in meetings… lots and lots of notes. I didn’t have time to change after work, so went to my meetings in my Mozilla t-shirt, which got lots of funny looks and people […]

From Juan Cole, a great analysis of what’s happened since 9/11, and our response to Al Qaeda. I, of course, have nothing to say.

This one’s for Reid. Can’t decide who to vote for? Can’t pick between Bush or Kerry? Need more choices? You need to go check out the real list of who’s running for president. Personally, I’m drawn to the Anti-Hipocrasy Party’s candidate. That’s a party name I can get behind. There’s always Mike’s Party, or the […]

“The politics of tax and spend are the politics of the past.” — George W. Bush Ummm, Mr. President, isn’t it better to pay for what you get instead of running up huge debts? Like, oh, six trillion dollars with no end in sight? Yeah, i thought so.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good… What worries you masters you. — John Locke I found that quote in an article in the Post Magazine called Fear Itself, by Gene Weingarten. It’s an excellent review of terror, and our reaction to it, as […]

I was going to write about politics and the tactics of the Bush campaign (and their pals, who aren’t coordinating even though they share at least two members… because that would be illegal, and no member of the Bush Administration has ever done anything illegal… oh wait, they have), but I just can’t. I’m too […]

Reading this post about the Plame Affair from Josh Marshall made me wonder about something. Does the Bush camp run the risk of this exploding right before the election if they don’t come clean now? I think at this point everyone accepts that someone high up in the Administration leaked Plame’s name, and the only […]

Can’t decide who to vote for? Because Jim asked so nice in the comments to my post about voting, here’s a tip. Check out Presidential Match. It was a lot of fun during the primaries because there were more people to match against, but it’s still useful. It’s kind of Presidential politics mixed with a […]