Van Jones, Truthers, Birthers, and an Ugly Reality

We need to talk about Van Jones. We need to talk about his past, we need to talk about his resignation as the White House’s environmental advisor- and we really need to talk about whether or not he’s been victimized by the GOP.
Van Jones was made a household name by right-wing Fox News talk show host [...]

Two Cents, Nancy Pelosi and Torture

I was going to hold off a li’l while before posting my opinion on Nancy Pelosi, and whether or not she was briefed by the CIA on the Bush Administration’s use of torture.
Most people seem to have already made up their minds on the matter- even as the majority of the facts remain unknown- and [...]

Pete Sessions, Socialism and Barack Obama

As big a political junkie as I am, one would think I’d be past the point of being shocked when a politician says something stupid.
I’m not.
Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) believes Obama is both driving the stock market down and unemployment up on purpose.
He’s quoted in today’s NY Times as saying that Obama “intended to inflict damage [...]

Dick Cheney, Irony and The Mortally Wounded GOP

Dick Cheney thinks it would be a mistake for the Republican Party to ‘moderate’ itself in an attempt to save itself from slowly dying.
This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas … what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and constitutional principles,” Cheney said in [...]

Abu Ghraib, Appeals and The Grand Old Party

I am among the enlightened ones who feel the entire Bush Administration should be tried for war crimes… and have felt this way for quite some time.
Today I read an article that further cemented that view.
Most of us remember the scandal of Abu Ghraib prison, back in 2004.
Prison guards- U.S. Military personnel- were accused of [...]

Bye Bye Bybee…

I just signed a petition calling for Judge Jay Bybee’s impeachment.
Judge Bybee, for those who aren’t aware, is currently under federal investigation by the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
The investigation centers around a legal memo Bybee wrote during the Bush Administration, authorizing “enhanced” interrogation techniques- techniques that the Justice Department considers to be torture.
Mr. Bybee isn’t just [...]

Phony Outrage, GOP and Executive Orders

There have been a lot of rumblings in the last day or so about Barack Obama’s potential plan to overturn Bush’s executive orders.
This possibility has conservatives freakin’ out… and quite frankly, is one of the most idiotic displays of phony outrage I’ve seen in a while.
First of all, what the hell are people so surprised [...]

Of Course It Hurts- You’re Getting Screwed By An Elephant

NEW DEMOCRATIC BUMPER STICKERS FOR ‘08:
1. Bush: End of an Error.
2. That’s OK, I Wasn’t Using My Civil Liberties Anyway.
3. Let’s Fix Democracy in this Country First.
4. If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to  Iran .
5. Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.
6. If You Can Read This, You’re Not Our President.
7. Of [...]

The Sky is Falling… Oh Wait… It’s Just ACORNs

Here’s my take on this ACORN stuff.
What a bunch of trivial bullshit.
Republicans, led by John McCain, are losing this election… so they had to come up with something, right?
ACORN is a huge organization… and it does some amazing work… unfortunately, as is the case with most large organizations, they have a few bad apples… it has some [...]

Bailouts, Pigs, Fat Cats and the Economy

It’s official.
The bumbling b.s. bailout of the century has passed, and George Bush has signed it into law.
Members of Congress have been saying for two weeks now that the passage of this thing was imperative to saving our economy… yet they were unable to get sufficient support for it until they loaded the damn thing up [...]