Goal for tomorrow: writing up my experiences at last weekend’s Democracy for America training. Goal for tonight: get through this magic bullet commercial without trying to buy it. I do love me some infomercial-marketed food processors.
Here’s some stuff you should check out.
DAILYKOS: Michael Steele seems to be forgetting which side was doing the meddling in [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 24, 2009
Intellectual Laziness: Being An Ass In Your House Isn’t An Arresting Offense
July 23, 2009
Intellectual Laziness: Great News
The National Republican Congressional Committee released an updated version of their Patriot list – a list whose function is identical to the DCCC’s Frontline list of vulnerable incumbents. They’ve nearly doubled their membership, adding fifteen names for a total of twenty-five. Now here’s the great news: among the vulnerable? Alabama’s Mike Rogers (AL-03) and Minnesota’s [...]
July 22, 2009
If You Lose 100 Million Customers, Something’s Wrong With Your Business.
Saul Anuzis, one of four other people probably wondering how Michael Steele beat them out for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, tossed that up on twitter earlier this evening in response to the President’s health care oriented presser. The actual title of the Newsmax article is: “Experts: Obama’s ‘Public Option’ Insurance Will Abandon 100 Million [...]
July 22, 2009
Quit Lying About Canada.
Go up to Canada and lie about their health care system to their faces or something, I don’t know. In honor of tonight’s Presidential press conference, I encourage you to check out this article debunking popular canards about our great Northern neighbor’s government-sponsored plan.
Here’s my favorite:
10. This all sounds great — but the [...]
July 21, 2009
But She’s FAT. (Or: It Doesn’t Matter and Her Weight’s None of Your Business.)
Via Left in Alabama, ABC News wants you to know what the big To Do is going to be about Alabama’s Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General nominee: she’s fat.
Well, they haven’t actually been able to get any comment from her office, but Salon and a number of other people have been checking out some photos [...]
July 20, 2009
An Open Letter On Health Care.
Last week I wrote a letter to the editor to the Montgomery Advertiser in support of a public option for health care, and today the Montgomery Advertiser published a letter to the editor from another reader responding to me. I just wanted to share, and very briefly dispel some unfortunate misinformation regarding the health care [...]
July 19, 2009
DFA = Friggin Awesome
Yeah that’s right. I’m pretty exhausted (my brain is full) but I’ll have a write-up and some pictures tomorrow. I had the pleasure of meeting mooncat, countrycat, herding cats, and daddycat from Left in Alabama and Martin of The Progressive Electorate – everyone was very gracious and great fun to be around, and Martin hosted [...]
July 18, 2009
Slow Weekend
May not be posting anything if major import til Monday or so – I’m off to a Democracy for America training, where I’m hoping to meet some of the great folks from Left in Alabama and take a class from Martin of the Progressive Electorate! I’m looking forward to it, it’s definitely going to be [...]
July 17, 2009
The Only Thing Shorter Than His Campaign Is This Post.
A week or so ago I posted a blurb about a gentleman in the Huntsville area trying to mount an anonymous campaign for the Alabama statehouse. Well, it’s already over. Apparently Huntsville radio host Dale Jackson is to blame, for not being nicer about trying to get the guy on the radio – Jackson wasn’t [...]
July 16, 2009
Sarah Palin Gets Metaphors, Is A Bear In the Wild
Soon to be former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin had a great day today, and decided to share it with her twitter followers:
I’m glad she had such a great time out in the wilderness. I like the wilderness. I like bears. And Sarah Palin has employed this comparison before – I guess it’s apt, though I [...]
