You know, I'm sick of a lot of stuff that Mean People Who Think They're Smart But Aren't (also known as 'right wingers') like to say. But one I'm especially sick of is, 'America is the only country where poor people are FAT!' Thus ridiculing both the poor and the overweight -- the implication being that OUR poor people clearly eat like kings, and ( Read more... )

Aaron on Hillary: "She reminds me of Senator Palpatine."

(He added, in an evil voice, "Something - something - something - dark side," a quote from the TV show Family Guy.)

A succinct political conversation that nonetheless sums it all up somehow ( Read more... )

We've been watching "The West Wing" on DVD; just finished the second season. I like it a lot, though I don't feel I must obsessively see every single episode in order, the way I am with a few other shows.

What I love about "The West Wing" is Martin Sheen. I absolutely love that man, and I have a huge crush on him. (He's my #1 American old-guy ( Read more... )

A great sarcastic bumper sticker I saw today:

I support our troops more than you do!

Food for thought; another angle on Anybody But Bush. Anyone agree? Disagree? Both and/or neither?

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A few months ago, back when there were nine candidates for the Democratic nomination, I had a sudden realization: they were indeed The Nine. Faceless. Sinister. Oddly alike. I illustrated my epiphany thusly:


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