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Wednesday, November 2, 2005 08:50 AM
Original article: A gulag for the CIA?

Talk about depressing repression

Makes you want to move to Haiti -- warmer climate, less efficient tax collection system, and the voodoo might actually work on the Bush doll!

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 07:40 AM

An even better trend?

And maybe just maybe Virginia's voters issued a stamp of approval for well-run government like the past 4 years under Gov. Warner. Dare we hope?

Friday, November 11, 2005 07:07 AM

Dramamine supply must be getting depleted

Otherwise they'd be too dizzy to walk from all the spin.

Friday, November 18, 2005 12:36 PM
Original article: Hormonal holiday shopping

A lot men know

My husband too claims that he can "tell" when I'm PMSing. I assure him that on the contrary he's capable of turning me into a raging bitch a straight 365 days a year.

As far as shopping, I loathe it unless I'm sitting on my ass in front of a computer, just have to reach for my credit card, and tote only my empty wine glass to the kitchen & back.

As far as what I'm buying this Christmas season, it's the impersonal-one-size-fits-all-always-appreciatedsincenobodyhasanycluewhatIwant gift certificate.

Friday, November 18, 2005 06:39 PM

At least Kerry bothered

I'm on ALL the Democrats' email lists and this is the only one I got regarding the attacks on Murtha after his outburst. The problem with Kerry is you have to read between the lines to know where he stands (hey, HE knows what he means!). I think it's pretty safe to say he agrees that the Iraq war is a fucked-up mess and the U.S. should begin withdrawal as soon as possible.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 08:14 AM

Like all bullies

the GOP under the Bush administration is all bluff. That's how they've silenced the media. That's how they won congressional approval for an illegal war. And that's how they've cowered Democrats since 9/11. Like all bullies you don't stop 'em till you stand up to 'em, simple as that.

I've heard about a 100 arguments for not invoking the filibuster and they all sound like chickenshit excuses for turning tail and running. About the most pitiful is "maybe Allito won't be so bad."

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 07:18 AM

For all it's worth

I've already ordered my new bumper sticker: "If you cut my reproductive options, can I cut off yours?"

Thursday, February 2, 2006 09:05 AM

Not nearly so polite

The email I sent said he simply wasn't fit to serve in the so-called House of Representatives.

Thursday, February 16, 2006 09:29 AM

Bush & Cheney's Faustian Bargain

It demands that they both stay or they both go. In my opinion, we're seeing the beginnings of the latter.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 07:43 AM

That's an interesting topic for discussion

Are "true" Americans -- as opposed to those who just happen to be born here and can't afford to and/or are too entrenched in a rut to go live somewhere else more civilized like the countryside of Italy or France or peaceable escapement such as Costa Rica or Tibet (sorry, I digress) -- the ones who display the patrio-fascist yellow or red-white-blue stickers from China-supplying Wal-Mart on their gas-guzzling SUVs while blindly following the lead of a lying incompetent immoral President from a party which will stoop to any underhanded tactic to win, OR are the true Americans those who hold the ideals of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and the Founding Fathers above the next-to-nonexistent threat that some dark-skinned turban-wearing religious jihadist, who hates our guts because of the very reason that Americans don't seem to believe in anything outside of their immediate realm of personal gratification, is hiding under the bed?

Friday, March 17, 2006 07:04 AM

Rather than "liberal," "Dem," "fringe," or "left"

The only label necessary to describe the president's actions is "wrong."

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 09:03 AM

Must be for the fun of it then

Everyone knows no useful information comes from torture recipients.

Friday, April 21, 2006 09:32 AM

Problems uniquely her own?

On the contrary, accepting kickbacks, lying, coercing those who question them, and painting a rosy picture in the face of apocalyptical disaster are the modus operandi of GOP politicans in general. The reason they face between a setback and a rout in November (I predict the latter) is because the average soccer mom & NASCAR dad voter are finally waking up to realize they've been played for a patsy. No one likes that -- not even a dim-witted Republican.

Thursday, April 27, 2006 08:33 AM

Ho-hum

It's going to take more than Democrats in power to bring about impeachment. A solid majority of the American people (not just the ever-whining liberals) will need to express some outrage, demand accountability, and favor punishment in the form of firing. And that's not likely to happen when that majority is a bunch of sheeple making little to no effort to ask questions, search out the truth or lift their heads from the sand in which said heads been stuck for the past 5-6 years. It's always easier to do nothing than it is to do something.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 09:52 AM
Original article: Oh, say can you care?

Another time, another nation

Watching fellow Americans getting worked up over such trivia might have been funny before the Bush Administration was emboldened enough by the patriotism following 9/11 to freely spy on its own citizens and to declare "enemy combatants" in a fictious war. Now that we know any of us can be held without charges or trial for years on end, in a setting where torture is inflicted with impunity, is "who gives a shit" the best response of the remaining 31%?

Monday, May 15, 2006 09:29 AM

Not so secretive

When has the Bush Administration kept quiet about its disdain for the Constitution? About its intolerance of protesters? Disrespect for human rights? Eagerness to silence dissenters? Arrogance in the face of the illegal activities it carries out? Why is anyone surprised by this? There are two more long years left, and it's only going to get worse I'm afraid as the rats feel more and more cornered. I would suggest that the revolution go underground. Er, metaphorically speaking of course.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 09:53 AM
Original article: I've had it!

Today I pledge to yield to all of "them"

To thank God and celebrate the mercy shown my father whose prostate cancer has not spread.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 07:20 AM

Even Better

Was the Globe's "before" and "after" pix of Laura's facelift. Sanctimonius prude.

Thursday, May 25, 2006 09:04 AM
Original article: Cheney and the penknife

This is creepy?

This is the man who wears the permanent sinister half-smirk. Who shot a good friend, the one who ended up apologizing for it. Who didn't bother to tell his boss about it for a couple days. Whose own daughter could not quit his re-election campaign despite not only his political posture but his personally-held belief that "her kind" only deserves to exist as a lesser member of society. Who disappears for weeks on end to God knows where for purposes wtf. Whose ticker refuses to quit despite every reason it should have years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if he's also using the penknife to cut up the afterbirth from albino 10-toed bat fetuses, spearing then salting every piece before popping them in his mouth.

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