Memo
Dear World,
We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of the
ideals of liberty and democracy,
would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has
been located,
and the software responsible was replaced November 4.
Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now
operating [...]
What did we learn this week?
” What we don’t know about Obama“ has diminished just a bit since Jim VandeHei and John Harris’ piece in Politico last week (1/22). The authors posed some questions “still left hanging as the Obama administration begins:” Their answers of a week ago make for very good reading. To quote the queries:
Does he really think [...]
An eye for an eye
This week commemorates the anniversary of the agreement to end the Vietnam war.
January 27, 1973
The United States and North Vietnam signed “An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” through the exit of all American troops within 90 days. The United States, the Republic of [South] Vietnam, Viet Cong, the insurgent resistance in [...]
Protocol Be Damned: Humanity Over Servility
The adjacent image depicts John Coleman, the former drum major for the Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes & Drums, as he acknowledged President Barack Obama’s friendly wave during the inaugural parade on January 20 in Washington, DC.
Coleman and the pipe and drum corps started receiving flack about his acknowledging the president almost immediately after the parade [...]
If You Get Confused…Find A Friend
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“Pure Morning”
Maddow interviews Blago
Blago’s attorney quit because Blago wouldn’t keep his piehole shut. The following is Rachel’s take on the entire interview. She discusses the highlights, or lowlights with a former DOJ Prosecutor and whether Blago slipped up and admitted wrong-doing during the interview. The entire interview can be seen here in sections.
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Rover and his dilemma-Love it!
This drama unfolding with Krazy Karl just makes me friggin giddy! Executive Privilege just ain’t what it used to be, is it Rover? To ask Obama’s opinion is simply weird to me. ;p From TruthDig:
John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has just subpoenaed Karl Rove while investigating the politicization of the Justice Department [...]
Re-Creating Ourselves
You have to hand it to old Rod Blagojevich; he’s really all about re-inventing himself. There he is, on a one-man media blitz to convince the American people that he shouldn’t be impeached because he hasn’t been found guilty, blah-blah-blah. From getting noogies on The View to trying to snow Larry King, he’ll make his [...]
Updated Obama Primer
“Barack Obama 1-2-3-4-5″
This post was first written on 3/22/08. For today I’ve updated the original a bit and reposted it. It amounts to a little “pocket reference” for keeping connected with (or regarding) President Obama.
Obama on the Web – In chronological order:
Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need — Obamba Blog, Obama Store: [...]
The Newshour
Blago makes the rounds and tries to tell us who he is akin to…
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A Monday morning WTF…
I just read this news item about Pope Benedict XVI and his decision to lift the excommunication of an unapologetic Holocaust denier.
Blink.
The Pope lifted the excommunication of British Bishop Richard Williamson, who said in and interview on Swedish television…
“I believe that the historical evidence is strongly against — is hugely against — 6 million Jews [...]
Photo of the Day…
It comes to us from the Magnificient Dark Black. Blago…or B-Rod as Tweety calls him, in all his Mother Teresa splendor. Check out DB’s blog for more fantastic artwork on political bums large and small.
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What’s Obama done in his first week? Well, lemme tell ya..
He hasn’t been sitting on his hands reading polls, he hasn’t been giving us empty speeches or downplaying the economic crisis either. In his first week, Obama has done the following, per Bill Moyers Journal:
In his first full day in office, President Barack Obama enacted two executive orders dealing with government openness and ethics. The [...]
Happy New Year
The Chinese New Year being celebrated today is the beginning of the Year Of The Ox. The symbol of hard work, patience and loyalty. A great way to go into the next 12 months. Working hard to patiently restore our country with loyalty and dedication. America couldn’t have better symbolism than that on the road [...]
Joe Bonamassa-Burning Hell
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