Deep Thought.
You know, maybe the President should create Death Panels, and FEMA concentration camps, and maybe we should deny Republicans health coverage and ration their healthcare. Maybe he should indoctrinate their…
The Only Reason
Mike Mahaffie nails it. I took the liberty of running it through wordle to see what the top 75 words would be. Apparently, it's all about "School." So much for…
Mental Health Break
If this video does not make you happy, you are Satan himself.
How Crazy….
How crazy is the current Republican Party? So crazy that they have now made Newt Freaking Gingrich look sane! Gingrich put up this Twitter post this afternoon, after the White…
Around the Horn Labor Day
Around the Horn will be back to its regular schedule next week as summer has finally come to a close. I have taken the last two weekends off for vacation.…
I don’t want my taxes paying for….
A common scream (and yes, there is no other word for it) among reform opponents is that they don't want their taxes to pay for someone's healthcare. I heard it…
To David Anderson, this is a Man of God.
"I hope that God strikes Barack Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy and I hope it happens today," [Baptist Pastor Steve Anderson] told MyFOXPhoenix on Sunday. To David Anderson, I suppose this is a "Christian" man.
We Lost Another One….
We live in a violent society. Violence is everywhere. It is a solution to all problems, from domestic to political. Who is to blame? Everyone. Who is responsible for ending the cycle of violence? Everyone. Will it happen? Never. God bless Officer Chad Spicer and his family. Keep his family and the Georgetown Police Department in your thoughts today.
The Personal is Not the Political. The Political is Not the Personal.
We all confuse the two. Myself included. Because we feel the political is personal. And how can it not be? What is argued over in the halls and chambers of…
Crazy Eileen Gets a Second Chance to Shine.
Congressman Mike Castle will hold a Town Hall meeting at the Christiana Hospital Education Center at 6 pm tomorrow. Aside from the Birthers and Deathers screaming and shouting, perhaps we…
A Warning and a Call of Respect.
Conservatives will face this dilemma again when Presidents Carter and Clinton pass away, and we liberals will face it again when Dick Cheney and George W. Bush pass away. I think it is helpful to remember how you felt when a loved one died, and then imagine how you would feel if someone said to you about that loved one what you want to say about a dead political adversary. And on an unrelated matter, we are rapidly approaching the point where I will embrace a key teaching of the Old Testament.
Carter the Warlord.
On CNN's webpage just now, appeared this picture: I missed the part where Jimmy Carter moved to Myanmar and became a warlord.
The Next Phase of the Heathcare Battle Begins
Josh Marshall raises the elephant in the room: that timing and circumstance of Ted Kennedy's death, and indeed the events of the last year of his life, make it impossible to separate from the politics of the moment.