In case you hadn't heard, Letterman made a joke about one of Sarah Palin's daughters getting knocked up by A-Rod. Palin flipped her little hockey mom lid about it and has a made a huge fuss that he clearly meant it about her underage, 14-year-old daughter, and that his claim that no, it was about her of-age 18-year-old daughter, is also a load of ( Read more... )

I'm finding that one very interesting pattern showing up last night and this morning amongst the celebrations of Obama's win, and posts about such as well (which, y'know, is AWESOME!!), a lot of friends are expressing some disbelief at having voted for something or someone that actually won. It's interesting to see, and feel. I can't help feeling ( Read more... )

Thanks to infinitemorning for her post that alerted me to the latest bullshit from the Republicans.

Namely, this fear mongering piece of bullshit propaganda used by the GOP tonight for their own political gains, AND to try and make Americans think that now it was all Iran's fault, secretly, that 9/11 happened! Now, that's funny, I thought it was Iraq? Or wait, ( Read more... )

Here's a little forward that my dad--a Republican most commonly, but reasonable about it--sent me the other day. He likes to send me stuff, in good humor, that knocks at the Democrats.

( The Ant & The Grasshopper, 2008 Edition )

Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts.

Habeas corpus ain't dead yet, bitches ( Read more... )

This isn't too surprising.

85% Barack Obama
84% John Edwards
82% Bill Richardson
81% Hillary Clinton
77% Chris Dodd
74% Joe Biden
66% Mike Gravel
65% Dennis Kucinich
52% Rudy Giuliani
45% John McCain
42% Mitt Romney
36% Mike Huckabee
36% Tom Tancredo
28% Fred Thompson
18% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizI think I took this before, a while ago ( Read more... )