Is a CIA Recruit Training Kit toy really necessary? Really? I was in a toy store picking up a few things for our son’s birthday tomorrow, and when I saw this, I just had to catch it on camera. Does anyone think that the CIA is all about playing infrared tag? This is what we’re telling our kids now? (shaking head)
I’ve been noticing an upsurge lately in the frequency of some Republicans referring to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Party.” It’s not the Democrat Party. It’s the Democratic Party. A member of the Democratic Party is a Democrat. I don’t know what the right-wing imagines might be gained by referring to the Democratic Party as the Democrat Party. The far right seems to think that this terminology works as a pejorative. It doesn’t. It just makes you sound a…
This photo has been haunting me for days.
The audience wanted to celebrate but it was a stern – and brilliant – inaugural speech. I watched it in my office break room. It wasn’t my first choice for a location, but at least I got to see it with other people. Aretha Franklin! Yo-Yo Ma! And that rascal Roberts trying to get him to flub! He even skipped the part about protecting us from enemies, both foreign and domestic! But – wiping a tear and sighing happily –…
Wow – thanks for sending, Peggy! Click for full image.
The Westboro Baptist Church group was stationed in Atlanta at the corner of Chamblee Tucker Road and Henderson Road, a block or so from the church where the funeral was being held. Their signs said things like “God Hates You,” “America is Doomed,” “Pray for More Dead Soldiers” and various other anti-government and anti-gay sentiments. One sign portrayed stick figures wearing Santa hats and engaging in anal intercourse. This seems pretty typical, judging by some of the photos on Flickr….