From the Associated Press today ( Read more... )

The current tempest in a teacup of GOP outrage hinges on the contention that the criticism generated by Trent Lott's comments in the early 2000s constitutes a double standard.

I decided to go back and look up what Lott said and in what context because I honestly didn't remember.

Bush calls Lott comments 'offensive'

CNN.com
...The comment in ( Read more... )

G.O.P. Chairman Pressures Reid on Obama Remarks

The NY Times

Michael Steele, the Republican Party chairman, called Sunday for Harry Reid to step down as U.S. Senate majority leader in the wake of revelations of Mr. Reid’s remarks in 2008 about Barack Obama’s skin color and dialect ( Read more... )

i'm up too late again, but not ridiculously so. and i'm going to bed in a moment so that's all good. however, i made the mistake of catching up on some news and now i have to vent. i rarely do this, so -- let's get mean ( Read more... )

...i was largely focused on finals and presentations during the recent lj-purge that raised many hackles. i felt i had nothing to add to the debate so i didn't.

i will ask a few questions in a moment, however. for those who feel like their rights of expression are important, and that blogging is an important part of your expression. i hope you ( Read more... )

moveon.org is collecting electronic signatures for a petition to contest funding cuts for public broadcasting. public broadcasting is, in fact, a service almost every civilized, industrial nation provides and--whatever its flaws--the u.s. system is pretty low on propaganda and fairly high on some useful and interesting information ( Read more... )

White House Quietly Retracts Entire State Of The Union Address
WASHINGTON, DC-In a brief statement faxed to major media outlets at approximately 11:50 p.m. Friday, the White House retracted the entire 5,600-word State of the Union address delivered by President Bush last Tuesday. "This includes all components of the address, and is not limited to ( Read more... )

Congressman to be sworn in using Thomas Jefferson's Quran
[yahoo! news, free]
Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will use a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson during his ceremonial swearing-in Thursday ( Read more... )

i officially like bill nelson....

Fla. senator defies Bush, visits Syria
[yahoo! news, free]
In a direct affront to the Bush administration, a Democratic senator spent an hour Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, emerging from the meeting to say Assad was willing to help control the Iraq-Syrian border ( Read more... )

minnesotans elected democrat keith ellison to be the first muslim member of the house of representatives.

now, cnn's glenn beck asks him to prove that he is not "working for our enimies."

and then he says, he's not asking that at all.

but he is....

...i forgot, why do they hate us?!?