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Bumper Sticker Review (fifth in an occasional series)
It's time once again for another entry in the occasional series, Bumper Sticker Review! [applause] (You can get to the earlier entries here or here if you need a refresher ...) Today, a little...
View ArticleOn splitting a ticket
A dirty little secret about me: I was brought up Republican. * gasp! * Yes, it's true - for almost the first two decades of my life, I was a loyal mirror of my parents' political views. I remember as a...
View ArticleA view from Florida, or "Convention? What convention?"
In between hurricane updates, I've flipped the channel past the newsies (CNN, MSNBC, Faux, etc.), and I've seen all the convention coverage ... which brought me to a realization: this hurricane may...
View ArticleI'm away from the hurricane ... but my home isn't
Just thought I would share a little personal insight with my fellow Kossacks. My blog, Blast Off!, is my main outlet for venting about Hurricane Frances, but I haven't had much inclination to post on...
View ArticleThings Bush has done longer than he served in Vietnam
Tonight on Hannity & Colmes, Michael Reagan said, "John Kerry has talked about Vietnam longer than he was there." (Sorry, no link, since I was just watching it on TV - maybe you enterprising...
View ArticleArrrr! It be September 19! Happy TLAP!
Avast, me hearties! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Many's the time I hearken back to last year and the piratical threads here and on Atrios. Let's blast that scurvy bilge rat Bush back to Texas! As for...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court strikes down "Terri's Law"
This just in ... the Florida Supreme Court has declared "Terri's Law" unconstitutional. Here's a link, although the news is just breaking and there likely will be an article elsewhere later, so just...
View ArticleHurricane blogging
If Friday is for cat blogging, Saturday must be for hurricane blogging, as Jeanne approaches my home. Unbelievably, after several hours of relentless wind and rain here in Melbourne, FL, I still have...
View ArticleTouch screen voting lawsuit revived
Some good news from the courts today. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has directed a lower court to take up the lawsuit, filed by Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Palm Beach County), that charges that...
View ArticleOnline voting in Michigan: data analysis is delayed
Back in February, the Democratic caucuses in Michigan featured the largest online voting effort in the nation to date. I lived in Michigan at the time and cast my vote for Howard Dean online, as did my...
View ArticleJeb! won't run for president in '08 ... allegedly (+ poll)
Florida Gov. Jeb "Jeb!" Bush (R-Silver Spoon) says he will not be a candidate for president in 2008. "I'm not going to run for president in 2008. That's not my interest," Bush told ABC's "This Week."...
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Bush rally in Florida ... and here's your ticket
Now, I would never advocate any unauthorized reproduction or anything like that (on, say, medium card stock, white, with a perforated stub), but I thought you might like your own ticket to the Bush...
View ArticleThe de facto mandate
Not surprisingly, the blogs and the media are all a-flutter about the supposed "mandate" that Bush won in last week's election. The right-wing Boston Herald, for example, is predictably giddy about the...
View ArticleBush lied, and Osama DID get away
Hey, kids, remember that guy Osama bin Laden, who was the mastermind behind 9/11 but ol' Georgie decided to go after his personal enemy Saddam Hussein instead? And remember how everyone just knew Osama...
View ArticleNeo-cons in Tallahassee run amok; academic freedom in jeopardy
As if the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments in Florida's fair capital over Terri Schiavo wasn't enough, now we have proposed legislation essentially revoking the long-standing notion of...
View ArticleTangled up in faith
I didn't go to church today. That alone is not surprising. I haven't been to church regularly since 2001. I was very active in my church in another Florida town, before moving to Michigan, and my...
View ArticleNow that the Pope's death has been confirmed
What is next for the role of the Catholic Church in the world? In America? Religious conservatives of all ilks have been coalescing behind the so-called "right to life" and ignoring the "right to...
View ArticleThe care and feeding of your pet troll
My blog acquired a pet troll this weekend. Actually, I hesitate to call him/her a troll, because the arguments (in the various comments) are reasonably well thought out and articulate. However,...
View ArticleGood Christian men (and women) rejoice
Mark Morford, a columnist on SFGate.com out of San Francisco, has a unique outlook on things to be sure. Occasionally he can be shrill and over-the-top, and I tend to read his work sparingly. However,...
View ArticleAnother page pursued by Foley comes forward
I believe this is a new allegation - if not, at least on dKos, I'll delete. However, today's Palm Beach Post reveals that yet another page received some correspondence of questionable propriety from...
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