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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 02:05 PM

how long before

all those anti-gay marriage forces, who clamored for this to be decided through state legislatures, not those filthy liberal activist judges, start to claim it's not the activist courts, not the state legislatures, but only THE PEOPLE, through constitutional convention, that can make such decisions.

enough segregation already. i am glad NH has followed my home state's (MA) lead!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 06:38 AM

now....

...how do we transform the GM manufacturing facilities we just bought (that's the royal we, as in all of the bloody US) to be capable of producing thngs like this?

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 06:34 AM

@ Melinda

also, we pay interest on what china loans us. last time i checked, there was no interest on the "aid" we have given israel. time to call in a few chips i'd say. PAST time.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 09:08 PM

@seider

if the NBA/WNBA is any guide, it will be a looong time before we see women in AA ball, let alone the major leagues.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 04:45 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

here's the difference, crackpots:

Tiller's murderer is clearly part of a larger organization of fanatics that have used terrorist tactics repeatedly in the past to achieve a political end.

This guy in Arkansas -- although there is a preliminary FBI file on him, the investigation has not turned up any hints of terrorist networks -- IS the lone nutcase that most media outlets are trying to portraying Tiller's murderer.

When it turns out that this man in Arkansas is part of a large, armed and dangerous network of terrorists operating inside the US, then it warrants full coverage. As full as the coverage on Tiller's death SHOULD be.

Monday, June 1, 2009 09:28 AM

heads i win, tails you lose

GOP whines when a company is bailed out: "waahh, that's what bankruptcy is for".

then they when when they aren't bailed out: "waahh, you're screwing over the american car worker"

even an electorate as inattentive as this one sees through the GOP bullshit. they really have no hope at all if this is what they're planning on basing their "comeback" on. and that's sad because this country needs more effective political parties, not fewer.

Monday, June 1, 2009 08:43 AM

says it all

"What kind of a country requires US Marshalls to protect *doctors* performing legal procedures?"

i want my country back.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:52 PM

hit or miss is right

hit: beavis & butthead, idiocracy, office space, the "milton" shorts on SNL from his original office space short

miss: king of the hill and almost undoubtedly this pile of crap

not that liberals aren't ripe for skewering -- see south park, simpsons, blahblahblah -- its just that, as most letters have noted, centering a comedy on that premise (rather than infrequently adding such storylines to individual episodes) is pretty stale by now.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:36 AM

yikes

"The nominee has serious problems. Those kinds of things that might happen."

please tell me this is a bad transcript and NOT that the gop head of the judiciary committee speaks that poorly.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:56 PM

agreed, Mr Smith

it seems highly unlikely that abstinence-only sex ed would be expressly funded by an administration that is looking for common sense answers to chronic problems. emphasis on common sense.

Monday, May 11, 2009 07:29 AM

I, for one,

can't wait til he's in the wheelchair full-time. soon after, he'll lose the ability to speak. then, he will watch in silent, tortured agony as obama undoes the terror of the last eight years. think longshanks at the end of braveheart (sans the hero dying and all).

Friday, May 8, 2009 09:42 AM

this is the Sestak

that might run against Specter in the primary right?

[writes check for Sestak for Senate 2010 campaign]

Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:17 PM

baby steps people

you don't go from "totally fucked country" to "shining example of democracy" in one month, year, or term.

Thursday, May 7, 2009 07:45 AM

if you can't explain a boner to your kid

then maybe you should grow up. this is pathetic. i hate those commericals for purely aesthetic reasons, but if we're wasting all this time cause we're too prudish to have frank conversations with our children about sex then we totally fucked on all of our other -- ie, REAL -- problems.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 09:19 AM

yawn

GOP betrays long-standing principle of local determination.

what else is new, harry reid get a spine donated to him?

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 08:21 AM

that's LIE

your ass off.

apologies.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 08:17 AM

or he could just come out

and say "like your fucking ass off" and it would have been just as accurate.

Luntz is like the nerd who did all the homework for the jocks, but he wasn't even smart enough to extract money or respect from the douchey football players (GOP) he serves. i mean, he has for ross perot. ross. fucking. perot.

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:59 AM

what a country!

a racist is about to become the (thankfully) minorty committee chair on the JUDICIARY in this country. awesome.

will the GOP just implode already?

Friday, May 1, 2009 07:47 AM

just what i was thinking....

where can i go to send this guy some dough?

run sestak....do it.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 03:54 PM

a rose by any other name

still smells like shit.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 07:36 AM

Lets hope this Specter love-in

doesn't last any longer than November 2010. welcome the new friend with one hand, but prepare a REAL progressive for the primary with the other.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 09:27 AM

Fuck

Kennedy.

joined the majority AND dissented, eh? way to take a stand.

Sunday, April 26, 2009 06:18 PM

Well done, Salon

this is the most accurately titled column on the whole site!

ask a wingnut, indeed.

interesting that someone so invested in propping up the reeking carcass of the bush administration has zero interest in identifying him/herself.

what was it about single anonymous sources we're supposed to remember? i think it's in my files under "curveball, iraq war liar"

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:44 AM

we need to give Obama credit

cause if he knew the issue of NOT prosecuting these scumbags (and i'll happily include any Dem that was briefed and said nothing) would blow up and possibly eventually lead to a popular demand for Bush admin charges and trials, he is an even better politician than i thought.

its like LBJ said to MLK et al: i want a civil right bill too....now go out there and make me sign one.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:45 AM

I don't get this

reich has a very insightful blog (robertreich.blogspot.com) and while i don't agree with others posting that he is useless, i don't understand the point of publishing such a short piece that is largely devoid of analysis.

Friday, April 10, 2009 12:35 PM

who cares

if it is dudes-only? they're (the creators) dudes themselves, right? at no time do they refuse to consider a similar line for women or anything like that.

its clear what the issue is: the clothing is desirable, but the owner is a douchebag. so rather than simply boycott the line, the author wants to force the designers' hand. get a life.

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