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, September 27, 2008

RIP Paul Newman

We will miss a great actor and an even better person.

CW

I am also fascinated by the contemporary wisdom that the "surge" has "worked."

Spending Freeze?

About the only thing that stuck out in my mind after the debate last night was McCain's comment about a spending freeze on everything ot...

Debate Post-Mortem

If condescension, ill-disguised contempt, and a patronizing attitude toward his opponent were part of the scorecard of presidential debates,...

Friday, September 26, 2008

There's progress, and then there's John McCain progress

From the McCain campaign: Senator McCain has spent the morning talking to members of the Administration, members of the Senate, and members ...

Bailing on the bailout, or something

I'm not really sure what to think of what's going on with this whole bailout thing. First of all, and rather importantly, Paulson a...

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Guest post by Dr.Pete

This was sent to me by a friend of mine: The Senate’s Glass Dome Unless you’ve been living in the basement of a sealed-off cave on the dark ...

Quiz time, boys and girls

It is unlikely, but possible, that the electoral vote ends in a 269-269 tie. No cheating--what happens?

Quote of the Day

Couric asked Palin , "Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling w...

Let me get this straight

So, Senator McCain, last week "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," but now the economy is "cratering" (crater? ...

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

World traveller Palin visits New York

AP: At the start of her meeting with Talabani at a downtown hotel, the governor was overheard saying: "There's plenty to do here, i...

I love the smell of desperation

The AP, not buying the spin: Even as McCain said he was putting the good of the country ahead of politics, his surprise announcement was cle...

Rush's dumber brother, redux

I thought David Limbaugh below was just stupidity, but apparently it has become the official party line of the wingers--the Community Reinve...

Suspension

So JohnnyMac wants to postpone Friday's debate and is suspending his campaign (whatever that means) to do, y'know, his job as a US S...

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

From Rush's dumber brother

"Government politicians and bureaucrats forced lending institutions to make un-creditworthy loans and helped create unnatural demand i...

Is Vader losing his power?

From the AP : Vice President Dick Cheney and Jim Nussle, the Bush administration's budget director, met privately with restive House Rep...

Six weeks left, update

The last week has generally not been a good one for humanity, poll-wise, but the trend over the last day or two is moving back towards Obama...

Monday, September 22, 2008

Oh Madam Speaker...

Dear Speaker Pelosi: Please consider your decisions over the next few days VERY carefully. If you push this bailout through the House, you a...

Wow

Bush has sunk below the Alan Keyes line, and that took some doing: Overall, 19% of Americans say that they approve of the way George W. Bus...

From CNN

"The Bush administration's proposed $700 billion financial rescue began to take shape today with lawmakers debating whether to add ...

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