December 2009 Archives

Speaking of Republican amnesia, how about our very own Kay Clueless Bailey Hutchison? When asked by David Shuster about where Republicans, who are complaining about President Obama taking too long to act on sending additional troops to Afghanistan, were when George W. Bush didn't act at all on a request for more forces by General McKiernan last summer, Hutchison's response was Palinesque. In other words, unrelated, non-responsive, gibberish. From Crooks and Liars: 　 Would it...

Senator Orrin Hatch on the floor of the Senate, speaking about the health care reform bill. From Think Progress: "This will become one more example of the arrogance of power being exerted since the Democrats secured a 60-vote majority in the United States Senate and took over the House and the White House. I dream some day of having the Republicans have 60 votes. I'll tell you one thing, I think we would finally have...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Meet the Press, to be aired today: "We will have a hundred thousand troops there and they are not leaving in July of 2011. Some handful or some small number or whatever the conditions permit will begin to withdraw at that time." 　 That certainly sounds like a firm commitment to me, he said sarcastically....

Remember this ad from the 2008 campaign? 　 Remember how the McCain campaign and their lackeys on talk-radio and the Fox Propaganda Channel went nuts over the crowd chanting "Obama, Obama?" Fast forward to yesterday in Plano, Texas at Sarah Palin's book-signing. "Palin, former governor of Alaska, arrived around 11 a.m. Friday, shaking a few hands but not speaking publicly before she headed inside. The crowd chanted, "Sarah, Sarah" and "Palin, Palin." Remember the reaction...

I was able to attend Bill White's noon announcement today that he is switching from a run for US Senate to Governor of Texas.  I have personally believed that he should have run for governor all along, but supported him for his Senate run.  The event was well attended even though it was snowing outside (yes, snowing in Houston) and most folks were fleeing to their homes in the burbs.  One of my friends quipped...

Some odds and ends from around the intertoobs before I head out in search of the perfect snow shovel in preparation for the Great Texas Blizzard of '09:Someone put the G-nO-P on suicide watch, unemployment is coming down. What a shocker, Sarah Palin is a birther. Speaking of Sarah, she's set to be the keynote speaker at the 2010 International Bowl Expo. Gutter ball, anyone?WWJD? Cut the estate tax. So says Louie Gohmert.  Health care...

The opinions of the blogger represent only this blogger and not the Daily Hurricane. Furthermore, the words that follow are written with tongue firmly planted in cheek. My best friend in college (and the best man at my wedding) always used to love to ban things. We were never certain of the rhyme or reason for the banning or how exactly the ban would work. In his vernacular, a ban meant that he would stop using...

In my opinion, there's no bigotry worse than bigotry cloaked in religion. More dangerous than the guys in the hoods and sheets are the snakes in 3-piece suits who stand behind pulpits claiming to be followers of Christ while spewing hate for their fellow man. Here is the latest in what is getting to be an increasingly long line of "pastors" who fit that description, Grant Swank, of the New Hope Church in Windham, Maine....

As you know, COP 15, the UN annual climate conference, opens next week in Copenhagen.  Last year, at COP 14 in Poznan, Poland, a framework for negotiation of a successor program to the Kyoto Protocol was laid out with high hopes that a definitive agreement could be negotiated at this year's conference.  Those hopes have been dashed in the face of the US and China's standoff and not ready to forward their own enforceable greenhouse...

The Sarah Palin Traveling Circus, Book Tour, and general all-around fleecing of the gullible public, rolled into Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, where the Quitter's supporters started lining up the day before to get a chance to meet her. There are couple of things to listen for in this clip from Fox 10 in Phoenix, aside from the incredible comments about how "smart" she is and how "she's one of us." First, as the camera pans...