August 2010 Archives

I may be way off base here, but if I'm a Tea Party organizer putting together a 'Some of My Best Friends Are...' rally to prove there's no racist element within the Tea Party movement, the last person I'm going to invite to speak is Andrew Breitbart. But that's just what happened in Philadelphia last Saturday. Doing his part to promote inclusiveness, Breitbart, speaking to 300 people, ranted about the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus,...

You just can't make this stuff up. On Fox News Sunday night Carl Cameron asked Sharron Angle about running away from reporters who were trying to ask her questions about her wacky positions like what she meant by "Second Amendment remedies": Cameron: There was a tremendous amount of discussion about Sharron Angle's taking the defensive posture. Angle: We needed to have the press be our friend. Cameron: Wait a minute! Hold on a second... to...

Fox News Sunday became the Theater of the Absurd yesterday. First, when host Chris Wallace asked Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner about evidence that the economy is slowing, and about leading economists calling for additional stimulus in response to those falling GDP numbers, Boehner said: "Well, I don't need to see GDP numbers or to listen to economists. All I need to do is listen to the American people, because they've been asking the...

This week marks my return to school. No, we are not on duty until the middle of the month, but my district (and others) love to require us to go to professional development during the summer. The funny thing about that is that we are not on duty and therefore are not officially being paid. Of course, that is a different story for a different day. Considering that my summer is virtually over on Tuesday,...