Screw bipartisanship. Screw it right in the ear. If LBJ waited for bipartisan support, we wouldn't have gotten the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act or Medicare. The GOP has no interest in bipartisanship. When did George W. Bush ever try and hold back and give concessions to the Democrats on those horrid tax cuts in 2001, or in ( Read more... )

...is the stupid man-on-the-street interviews of people at Independence Day parades.

A good example; the report that was just on WCMH (the local NBC affiliate, Channel 4). The reporter interviews a WWII or Korean Conflict vet (looked too young for WWII, but he had a pre-Vietnam-era Army dress uniform on), who rightly talks about how the wars we' ( Read more... )

So, apparently, there are now marauding bands of lesbians out to "recruit" straight children and commiting rapes and other forms of crime.

Or so FoxNews tells us... Courtesy of The O'Reilly Factor

Oh, how I hate the couple of weeks between "season finales" and "summer schedule" on TV. It is a vast wasteland.

Case in point: right now I'm watching "National Bingo Night" on ABC ( Read more... )

I had two winners in the first half of my day today ( Read more... )

Got "deviated" (ie - sent home early) at work today ( Read more... )

Tuesday at work they tried to stick me in the row for the people with bad call times again. On Monday night my supervisor told me how good my times were, and how they were continuing to improve, so I stood up for myself. I was arguing it with the guy who wanted me to move when my supervisor showed up for his shift (he started an hour after I did ( Read more... )

I hate Daylight Savings Time. There are a variety of reasons. One of the biggest is that the excuses for it are BS ( Read more... )

From an article about the new fuel economy standards for light trucks and SUVs:

"(Secretary of Transportation) Mineta's announcement comes as gasoline prices are nearing their six-month high, with a gallon of regular averaging $2.50 per gallon, or 35 cents more than it cost a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. At the same time, ( Read more... )

I am currently on my "lunch" break at work (what I affectionately call "lupper", due to the hour at which I eat it). And I was just in the break room watching MSNBC while eating. I think I'm going to be sick now ( Read more... )