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, March 14, 2009

And today's missing cute girl is..

Note to a large portion of America, pictured below: Do not give your baby girls cute names. No more Caylees. No more Haleighs. No more mar...

Friday, March 13, 2009

So how many more days...

until Michael Steele,pictured below, receives his walking papers?

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

An idea with no "merit."

Dear Mr. President: You mentioned the subject of merit pay for teachers. Did I happen to miss the development of a metric that can accurate...

Monday, March 09, 2009

To quote Etta OR Beyonce...At Last.....

President Obama to Lift Stem Cell Restrictions Obama to Sign Executive Order Reversing Bush Policy By DAN CHILDS and LISA STARKMarch 9, 2009...

Sunday, March 08, 2009

I usually don't do this but...

If you're out and about on Chicago's north side (Belmont near Racine), stop in for a bite and a brew at Joey's Brickhouse resta...

Depression Psychology: Always Darkest Before the Dawn

This is one of those rare moments in our nation’s history in which panic about our economic survival, let alone short-term viability, is beg...

The World's Scariest Haircut

Barring one from him, it would be difficult to imagine a more frightening haircut than the one I had yesterday. I am not hesitant to spend m...

Friday, March 06, 2009

A Modest Proposal, revisited

The great satirist Jonathon Swift proposed with tongue ever-so-firmly in cheek that the Irish could solve its hunger and poverty problems by...

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Stimulee, stimula, stimulee, stimula-haha-ha

So what do I think? I'm a historian by training. I look back to FDR and the nightmare he inherited from his predecessor. What did FDR do...

Pat Leahy's "Truth Commission"

So the senior senator from Vermont wants a truth commission to examine the myriad misdeeds of the Bush years. A commission is an affront to ...

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

LADIES AND GENTS: THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Prof. Limbaugh

We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienabl...

Monday, March 02, 2009

A typical Republican who was "energized" by Limbaugh

We hear reports that Rush Limbaugh's CPAC address "energized" many Republicans, such as the one below. Limbaugh, shown below, ...

Republicans--the new Whigs? Or perhaps, the Federalists? Oh wait, I know...

THE KNOW-NOTHINGS . The party needs to do some VERY SERIOUS soul-searching very quickly or the ashbin of history is the next and final stop ...

Saturday, February 28, 2009

To: President Barack Obama (redux)

From: Me Mr. President, your speech to Congress and the nation was inspiring. You give hope to millions that better days are indeed on the w...

Friday, February 27, 2009

Kudos to Chris Matthews

Ahem, did I just type that? Kudos to the crazy car of American politics? Yup. Because he finally did what EVERYONE in the cowed mainstream m...

To: President Barack Obama

From: Me Dear Mr. President: I believe you are off to a tremendous start in what will be a historic presidency. You are faced with tremend...

Mrs. Mittens--Where's my bling?

Thieves apparently made off with some jewelry from the Mittens Romney huge ostentatious f**king mansion cabin in Park City, Utah ( story )....

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Name that POL/Spouse (from his/her Yearbook pic!): SEE ANSWERS BELOW

1. SARAH PALIN 2. JOHN McCAIN 3. JOE BIDEN 4. MIKE HUCKABEE 5. NANCY PELOSI 6. DICK CHENEY 7. MICHELLE OBAMA 8. NORM COLEMAN 9. ROD BLAGOJEV...

I like open comments, but...

I think we've heard enough of the Hansen family, pictured below:

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