The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?

I've wondered about Rodin's famous sculpture. Is he engaged in deep thought or sitting around wasting time? And why isn't he wearing pants? I ask the same of myself. Here we comment on well, mostly politics. Or we may just sit! If you like it, tell a friend. If not, tell us, but please read the GROUND RULES before you do.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Supporting George W. Bush is anti-American

Let me make it as clear as I can - if you still, today, after learning everything we currently know about George W. Bush, think he's a g...

He embarrasses ALL of us

Pakistan Ethnic groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their desce...

High crimes...

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee examined the question of what constitutes a high crime or misdemeanor within the context of impeachme...

You've got to start somewhere

Apparently, there is a little-known legal provision which allows state legislatures to ask the House of Representatives to impeach a Preside...

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Vintage port

On the port thing-- Yes, there are many things not to like about Dubai Ports and the UAE. You can list things from 9/11 connections, the rec...

Beltway Legend?

Washington, DC (INN) Last week, as the situation in Iraq devolved closer and closer to civil war, President Bush received some bad news duri...

Mr. President, that is what we in the reality based community call a lie

Yes. You are a liar. "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did anticipate a serious storm. But these ...

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Little Dance

How my undergraduate alma mater made it into the NCAA's "Little Dance"… http://depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=17145 61-Foot Shot...

Cognitive dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon which refers to the discomfort felt at a discrepancy between what you already know or bel...

The military revises estimated number of trained Iraqi battalions downward

Downward from their previous estimate of one.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Baghdad Bob, or your old Uncle Morty?

I really am trying to figure the president out. He keeps giving us things like "Iraq, though, does have a thriving free press, with hun...

Dueling dispatches

BIZARRO WORLD, Feb. 24-- Critics argue that our policies of promoting democracy are backfiring and destabilizing the region. I strongly disa...

Those coattails are going to be awfully small in November

Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2006 (CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fa...

The latest CBS poll

Note Doc's post above about the CBS poll and the 34% approval rating. What I want to know is...who are these 34%? So I have narrowed it...

How right you were, Mr. Adams....

I have been reading H.W. Brand's new biography of Andrew Jackson. He begins with a reluctant and grim John Quincy Adams about to leave t...

Meanwhile, back in Frostbite Falls...

Monday, February 27, 2006

Only on Fox News..

ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR A GOOD THING????

Douse the Olympic flame--permanently

The Olympics are gone--finally. Good riddance. I heard that the closing ceremonies were going to have a circus theme. Perfect--the bobsled c...

Attention all rats: Please leave the sinking ship in an orderly fashion, no jumping, please!

" One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. " Just another cranky liberal who hates our glorious preside...

I believe I can bear this agony with much grace

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Former Enron Chairman and CEO Ken Lay has seen his personal fortune eaten away by the collapse of the energy trade...

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