Incredibly Stupid Facebook Page of the Day: "Americans for Prosperity"

First, let's hear it for Good Practices in Propaganda. The name is a perfect example of a propaganda technique know as the "Glittering Generality".

"Whoah!" says Bob Voter, "These folks are for prosperity? Well, gosh darn it, that's sure a refreshing change! I'm tired of ( Read more... )

It seems almost odd to me, what a seemingly small thing will likely be "the last straw".

I am so disgusted with my government, and what it's become. So... depressed, really...

It is depression. I'm so stunned by the eventuality of it, and so resigned to my absolute inability to do anything about it that... I've just been living in this ( Read more... )

Good news for people who grew weary of the near constant political rambling during the last election season: At this point, I don't think you'll be seeing any more of it ( Read more... )

Bush has a plan, you see, to save us from the expense and messiness of much of government waste. The particular parts of government that President Bush finds wasteful seem to be the legislative and judicial branches ( Read more... )

Quick. Off the top of your head, name the freedoms guaranteed to you by the first five amendments to the US Constitution... Now name the five members of the cartoon family "The Simpsons"*.

Only 28% of Americans polled were able to name even one of the freedoms guranteed them by the First Amendment... But over 50% were able to name at least 2 ( Read more... )

Any discussion of the things that seperate us, in the United States, from countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran, or medieval states like the Holy Roman Empire must not only include, but rather begin and end with one living document. The constitution, as complete and amended, guarantees us all of the rights and freedoms that make the difference. We ( Read more... )

Earlier today, when I read some of the back story on President Bush's new candidate for the United States Supreme Court, I knew the other things I wanted to write about today would have to wait. I started thinking more and more about the implications of the dangerous directions our governmental process continues to follow. That, of course, lead ( Read more... )

In random link-chasing related reading today, I saw where an obviously intelligent person had said of a character in a movie that she was guilty of...

"...my favorite pet peeve of all time, GETTING PREGNANT AND NOT TELLING THE FATHER. Didn't give him the slightest choice about whether or not to step up to the plate, didn't give him the chance to ( Read more... )

Remember about... Half a year ago, when I mentioned in my post-election epression post ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/honormac/19435.html ) what a disaster was possible if our disaster of a President were to get the opportunity to appoint a disiaster of a ( Read more... )

Bravo just showed "The Women of Qumar" again ( Read more... )