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, July 20, 2007

To us, he's the President of Pakistan

To the rest of the world, he's viewed as (from the first 'graph of a Financial Times story): General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan'...

Thanks for playing

Read these words carefully President Bush signed an executive order Friday prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or...

Music issues in Music City?

Shamelessly stolen from Love Boat crew member Em, who should post more here. And remember, this is the WHITE HOUSE transcript : Q Mr. Presid...

Bush: "I...AM...THE...LAW!"

Washington Post : Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings White House Says Hill Can't Pursue Contempt Cases Bush administration officials u...

Oh, wouldn't this be sad...Bwhahahahaha

From Think Progress: Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has indicated to a close former aide that it is likely he will not run for a 12t...

Bonds

My main reaction to what Bonds is doing is sadness. Growing up a baseball fan, I'd never thought I'd see someone break Aaron's ...

Thursday, July 19, 2007

A home run dumbass

Wow. Check this one out from a Sandeep Mehta of Naperville: Bonds innocent until proven guilty Can we all stop complaining about Barry Bonds...

Draft College Republicans

Plame lawsuit dismissed

A federal district judge dismissed Valerie Plame's civil suit for outing her against Cheney, Rove and Libby on "jurisdictional...

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Cruise Lines from Hell

A reporter for the Independent, a paper in Britain, recently took part in a cruise organized by the National Review, that bastion of hate an...

Who let the dogs out?

The notion of a dogfight conjures up images of daring aviators in mortal combat, but no--AN NFL QUARTERBACK? Dogs? You've heard by now t...

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Vote for "None of the Above"

AP Poll: GOP pick is 'none of the above' By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 17 minutes ago WASHINGTON - And the leading ...

From the archives

I was browsing through some old posts, and I came across this comment from Schmidlap: I see one last hope of knocking the evil fuckers down,...

Why we must impeach

Tonight Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate are stepping up the pressure on the GOP by actually making them filibuster the Reid-Levin...

Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Vicar of Christ

I generally do not get too worked up about things theological, but lately, Der Popenfuhrer has really been pissing me off. I have long had ...

Friday, July 13, 2007

Which headline do you think the media will focus on?

And which one is more relevant to most of us? Dow tops 13,900 Retail sales take sharp plunge in June

It's a plot! Fire up the nukes!

Brown people are trying to kill us!!1`!! : A flood of calls overwhelmed the city on Thursday as news of a salmonella outbreak at the Taste o...

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Just to make Schmidlap feel all warm and fuzzy...

"if you ever come down and visit the old, tired, me down there in Crawford, I will be able to say I looked in the mirror and made decis...

Vocabulary Lessons

A "Jerusalem Artichoke" is not an artichoke (and it has nothing to do with Jerusalem!) A Boston cream pie is not a pie Headcheese ...

It's his government

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