Sarah Palin, Resignation and Basketball

I just finished listening to Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, from start to finish.
Wowsers.
After almost 7 full minutes of rambling… and not a whole lot of sense-making, we learn that she is stepping down as Governor of Alaska.
It was quite disjointed, from strange basketball analogies to promises to affect political change for Alaska outside of politics, to my personal [...]

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 [...]

Sessions, Specter and the Supreme Court

Things are getting really exciting on Capitol Hill.
Supreme Court Justice David Souter has recently announced his retirement, paving the way for Obama’s first Supreme Court nomination.
In a coincidental turn of events- a side plot, perhaps- Representative Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) will be taking Arlen Specter’s place as the top Republican in the Senate Judiciary committee.
All of [...]

Specter, Spectacles and Death Scenes

People really are buzzin’ about representative Arlen Specter’s switch from the GOP to the Democratic Party.
I find the whole thing exciting… though hardly surprising.
I do wonder if this most recent blow to the fledgling Republic Party will be the much needed wake-up call for hardcore Conservatives, or if they will continue to bury their heads [...]

Joe Lieberman Needs Joe the Plumber… And Fast

Lieberman, Lieberman, Lieberman!
What in the world are we going to do with you?
Initially I was thinking Lieberman was the king of all flip-floppers… a man without a home… changing parties at the rate normal people change their underwear… just looking for some love.
To summarize… 
Senator Lieberman started out as the star of the Democratic Party, a Senator from Connecticut- a [...]

The Elephants Are Locking Horns…

Oh boo-hoo.
The GOP doesn’t approve of the people Obama has picked for his staff thus far, and is throwing a temper tantrum as a result.
Yeah.
Cuz that’s effective.
Perhaps the Republican Party would be better served by going to sit in their collective corners and doing some deep thinking about the mess they’ve caused, and how they plan to clean it [...]

Truth, Lies, the GOP and White Sheets

Why oh why must so many people believe every single thing they read?
Oh well… gives me something to write about, I guess.
I don’t mind setting the record straight… but this particular rumor left me scratchin’ my head a bit… wondering…
… What the hell?
Here’s the deal:
There’s this nasty rumor winding its way through the blogosphere, accusing Michelle [...]

Fruity Pebbles, The Debate and Temper Tantrums

Alright, so I think I have finally solved the mystery of what caused John McCain’s cancer issues.
Nuclear Power.
In last night’s debate, McCain told the crowd that nuclear energy is completely safe, using the example that he had been aboard a ship- for years- that had nuclear-energy-type-stuff on it.
Fast forward the clock to present… and the [...]