... is that you never find a candidate that you can agree with 100%. What I really hate is when I find a candidate that I really like, but find ONE position that is a deal breaker. Which is why I just sent the following letter to the Barack Obama campaign:

I've been a life-long Democrat, and I've been very excited about Barack Obama as a ( Read more... )

I just caught part of a special on CNN, called "Broken Government," that cataloged all of the various scandals plaguing the Republican-controlled government, with a scattering of comments about incompetencies in Iraq and pretty much everywhere else, and completed with a garnish of discussion about electronic voting machine fraud ( Read more... )

Amy:"I want to have sex with Billy!"Sarah:"But what if you get pregnant?"Amy:"Oh, that will never happen.”Sarah:"But what about AIDS?”Amy:“I'm not worried -- we'll use a condom.”Sarah:"What about herpes?”Amy:“I don't care, it's not like it's fatal or anything.”Sarah:“Chlamydia” Crabs? Hepatitis?”
Amy:“Don't care, don't care don't care... I wanna ( Read more... )

There’s been a thought running through my head for some time now. I know I went to Rice so I must be smart™, and yes I am a rocket scientist and everything, but… am I really that much smarter than anyone in government? I’m not saying that I could run the country better (although I don’t think that they’re setting a very high mark to beat lately). ( Read more... )

This study is extremely interesting. The study suggests that people reward themselves with endorphin rushes when they ignore negative statements about politicians that they like.
When presented with negative information about the candidates they liked, partisans of all stripes found ways to discount it, Westen said ( Read more... )

Oh, brother.

I was at a birthday party for Lara's sister this weekend. Her Cajun red-neck conservative step-father and her Texan red-neck conservative brother-in-law were bitching loudly about Brokeback Mountain. And, amazingly enough, I found myself agreeing with their complaint ( Read more... )

... can anyone tell me why Valerie Plame has never sued Robert Novak in civil court for destroying her career?

I've had many discussions about the whole "Mars vs. Venus" phenomenon. It's basis seems to be that men and women communicate differently. I have a lot of problems with the whole hypothesis. I also have a problem with the slant that is often associated with it, that the Mars "the words convey the meaning" method of communicating is somehow inferior ( Read more... )

Secretary William Bennett is under attack for some comments that he made. The Democrats are up in arms, and the White House has effectively censured him for them. Here is a transcript of the comments:

CALLER: I noticed the national media, you know, they talk a lot about the loss of revenue, or the inability of the government to fund Social ( Read more... )