Jesus fuck, NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.
Last night on the House floor, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) downplayed the violence on the ground in Iraq, claiming his wife is taking a greater risk by living in Washington, D.C. King said:
27.51 Iraqis per 100,000 die a violent death on an annual basis. 27.51. Now what does that mean? To me, it really doesn’t mean a ( Read more... )

I was simultaneously amused, offended, annoyed and empowered by a front-page feature in today's WaPo titled The Left, Online and Outraged. The article talked about several bloggers including Markos, Atrios, The Rude Pundit and others, but focused on Maryscott O'Connor. Here's a snippet:
"Rage, rage against the Lying of the Right" is the subtitle of ( Read more... )

What the fuck?!?
The fight for unborn rights begins in the carpool lane. We're fighting to give mothers and their unborn babies their right to use carpool lanes. Read our mission statement and check out our bumper stickers to learn more ( Read more... )

It wasn't just your imagination: gas prices skyrocketed this week.
Gasoline prices continue to climb today, heading into the holiday weekend, with a gallon of regular unleaded selling for $2.79, on average, in the Washington region, up 21 percent since the beginning of March, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic ( Read more... )

I just now noticed today's date - November 2nd - and remembered that it was a year ago today that Chimpy got reelected. Wow. Somehow, it seems like it's been a lot longer, doesn't it? I certainly feel much older.

At any rate, while I was contemplating this anniversary - and looking over my posts from a year ago, full of hope, joy, excitement ( Read more... )

A diarist at Kos did a post today urging all progressives to boycott products from Republican supporting corporations. It's sounds like a great idea, but here's some problems I have.
1. Most foods, products, services and media are manufactured or controlled by a handful of mega consolidated super-corporations headed up by billionaires, and most ( Read more... )

Oh God, why did I watch that "Great Things About Being a Red State" thing on Bravo?!? I told myself I wasn't gonna watch, because it would just annoy me, but of course I watched anyways.

I also took notes - yes, I take notes for these things, shut up - in case you're interested. ( Feel free to eye-roll along with me )

Apparently they're not just the First Family, they're also one big happy drunken criminal family.
SEPTEMBER 16 -- One of President George W. Bush's nephews--the youngest son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush -- was arrested early today and charged with public drunkenness and resisting arrest. John Ellis Bush, 21, was nabbed at 2:30 AM by Texas Alcoholic ( Read more... )

I mean... seriously, did he go to special Republican brain-washing camp or something? Against my better judgement, I finally downloaded that "Iraq and I Roll" song... and just about threw up. At least I can say Toby Keith was in post-9/11 rage when he wrote his ultra-jingoistic "boot up yur ass" screed, but Clint Black has no fucking excuse. Check ( Read more... )

This is one of those posts where I know I'm gonna get a thousand trolls yelling at me, but fuck it ( Read more... )