I walked into the kitchen because I could hear John ranting. I took one look and choked on my coffee. Who thought it was a good idea to open an international competition with Liza Minnelli belting “God Bless America” from a red carpet on the tennis court? I think fondly of Liza. She’s not the most centered woman on the planet, but whatever can have possessed her to participate in this? I gagged when I saw men in uniform rolling…
Mitch has created a great extended list of Republican corruption and criminal behavior at Basket of Puppies. Again… note the themes. Take a look. Thanks for commenting and letting me know about your list, Mitch!
George Carlin on why educational problems in America won’t get fixed – despite our need to be competitive. Warning: language [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYoVnBc_fk[/youtube]
The Progressive Patriots Fund is asking for a word or phrase to describe a quality you’d like you see in our next president. You can download the ‘My President Will Be…’ sign or make your own. Write down your word or phrase and upload a photo of yourself with your sign. Here’s Russ Feingold’s video: [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ivaTo6b2F7M[/youtube] Thanks to Bob Dylan for the inspiration… [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KKmQp8-bog[/youtube]
Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list – see any themes? On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s worse than that. It’s worse because it’s a deeper problem than just “not walking the talk.” People who share the traits that you find irritating in…
The number of uninsured children from birth through age 18 rose for the second year in a row, according to new data released earlier this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. In the last year alone, another 707,000 children have been added to bring the total to more than 9.4 million uninsured children in America. This increase is more than double the jump from 2004 to 2005. This alarming jump demonstrates that our children need a strong national safety net…