I don't like any of the attack ads I've been seeing. Both candidates can do much, much better than just attack each other.

Up until now I haven't considered posting about it, though.  But this one made me pause.  Link in case the embed doesn't work.  I can't help but notice it specifically targets Catholics.

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We've seen this before.  And we all know ( Read more... )

All I have to say, is that this is our Governor.  In fact he posed for this picture. Intentionally.


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Wow.  O.O

I have no real opinions on this and am just watching, along with much of the rest of the world, to see what happens.

Oh, for those of you who are also from the US of A following events in Egypt, please be aware that anything you perceive as anti-American isn't about you.  There's something else at play here and the US is a convenient ( Read more... )

How is it, every single time Sarah Palin opens her mouth something stupid falls out?  How?  George W Bush wasn't the most articulate man, be even he could, on occasion, make a reasonable, coherent statement without slandering someone.

*facepalm*

Please tell me I don't have to link to it.  It's just too...breathtakingly painful.  The thought that ( Read more... )

With all this talk about reducing debt and cutting programs and raising the age of SS benefits...why has not a single damned person of influence mentioned that perhaps we're in this mess because we're so busy nation building half a world away?  Sure it's been widely discussed in blogs and such.  But I never see the discussion extend even to news ( Read more... )

 I found this while I was looking for something completely different and thought you all might enjoy reading it.  Bear in mind it doesn't just apply to one community and often no one archetype applies to any one person.  The Anatomy of a Call Out (And Why it Needs to Change).  I don't necessarily agree with this 100%, but believe it's interesting ( Read more... )

Unfortunately embedding has been disabled.  However I think you all will enjoy Jon Stewart's take on today's Glenn Beck rally in DC.

My analysis is far less elegant.

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OK, only three links right now...maybe more later on (my schedule got fracked up this week so I'm spending a lot of time waiting for stuff because of this little slice of heaven *grumble*).

Poll: Public school curriculum should be left to educators, from the Houston Chronicle.  And Texans want reform to state board of education, from the Texas ( Read more... )

I'm reading Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 *nods to dybbuk67 *.

"Live steady. Don't fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth - including people. It's not worth it."

So far the book chronicles everything I remember from Washington, DC "back in a day."  My how things have changed...at least as far as safety in the ( Read more... )