"Come ye cool cool conservative men ( Read more... )

Here we are, in the much celebrated aftermath of the much celebrated election. In a review of past rants, there were people who were not properly talked about, or even some who deserve a nice wrap up. It was a long 21 months, no matter how you slice it and there were way too many people involved. Some will be gone and lost forever, others will be ( Read more... )

"I'm sorry, Mr President. I cannot in good conscience sign such a document. I will never stop hoping for out eventual reconciliation with England. But because in my own way, I regard America no less than does Mr Adams, I will join the army and fight in her defense, even though I believe that fight to be hopeless. Good bye, gentlemen." In the movie ( Read more... )

In a week, Americans will go to the polls, if they haven't already and vote for president. In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue. Seriously, if you don't know when the election is and you read this blog, then there might not be help for you. Well, yeah, that is too far, but well, that's how politics is going these days. The recent ( Read more... )

For those reading this blog who are unfamiliar with history, read another blog. Okay, fine, Sir Thomas More and his history. Couldn't think of another general and close counselor who later, effectively betrayed his ruler for all the right reason, so with Sir Thomas we go. General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell went on Meet the Press and ( Read more... )

Originally, this was going to feature a take on the song "Life is a Lemon", but apparently, someone already did that. I hate being clever. I was also going to try Rime of Ancient Mariner (the Iron Maiden version, the Samuel Taylor Coleridge original was too damn long) but couldn't get it to work, so here we are playing straight. The McCain/Palin ( Read more... )

This rant was meant to come out much earlier, but it is fortunate there was a delay. On Friday, McCain's choice of Sarah Palin. She is currently the governor of Alaska for 21 months now and before that was the mayor of Wasilia, Alaska, population of about six thousand (sources vary on this, placing the population between 5000 and 8000). She's a 44 ( Read more... )

While this rant is long overdue, it will be paired with another one coming soon, so call this the first part of a double feature. After months of speculation, false leads, denials and straight out boredom of pundits, Obama announced Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Biden, the opposite of "new politics" that Obama has long lauded in this ( Read more... )

Last night, Hillary Clinton spoke at the Democratic convention in an effort to show how much support she has for Barack Obama, now that he has fully won the nomination for the Democratic candidate for president. She spoke before the thousands live and millions at home that she had hoped to address as the clear cut nominee after what should have ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm back writing this for at least right now. I may not have the time to do this as regularly as I used, but I am going to try to do the best I can, or at least as often as I can. Also, if you haven't already, vote in the poll I put on here before. It's a six way tie right now, your vote, unlike a vote in California, actually matters. I need ( Read more... )