Heart of Darkness
In the beginning of Joseph Conrad's classic novel an old salt is sitting on the deck of a ship in the Thames speaking with some younger sailors as they wait…
Frivolous Prosecution: UPDATED W/ LINK!!
Read the whole story here When conservatives talk about tort reform I wish they were not talking about taking away one of the few avenues people have to protect themselves…
A Guest Post By Senator Tom Carper
First off, ease up on the name calling. I am a US Senator and can have your headless body dumped in a Rio de Janeiro landfill within 48 hours. Seriously.…
Thanks Tom Carper (you a-hole)
This morning, Rove made the following remark in the Wall Street Journal before announcing his total commitment to spending more time with his adult son (who is in college). Mr.…
The truth puts on its shoes
The Tommywonk take down of Paul Smith's BS post about recycling "myths" highlights a big differecne between the liberal and the conservative blogosphere. Hint: It is like the difference between…
Team of investigators?
Oy vey. Read Rong Williams on the Protack post. Protack's fingerprints Mike Protack, the perennial Republican candidate for anything, open or not, may have seen the last of his meager…
Straw Polls & Profits
The more I read about this Ames Iowa straw poll the more of a racket it sounds like. Candidates pay $35.00 for "tickets" for supporters and people have to drive…
More and Better Democrats
Darcy Burner calls Delaware Senator Tom Carper an E'ffing A-hole. (In more polite terms.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8kiRgfKVK8]
Flipp Romney’s Straw Poll “Victory” by the numbers
- Total Number Of Votes: 4,516 - Romney Straw Poll Expenditures: $5 million - Expediture per vote: $1,107.18 ...buying the GOP nomination...Priceless.
Meet The Press 9:00 NBC
Listen to Harold Ford Jr. call us the "Democrat Party" and refer to Tom Carper as a "great Democrat" because he is so "bi-partisan" in his willingness to provide President…
We only send one…
Being human, we tend to think the best of ourselves. We think of ourselves as kind and generous and each of us builds a comforting picture of ourselves in our…
Conservatives agree; we need another 3,000 dead.
I thought Stu Jack-offsky was an isolated crazy person. Nope. Conventional widsom on the right now holds that that we need another 9/11 to "wake us up." If we are…
Poor Flipp
The Joe Biden of Republicans can't catch a break. But that is what happens when your beloved GOP spends 25 years sucking up to religious bigots telling them how important…