Archive for November, 2008
It Is Official: I’m Still A Liberal
I embrace freedom of choice in personal matters, but tend to support government intervention in the economy as a hedge against rapacious capitalism. I support a government-funded “safety net” to help the disadvantaged, and advocate regulation of business in the public interest. I tend to favor environmental regulations, defend civil liberties and free expression, support […]
Not Simply Another Crime Scene Report
Dana Garrett digs into the meaning of the “Black Friday” trampling in a matter of fact way that shines a spot light on our collective culpability. They didn’t stop to help him. That is the significant point. They acted as morally irresponsible as the people who trampled the victim. In fact, they did something more. […]
Marriage Equality and Civil Unions
First, the facts Massachusetts and Connecticut license same-sex marriages. California did until prop. 8 narrowly passed. New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont license Civil Unions. Maine, DC, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, and California offer gay couples “some” legal protections via Domestic Partnership. New York recognizes same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.’ New York and […]
Discuss: The Worst Sportscasters
The merry pranksters over at Lawyers, Guns and Money have up a post discussing the Worst Sportscasters. The list looks too small to me, but I’ll throw in John Madden as my Worst Sportscaster. I’ll stipulate that the guy knows alot about football (and I’ll stipulate that I may be mistaken about this), but he […]
Funding the Holidays with Your Stock Shares
Funny AND depressing — Thanksgiving Dinner: Holiday Gifts: (h/t The Big Picture)
UPDATED: “The Singularity is Nigh!” News
eHarmony settles with New Jersey gays. Wouldn’t it be interesting if, through it’s personality profile, the site started matching gays with youth pastors? As I read on, I find that the youth pastors are safe. The settlement gives the NJ plaintiff $5,000 and requires eHarmony to set up a site for people seeking same sex […]
On Celluloid Heroes
What kind of wood doesn’t float? was a joke that was going around in the early 80s. The answer was Natalie Wood. Now depending on your age or your long-term memory, the punch line may or may not make any sense. However, after reading this post, you might come away with a slight smile or […]
Here is the thing…
Republican’s like Dave and Rick Jensen (let me throw in Rick too because Smitty is having too much fun pretending to not know what I am talking about) got everything they ever wanted from Bush. They were riding high and giving high fives around Baltimore with Tom Delay and life is sweet when you are […]
Being A Republican Means Never Having To Be Right About Anything
…just keep saying “tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts” like Eric Cantor and Dave Burris.
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