Category Politics

Women Against Sarah Palin

We are not in the habit of criticizing women in the public sphere, as we usually feel we should support our female compatriots with as much encouragement as we can. However, Sarah Palin’s record is anti-woman. Feminism is not simply about achieving the power and status typically held by men. It’s about protecting and supporting [...]

Snooze

It’s really perverse how hitting the snooze button on the alarm is like a trigger to make me fall immediately and deeply asleep, only to be rudely awakened again 9 minutes later when the alarm goes off again.

Misogyny Insanity

Listening to the NPR tell me that groups of Hilary Clinton supporters are going to vote for McCain if Obama becomes the Democratic candidate. Exqueeze me?

Misogyny Insanity

Listening to the NPR tell me that groups of Hilary Clinton supporters are going to vote for McCain if Obama becomes the Democratic candidate. Exqueeze me?

Let it end!

Today is finally the day of the Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania.

Then why do I keep counting?

The song on constant rotation these days is Why Do I Keep Counting by The Killers. I mean, really, if all of our days are numbered…??

Compare & Contrast

In the comments to a news article describing how a man was beaten badly by two other men after stopping them from raping a woman we find a fierce debate about that to do w/the “trash” (poor and homeless people) who live and hang out downtown and on the south side of town…. If the population of the “do gooders” want to help the “trash” so much then let them…. The ones who care about and take care of the ones they love can keep their money and spend it on the ones they care for and love.

Liars!

The Bush Administration is trying to convince Congress and the rest of us that it needs permanent permission to spy on on us, and that the telecom industry should have retroactive protection from liability for their actions in helping the gov’t spy on us. How are they trying to convince us of that this is necessary?

Presidential Candidates: Goodbye Skeletor

According to a few very narrow questions, I should apparently vote as follows:99% Mike Gravel98% Dennis Kucinich82% John Edwards78% Barack Obama77% Chris Dodd76% Joe Biden75% Hillary Clinton71% Bill Richardson32% Rudy Giuliani28% Ron Paul20% John McCain16% Mitt Romney15% Mike Huckabee14% Tom Tancredo5% Fred Thompson2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizNo real surprises there.

Conspiracy Detector: Orange

So why were all the polls in New Hampshire wrong? Supposedly Hilary was on her last legs; a solid loss in New Hampshire and her own staff was planning to tell her to pull out of the race.