Politics
John McCain Sought Hagee’s Endorsement
Let’s see Hagee in action on CNN Anderson Cooper. Talk about extremist. It’s time to be fair.
Bill Moyers on Hypocrisy of Obama’s Wright Controversy
Bill Moyers nails it and locks it down. Here’s some of the good stuff:
Behold the double standard: John McCain sought out the endorsement of John Hagee, the war-mongering Catholic-bashing Texas preacher, who said the people of New Orleans got what they deserved for their sins. But no one suggests McCain shares Hagee’s delusions, or […]
The End of The Second Gilded Age?
Wow, Steve Fraser’s “The Gilded Age, Past and Present” is a scary read. I highly recommend it.
First Lady Dawn Gibbons Occupies Nevada Governor’s Mansion
I know it’s par for the traditional gender roles course for the wife to occupy the home of past marital bliss, but in this case, when the home is Nevada’s governor’s mansion, shouldn’t the Governor Gibbons retain occupancy of the residence? This seems particularly true when it is the citizens of Nevada who are paying […]
Ron Paul Supporters Shutdown Nevada GOP Convention
Another do over Nevada convention–this time on the GOP side. Ron Paul supporters took over the Nevada GOP convention. Convention Chair Bob Beers was booed and escorted from the premises surrounded by armed security. From the AP:
Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention […]
McCain Needs A Little Education
He’s kidding right? McCain opposes the equal pay measure because it would result in more lawsuits? Nice logic. Perhaps we should stop protecting all kinds of rights because of all the trouble they cause? Like the right to own a gun for instance? Or the right to free assembly? Or the right not to be […]
Nevada’s Solar Power Future
Scandalmonger at Vote Gibbons Out posted a portion of a letter James Hansen, recipient of this year’s Desert Research Institutes’s Nevada Award, wrote to Governor Gibbons regarding his lack of leadership on state energy policy. Of course, leadership and Governor Gibbons are mutually exclusive entities:
“Although the fossil fuel industry pedals misinformation, claiming that renewable energies […]
Obama’s Bittergate, Mayhill Fowler, and Citizen Journalism
Do citizens have a right to attend, observe, and write about political events and appearances? Of course they do. Does that change when a citizen is contributing to a “pro-am” political website like OffTheBus and an open supporter of a candidate? Pundits, journalists, bloggers, and just plain old citizens have been arguing about that since […]
Ken Layne Scores Wonkette
Dullard Mush alterted me to the big news that Gawker Media dropped three of its site, including Wonkette. The beneficiary of this is my old, well, really recent friend who I’ve never actually met–desert rat, Ken Layne. The L.A. Times has an interview with Ken Layne which gives you a little peek inside his rather […]
Douglas Feith IS The Stupidest Guy on the Planet
Douglas Feith continued to justify his own stupidity and that Donald Rumsfield during a 60 Minutes interview tonight. It’s hard not to laugh listening to this guy; his babbling and bumbling over whether or not Paul Bremer’s decision to disband the Iraqi army was approved by Rumsfeld, reminded me of Elmer Fudd. […]
Fox Attacks Obama! Part Two
Obviously, I’ve been spending time on Brave New Films’ YouTube channel. Did he say “the kind of spontaneous affection Chairman Mao only dreamed about? Watch the video:
John McCain vs. John McCain
Here’s an oldie but a goody from the Brave New Films YouTube channel. Watch the video:
Probama Wordpress Theme for Obama Supporters
Check out the Probama Wordpress theme by Category 4–optimized and ready to go. I hope the campaigns are paying attention. They should be developing official blogging themes that tap into their social media accounts automatically that supporters can use for free. The Probama Wordpress theme comes configured to read the Obama campaign’s RSS and Flickr […]
Liveblogging the Gettysburg Address Coulter-Style
What if Ann Coulter liveblogged Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
Mark Kleiman at The Reality-Based Community takes a stab at it. Sadly, he’s probably correct.
McCain a Straight Shooter, Obama a Spinner
Well, according to a Canadian computer science professor. Oh, and a flowchart to help future politicians decide if $1,000 an hour call girls are worth it.
- Queen’s University professor David Skillicorn analyzed the speeches of John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and determined the Straight Talk Express may be for real. In his examination of spin words and phrases, McCain scored the highest for lack of spin. The GOP nominee had a 2.0, Clinton a 0.6 and Obama a -1.3. Skillicorn noted, however, a recent change in Obama’s speeches, “I can only imagine that … he is absolutely convinced that he can’t lose, so all of a sudden his spin level has dropped dramatically.”
- For politicians weighing the pros and cons of hiring a high-priced hooker, comes help in the form of the official Eliot Spitzer Flow Chart (aka “How to Not Bang a Prostitute”).
- This made quite the splash back in 2007 but the resulting rush meant the site was always overloaded. So we checked back in and WikiScanner is still up, running and not quite as busy. Basically, you can see who has been making anonymous Wiki edits to entries of interest to them. The slight downside? The archive covers only February 7th, 2002 to August 4th, 2007.
