July 2008 Archives

From one of my readers:If loyal Hillary supporters have been thinking of voting for McCain rather than Obama, McCain gave a comprehensive laundry list today of why they shouldn't even think about it.  In a campaign stop in Kansas City today, he hit all the hot buttons that are important to Democrats with a nice personal shot at Hillary. While talking about Obama's proposal for comprehensive healthcare reform, he said, "It was called 'HillaryCare' back in...

In a short appearance in the Rose Garden yesterday, GWB lifted the executive order banning offshore drilling that had been enacted by his father and renewed by Clinton.  I would normally celebrate such a move, but not today, because his lifting of the ban does more damage than helps.  Why?  Congress still has its ban on, which has the effect of blocking any progress.  As reported in the NY Times, Bush's sudden move, once again...

New Yorker magazine artist Barry Blitt's new cover came out yesterday satarizing every ridiculous stereotype of Michelle and Barack Obama:The cover depicts her as a gun toting radical, him as a turban-clad Muslim with a flag burning in a fireplace under a portrait of Bin Laden.  Of course, they are doing the "terrorist fist jab", a term coined by Fox Noise GOP hack masquerading as a journalist, E.D. Hill: The cover clearly is a reaction...

Will Bowers, the guy who started the first PUMA (there are 2 now), which stands for Party Unity My A**, gave an interview to Huffington Post a couple of weeks ago that I re-read today.  This screwball fringe group, now called "Just Say No Deal", is an odd coalition of Clinton supporters who are greatly offended that Obama won the Democratic nomination under the Democratic  Party rules, Ron Paul supporters, and Obama haters in general. ...

Career loud mouth, Jesse Jackson, stupidly  shot off his mouth Sunday in a television studio while waiting to go on the air with Reid Tuckson of United Health Group.  He was whispering to him complaining how Obama is "talking down to black people" and that he wanted to "cut off" part of his anatomy.  Obama's transgression?  Encouraging African American men to take responsibility for their families, apparently a crime in Jackson's book.What was idiotic on...

Boone Pickens unveiled a plan yesterday, that, while not perfect, is a pathway to less dependence on foreign oil.  I like it, and will support it.  Better yet, Pickens is putting his money where his mouth is - he's investing $10 billion in the plan.  Conservation, strict fuel efficiency requirements, and a Manhattan Project - style push for nuclear electrical generation is also needed for longer term stability. Pickens believes, and I agree with his...

As if we needed more evidence of Fox Noise' far right bias and active advocacy of all things GOP, the attack tactics against their critics are surfacing in all their ugly glory.  On June 28, Jacques Steinberg, media writer for the New York Times, wrote a right down the middle analysis about the rise of CNN and MSNBC, as competitors to Fox, during the first and second quarters of 2008. Fox refused to return Steinberg's...

Karl Rove has once again thumbed his nose at the Constitution and Congress by refusing to answer a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee about the Plame affair.  In a letter to chairman John Conyers, Rove's attorney said, "While I understand that you would prefer-- and the Congress has taken the position in the pending litigation-- that Mr. Rove appear in person and assert any applicable privileges on a question by question basis, Mr. Rove...

As an indicator of just how bad things have gotten in the GOP, The New York Times is reporting that US Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) wants him to stay away. "I don't think there are a lot of people who want to see him at the convention," said Mr. Rohrabacher, and said the president "should stay home from the Republican convention, and everybody would be better off."Party planners are trying to figure out how to...

My Red Sox have been struggling on this extended road trip, giving 2 out of three wins to the Astros (geez), and being swept by Tampa Bay (holy moly).  Well, they came out blasting in New York and took game one 7-0.  Yesterday they won 6-4.  But that wasn't the news.  The news was a play that will go down as one of the most bizarre plays ever in baseball.  Kevin Youkilis, with 2 out...