Entries from August 2009

August 22, 2009

The Teabaggers’ Bill of Rights

I recently received this classy missive from my local Alabama tea party group. It’s attributed to Georgia State Representative Mitchell Kaye – but that’s incorrect, per Snopes, as a quick google pointed out. Snopes.com says it’s from Lewis Napper, who ran for Senate in Mississippi in 2000 as a Libertarian.
Highlights: you don’t have a right [...]

August 18, 2009

Netroots Nation 2009 (at Mediaite!)

I’m still recovering from a tiring couple of weeks (what can I say, I don’t get out much) but I did want to share this piece I wrote for Mediaite on this year’s Netroots Nation conference.
I’m pretty stoked to have had the chance to do it, though I think I was a bit of [...]

August 9, 2009

Since You Been Gone

Alright, I’m a sucker for Kelly Clarkson. I have been impossibly absent lately, and for that I apologize: in my defense, I am trying to find a job and help my mom out prepping for her upcoming year, get ready for school, and I also attended the Young Democrats of America convention in Chicago, which [...]