Archive for the 'blathering' Category
Continued Blogcation
I’m still on blogcation, and it’s kind of awesome.
David Brooks wrote some truly idiotic shit this morning. I read about it at OTHER blogs, but refused to pollute my own mind with his shit-smearings, saving myself the outrage necessary to respond to it.
CNN apparently hired Erick Erickson, the moron who runs the Red State blog [...]
Ahead of Their Time
Apparently, my mom and dad were decades ahead of their time:
We congratulate our toddlers for blowing their nose (“Good job!”), we friend our teenagers (literally and virtually), we spend hours teaching our elementary-school offspring how to understand their feelings. But, incongruously and with regularity, this is a generation that yells.
“I’ve worked with thousands of parents [...]
New Philly Weekly Article
New Philadelphia Weekly article.
Enjoy!
New Philly Weekly Column
My post-July Fourth column is here.
Please visit, say nice things, etc etc.
Deconstructing Blue Grass Lyrics: “Cold Sheets of Rain”
Cover your ears, it’s horrible
I’ve seen the lightning flashin’ I’ve heard the thunder roar
Somewhere on the dark side of town
My baby’s with a new love the wind is howlin’ on
I should be with her right now
Cold sheets of rain pouring down is my love safe and warm
Where is she sleeping now
Cold sheets of rain pouring [...]
Christine Flowers is RIGHT! (With Exceptions)
In which I wholeheartedly endorse a column by the shame of Philadelphia:
The party is better off without him.
Specter is a weather vane, yielding to the strongest political wind. While he considers himself a “maverick” like his friend John McCain, the truth is that our senior senator is an opportunist.
Or, in his lexicon, a “moderate.”
Moderates say [...]
Hey, I’m on YouTube!
It;’s a little primitive, and we’re still working out the kinks, but please give me big fat ratings!
Read More..>>Done.
Marcy Wheeler:
Five years ago today, Andy Card and Alberto Gonzales rushed to John Ashcroft’s ICU room to try to trick him into signing the re-authorization for George Bush’s illegal wiretap program over Jim Comey’s objections. Jim Comey arrived at the hospital in time to prevent Card and Gonzales from succeeding.
Five years ago tomorrow, George Bush [...]
And Now a Gratuitous Boob Post
Earlier this month, Meghan McCain vented about dating during and after the election:
Nothing makes me more ill than the idea of some guy bragging to his friends that he was going to go on a date with “John McCain’s daughter.” (Unfortunately this has happened more times than I would like to count and each time [...]
