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.

Saturday, August 04, 2007

The Republican YouTube Debate

It looks like that stellar cast of GOP presidential hopefuls isn't warming to the idea of their own YouTube debate. You know those quest...

Thursday, August 02, 2007

He knows where the bodies are buried...

Alberto Gonzalez will never voluntarily give up his position, and Chimpy will never ask him to step down. There are two inter-related reason...

Wut?

So, we here at The Thinker just got an entirely unsolicited email from some guy who runs a political blog, asking us to vote for his blog fo...

Stupid quotes from stupid people

From Salon's War Room: Asked today about a new Congressional Budget Office report that puts the price tag of the war on Iraq at more tha...

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

While on that topic...

Ah, the Wall Street Journal editorial page... Not long ago they brought back one of their favorites, law professor, authoritarian, author o...

RIP Wall Street Journal

Sorry, been one poor correspondent.... It looks like Rupert Murdoch has squared away control of the Wall Street Journal. It has always been ...

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Oh, for crying out loud

I would be willing to have a reasoned argument with anyone about the practicality of impeaching either President Bush or his puppeteer - not...

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,...

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