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, September 01, 2006

Ahhh, but Zin...

Drug-addled gasbag Rush Limbaugh has gotten to the root of the obesity crisis: I think you might then say that the obesity crisis could be t...

Obesity? Heart disease? Pish tosh

While doing my "catch-up" reading (no pun intended), I found an article in Crain's Chicago Business about McDonald's stagn...

Some sports rants

I'm in a foul sports mood. I grew up loving the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, and just bought tickets to see their game again...

The Madness of King George

"Those who cannot remember the past will really **** things up." Peter The Simian Boy King tells us that: If America were to pull ...

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Logical fallacies

"The logical fallacy of false choice is a correlative-based fallacy in which options are presented as being exclusive when they may not...

Great Presidential Quotes

"The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over t...

Do you have a Preferred Jihadist card?

From moonbat Pennsylvania congressman Curt Weldon: "We have to fight this battle. We either fight it over there or we're going to f...

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Great Headlines to be Tooken Out of Context

Thanks, CNN: Pumping neck gave polygamist away Ummm...based on the number of wives that he had, I'm guessing his neck wasn't the onl...

Freudian slip???

Odd, huh? I agree with Cheney and Rumsfeld in the same day! Dick talked about people who " pervert a religious faith to serve a dark...

Gee willikers, I agree with Rummy!

Yesterday, Rummy told us that "some seem not to have learned history's lessons." Gosh, Don, when did that light bulb go on? Le...

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Bet this will be a fun Thanksgiving..

ANYTHING is better than listening to the Idiot-in-Chief speak, but this was rich. Right-wing CNN newsbot Kyra Phillips left her microphone o...

I'm tired of bad news--I need a dumbass break

From the online Letters to the Editor in the Chicago Tribune, some buffoon named Barry, in discussing judicial activism, judge-made law and ...

Disaster

On the Bob Edwards show this morning on XMPR, he interviewed Christopher Cooper and Robert Block, authors of the new book Disaster: Hurrican...

Monday, August 28, 2006

Shooting Fish in a Barrel

From the Orlando Sentinel : U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris said this week that the separation of church state is "a lie," that God did...

Happy Anniversary

I wish I had something profound to say, but the words just get strangled by the hatred, disgust and contempt I feel when I see this.

Friday, August 25, 2006

An oldie but a goodie

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore © John Prine While digesting Reader's Digest In the back of a dirty book s...

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Farewell, Pluto

What does an ex-planet do, anyway?

The Swiftboaters Sail Again

The right-wing attack machine is out after Judge Anna Diggs Taylor with a ridiculous claim based on her service as a trustee of a community ...

comments

Well, after a racist rant, my first death threat and someone posting personal info, I've switched on the comment moderation function--a ...

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The president is smart! Honest!

This gem comes from Kathleen Parker, a Bushbot syndicated in the Chicago Tribune : I was the guest of a guest and welcomed the opportunity ...

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