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, May 18, 2007

The long and winding road

Garrison Keillor wrote The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wa...

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Three final notes

Today has been chock full of noteworthy stories, but I don't want to have too many posts, so let me combine three into one final post fo...

Torture Boy gets pwnd!

Fifty-six members of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez' graduation class from Harvard Law School (1982) took out a full-page a...

How you can tell when you've found our house

Should you ever be driving along, looking for Magooland, you will know you've found it when you see this in our window:

The Impeachables

The Liar In Chief at today's joint press conference with outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair: "Son, we live in a world that ...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Move this pragmatist into the "Impeach Now" column

YES, there were ample grounds for impeachment before, and yes, I thought the effort would be futile and frustrating. The wiretapping-Ashcrof...

I don't want RR's head to explode

But after reading his post below, read the following , perhaps the only time John Ashcroft came out as a sympathetic figure in his life. Fro...

OK -- I'm Convinced..... It's Time to IMPEACH

I have been one poor correspondent over these months since the last election cycle. After all, the wicked witches running the congress had b...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Hell just got a lot more unpleasant

Rev. Jerry Falwell dead at 73

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Happy Mother's Day!

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 ...

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