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.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Ahhh...Catholicism

Y'know, Schmidlap had the right idea abandoning this religion. Come to think of it, I'm knee-deep in doing the same thing, too. So...

The Way Back Machine

GWB, Fall 2000: I'm worried about over committing our military around the world. I want to be judicious in its use.

Fearless Leader on Tornado Survival

"...a lot of folks had basements here in this part of the world"

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Back to normal (for me)

Back and un-jetlagged! We don't need to torture prisoners--just make them fly long-haul coach. Can we PLEASE buy France some soap?

VETO

So the Chimp is all excited - he might get to pull out his veto pen again. But remember what he's all excited about - vetoing money for...

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Science, students, and activism

One of the most frustrating things for me about the current political landscape is the lack of participation by younger voters (18-24). Thi...

Friday, May 04, 2007

Courting the moron contingent

During the GOP debate last night (and no, I didn't watch it), the moderator asked for a show of hands of which candidates did not believ...

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Four more years!

So, Chimpy McFlightsuit is going to commemorate four years of celebrating Mission Accomplished with his veto pen. It's the one he's...

One quickie from Greece

I'm sitting in an Internet cafe just above the Mykonos windmills, just after sunset. My wife just left, staying in Athens tonight and he...

Wisdom

One of the positive outcomes from someone's death can be a reflection on what they did that benefited the world. Such is the case with ...

Snopesed!

Well, it seems that Mr. Connie Miskimen is a lawyer who apparently enjoys wasting people's time (I wonder what he would do if the world ...

Monday, April 30, 2007

All together now: Go sit in the corner...

Pete's not here right now, but I think he'd appreciate the following: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition Daylight exacerbat...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Must be getting famous

We have a Wikipedia page! Thinking or Sitting ([www.thinkingorsitting.blogspot.com]) is a political blog created by Peter Rasmussen. The con...

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Well, they've done it

Both houses of Congress have now passed a bill that would end the war in Iraq next year. It's far from a perfect bill, but it would be ...

Four Years

Tuesday, May 1 will be the fourth anniversary of Chimpy McFlightsuit saying "Major combat operations have ended." Take a look bac...

When we lost the war

There has been a fury of writing lately (mostly in neocon land, some in SCLM land) about how awful it was that Senator Harry Reid said that ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Response from Senator Durbin

Senator Dick Durbin's response to the email about impeachment I sent to his office a few days ago: Thank you for contacting me regarding...

Ya sas!

Hello from Greece! I am typing this from a cafe with a view of the Acropolis. What do other countries think of us? Here is an excerpt from a...

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A dare for you

Try to read this article and remember that it's 2007. Excerpts: ASHBURN, Georgia (CNN) -- Students of Turner County High School started...

Well, it is a true statement

"The president's record on climate change is very strong, [White House spokeswoman Dana] Perino said. Yes, yes it is. Just like, s...

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