VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

Here’s an interesting list from AlterNet - their ten most popular stories of the year. ALterNet is a great resource, although a couple of the stories surprised me.
They also have the top ten most discussed (which leans hard on 9/11), the top ten Iraq myths, the top ten outrageous right-wing comments of 2006, the [...]

Bush’s comment on Islamic “fascists” continues to tickle at my mind, and I’m not alone. Some of the characteristics of some kinds of fascism are there, but fundamental and very essential traits are also missing - the economic, the nationalistic. Our own U.S. of A. is actually closer to an outright fascistic regime. Some say [...]

We are an optimistic nation, a hopeful nation. Whatever our politics, we hope that our political and corporate leaders value our lives. This is a wonderful thing about America. But it does leave us somewhat open to manipulation, deceit, and betrayal. I think this Administration is disastrous to us in ways that are have been [...]

I support Senator Biden’s Amendment to bar any funds from being used to establish permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or to control Iraq’s oil. I disagree with Biden’s stated opinion on the following points: I don’t think it’s at all “obvious to most Americans” that we have no designs or Iraq’s oil or strategic [...]

Private military contractors are earning billions of dollars in Iraq — much of it from U.S. taxpayers. “Lucrative U.S. government contracts go to firms called on to provide security for projects and personnel — jobs that in previous conflicts have been done by the military” (and under military regulations).
From Hunter at Daily Kos, on the [...]

Tell Congress you oppose the “marriage” amendment to our Constitution. I did….
How dare you try to amend our Constitution to discriminate against any American citizen? How dare you appeal to hate? How dare you use God for this!
This is so low, so hypocritical. You won’t dabate Iraq, but you WILL debate this?
Is this [...]

Power Rankings of Members of Congress
Congress.org scored and weighted 289 variables in 15 categories to determine a ranking of the most powerful or effective Members of Congress.
See Power Rankings by State, Chamber, Party, Committee, Class/Tenure, Position, Influence, Legislation.
Don’t write discrimination into the Constitution.
The measure was put forward by Rep. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) only [...]