I'm a vegetarian and, while I'm not saying you have to be a vegetarian too, unless you're planning to eat what you hunt I can't really get behind that.

... I read your post again and see we were making the same point. I rededicate my post to the lurking right wingers.

We ALL heard them. It's hard to ignore screeching hysterics. But what are they saying? I mean, remove the Beck-inspired talking points (which don't correspond to objective reality) and it's just raw rage looking for a target. I wouldn't know what to give these drooling morons even if I were inclined to give them something.

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.

I would only add, stop accusing us of your crimes. You're embarrassing yourselves and annoying the heck out of us.

... do they even want? These are just rage rallies.

I'll take 'angry black man' over and angry white trash any day. At least 'angry black man' has legitimate grievances.

...whether Palin is a tool or a tool-maker. One thing I do know is that Palin supporters (a group which includes "birthers" and anti health-reformers) are tools. Wake up people. You. Are. Being. Used. An to your own disadvantage. Stupid.

Very much. Let's see if we can't keep the momentum going. Michele Bachmann? Anything you'd like to announce?

Besides being a really good writer and smart social critic, you're a determined and careful record keeper. Thanks for always reminding us of the back-story because, God knows, we're not bothering to think about it.

Last week's attacks in Mumbai, India have exposed the futility of a 'war on terror.'

Whether Graner is "receiving exactly what he doled out..." is not the point.

The point is, that NO ONE from the Bush Administration has lost even so much as his executive bathroom privileges as a result of the sanctioned-from-on-high abuse and torture of prisoners.

Who is OK with that?

The Dems are wrong -- dead wrong -- if they think forgiving and forgetting will shut the 'right wing noise machine' up. It is relentless and myopic.

"Kill, kill, kill...."

Echoes of Biden's assertion that Gonzales was, "...the real deal."

I tilt my head and squint my eyes... still, all I see is "Ziggy."

... now she thinks we're laughing WITH her.

One can only hope that will shut 'em up.

... puzzling over the whole Sarah Palin phenomena... not Sarah Palin, herself, but the Palinization of our culture. How did this happen? When did 'qualified' become simply what you can get away with?

Anybody remember Robert Pirsig's exploration of the metaphysics of quality? In "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," Pirsig points out that the Greeks did not distinguish between 'quality' and 'truth.' And he argues that, to truly experience quality, one must embrace both logic and -- for lack of a better word -- 'being-ness.'

He said the tendency is to experience the world through one filter or the other. Either you're an analytical engineer type or an intuitive artist type (or, if you're a Republican, a visceral superstitious type).

My dad (who worked and occasionally socialized with Pirsig) liked to tell me that self-doubt was a sign of intellectual health. Conversely the kind of dogmatic certitude that Bush and, now Palin, substitute for real thought, must be a sign of intellectual disease. (cross-posted at jaebrysonblog.blogspot.com)

Way to pay attention. Too bad McCain never gets called on his unintentional admissions by that sick bastard, the 'mainstream media.'

Do they really think they get a 'do over' on Katrina by way of Gustav? And does anyone really believe that the RNC is being scaled back out of respect/concern/well-placed priorities?

It's all political calculus and it makes me wanna puke.

... Michele Bachman.

Paradox, thank you for keeping score. I don't have the brain storage-capacity for the volume of Bush corruption and chicanery we’ve been served.

And you are right. It's hard to work up a good head of steam anymore. Ya know, the Republicans are coming to town soon and I'm trying to decide whether to tote my signs to St. Paul and protest. The reason I can't decide is I don't know what it is I'm protesting anymore. Everything? Their very existence?

I’ve been to every rally and signed every petition (protesting the items on your list and more). I’ve written countless letters-to-the-editor and put my representatives on speed dial.

…like so many other Americans.

But what have we accomplished? What have we prevented? Forgive my cynicism (and I do reserve a little bit of ‘yes-we-can’ hope) but it’s all for shit.

49-year-old white woman here. I'm about one hot-flash away form renouncing my demographic group.

I had thought this brand of political petulance a right-wing disease. To see so many of my smart, courageous, creative sistahs turn into intractable zealots is disappointing beyond belief. I expect this sort of spite from an Ann Coulter or Bill O'Reilly. But et tu?

BTW, you realize that Joe Conason was (probably still is) a Hillary fan... right?

Ok. Whatever. Who cares?

John McLame.

May I ask what you watched on TV last night? How many mind-numbing, wasted hours did you spent in front of the boob tube soaking in The O'Reilley Factor, American Idol, The Biggest Loser, I Love New York, Wheel of Fortune, Trading Spouses, etc, etc etc. And how many times in, say, a year, did you return to those shows and to their "messages?" Do I get to hold your feet to the fire for the snarky comment made by Simon Cowell? Or the racist/sexist/homophobic comment made by Bill O'Reilley... simply because you listened... again, and again, and again?

Obama is a gift to us. Will we accept? I fear that, ultimately, we will reject it. Take the McTurd instead. Let's hope we don't have to wait another 40 years for another such leader to appear.