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 14, 2007

President Jabberwock

There was a book lying near Alice on the table, and while she sat watching the White King (for she was still a little anxious about him, and...

Half a century down..

Happy AARP Day to Me!

If I could banish one phrase..

Let's assume I could forever banish just one phrase from the lexicon of the Great Miscommunicator. What should it be? Hard work? Makin...

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Is neo-conservative a synonym of sociopath?

I heard an interview with Norman Podhoretz, long-time neocon (and Rudy Giuliani's "foreign policy" advisor, be afraid, be very...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Tinfoil Hat Time?

I may have to borrow this guy's hat but is anyone else feeling a "bomb Iran" vibe? There is a lot of chatter in the foreign pr...

Thought for the day

From a true liberal: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide e...

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

I feel a spring in my step, the birds are making a happy sound, a fresh song drifts on the wind, and all seems right with the world today. W...

Monday, September 10, 2007

Manifest Injustice?

So Tappy McWidestance is going through with trying to withdraw his guilty plea. Under the court rules of Minnesota, that can be done as nece...

Saturday, September 08, 2007

A step forward

Maybe he listened after all... When I saw Senator Durbin this summer, I asked him about why he continued to vote to fund the war in Iraq. He...

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Tell us something we didn't know, Sid.

"On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein ...

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The world according to der Chimpenfuhrer

Leader of the free whirl breezes by Misha Schubert - The Age (from Australia) September 6, 2007 George Bush is a man who likes a short sente...

Larry Craig--the gift that keeps on giving

I'm somewhat baffled by Tappy McWidestance's position here. I know that a Republican like him would rather be considered a child kil...

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Separated at birth?

I enjoyed seeing Appalachian State defeat Michigan on Saturday. My one question--why is Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean on their l...

My Trip to the ER

One of the great unreported epidemics in America today involves tragic eggplant accidents. I sliced a dime-sized patch through two layers of...

Monday, September 03, 2007

Coming next summer to an airport near you...

Think the Minneapolis airport will hire extra security when THE GOP CONVENTION comes to town???

Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Right and Senator Toe Tappy

I have been amazed to read and hear the responses of the right-wing blowholes to the embarrassing and way too damned funny story of our favo...

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

I am not gay....

Sorry, just thought that was the thing to say these days.

Voices from a different era

My father on the Senator Craig thing: “He’s sick, the man is sick. [Being gay] It’s a disease; it’s no different than diabetes.” ...

Happy Anniversary

Peter posted this a year ago, and it's still as true today as it was then. I wish I had something profound to say, but the words just ge...

The Bravery of Being Out of Range

The President, beating the drums for war The other strain of radicalism in the Middle East is Shia extremism, supported and embodied by the ...

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