We were tempted to respond to the Obama campaign's plea to donate a little of the green stuff this week. After all, they were offering a nice cotton T-shirt for a donation of $30. Why the hell do you think we ever donated to the Sierra Club? Sure, we appreciate the environment, but if they hadn't included that little backpack they wouldn't have gotten squat from us.
But, David Plouffe, you ain't gettin' our money this time.
We have been uncomfortable with Obama's decision to pull out of the campaign finance system and reject public funds. Feels a little like the same old political stuff we're used to (as do his recent panderings to the center). Now, we're willing to give him a little leeway on that-- after all, he's gotta throw a little red meat to the independents and (gulp) Republicans out there. But to compare this purely economic decision to the Declaration of Independence? Nawwwwwwww, we ain't that gullible. Try again, people.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Malleability
We mean, we never thought we'd find ourselves agreeing with the generally despicable Charles Krauthammer
Monday, June 23, 2008
State of the Disunion
According to Fareed Zakaria, this is the speech Obama should give on Iraq:
Four score and...
(Editor's note-- please forgive us for outsourcing this week, but we're real busy...)
Four score and...
(Editor's note-- please forgive us for outsourcing this week, but we're real busy...)
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Guess Who's Back?
Yep, it's the Iraq Petroleum Company, comprised of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, and BP, back in the country for the first time since Saddam kicked them out 36 years ago. Remember when they told you that oil revenues would pay for everything? Yeah, well, they didn't tell you who those revenues would be going to. The war might not have been for oil, but it sure as hell wasn't against it. Sounds like a bit of Exxploitation to us.
The Iraq Petroleum Company-- Putting the "no-bid" in "bidniss."
culled, like the picture above, from the NYT
The Iraq Petroleum Company-- Putting the "no-bid" in "bidniss."
culled, like the picture above, from the NYT
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Okay, Maybe It's Number 10... or 12?
John McCain called the Supreme Court's ruling on the rights of the detainees in Guantanamo Bay "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country." Wethinks he should reconsider. Here, with help from George Will, are some others he may want to reconsider in his revised list:
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
There are many more, but we are tired
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
There are many more, but we are tired
It's the Courts, Stupid
5-4
By one vote, the Supreme Court ruled that "enemy combatants" held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to seek their release in federal court. As a result, approximately 270 detainees will be able to challenge their detentions before civilian judges, potentially forcing the government to present evidence against them, allow them to see said evidence, and giving them the chance to call their own witnesses.
as reported in Da Post
Barack Obama: The ruling shows that "a state can't just hold you for any reason without charging you and without giving you any kind of due process -- that's the essence of who we are."
John McCain: "One of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
It's not just Roe vs. Wade, people: common sense itself is at stake.
By one vote, the Supreme Court ruled that "enemy combatants" held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to seek their release in federal court. As a result, approximately 270 detainees will be able to challenge their detentions before civilian judges, potentially forcing the government to present evidence against them, allow them to see said evidence, and giving them the chance to call their own witnesses.
as reported in Da Post
Barack Obama: The ruling shows that "a state can't just hold you for any reason without charging you and without giving you any kind of due process -- that's the essence of who we are."
John McCain: "One of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
It's not just Roe vs. Wade, people: common sense itself is at stake.
Hey... We Been BUSY!!!!
Apologies, dear readers, for the long hiatus.
(Editor's note-- we can't help it, we were born with it)
(Editor's note-- we can't help it, we were born with it)
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Cabin Fever
A logistical update; if you are a frequent reader of this site, you well understand why we must keep such operational details vague. However, with the Democratic race finally becoming settled as of today or tomorrow, we wanted to reassure our dear readers that we will continue to be on top of everything as all eyes turn to our nation's capital and Obama hones in on John McCain, the Sassy Septuagenarian himself. With this in mind, we have sent one of our chief correspondents to the region. In order to keep a low profile, we have set him up in the out-outskirts of DC, in a log cabin where, he reports, he was greeted by a raccoon upon arrival. Said correspondent speculates that said raccoon may have been nonplussed by the intrusion of human into his living space.
More news later, as it breaks.
More news later, as it breaks.
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