First off – congratulations to Swarthmore College on selecting its 14th president – and to Rebecca S. Chopp on being that person. She is currently the President of Colgate … and a scholar of religion and American Culture. Nice to have a woman there – and she sounds like a great choice.
Second – I heard [...]
So the stimulus package has passed, as the sun rises on this beautiful Saturday morning. It wouldn’t have, without the help of Arlen Specter, Olympia Snow, and Susan Collins – courageous, centrist Republicans in a sea of dissembling, disingenuous, faux bipartisan doofusses mouthing old platitudes and marching in lockstep. Why? Putting politics first, it seems [...]
Whoo hoo! I got up early enough to do a little working out before hitting the computer – and all looks brighter. Amazing what a little circulating blood can do, eh? I am raring to go now …
But first, a few snippets of news as the sun begins to color the eastern horizon …
Here is [...]
Maddow on her interview with Blago … very weird stuff from the Gov. about cowboys here …
Much of this made great grist for Jon Stewart. And then here’s the actual interview …
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Excellent interview, Rachel! Rod is not in touch with reality … but I guess that should not come as any [...]
First off, Chip Saltsmann. The candidate for the chairmanship of the RNC sent around a Holiday CD that reminds us all, yet again, of why the Republican Party is having such a hard time these days. Here’s one of the songs (brought to us via You Tube) …
I am not surprised that the RNC would [...]
I thought this was just good Friday fun – but it took a sharp right turn unexpectedly, as I explored … and now I have to put it aside and hit the shower. Sorry … and here it is!
Now that I’ve put the Philly music aside (for the moment) here are a couple of brain [...]
Wow – it’s still hard to take in the enormity of what has transpired in this country, this week.
I was listening to “Talk of the World” on NHPR yesterday – and the enthusiasm, world-wide, for this president and what the American electorate has done was giving me goosebumps. WE did it. And this election has [...]
This morning a friend sent me this excellent “memo” that has been making the rounds on the Internet. You’ll have to check it out!
Dear Red States,
We’re ticked off at the way you’ve treated California , and we’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with [...]
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Hey, I’m writing from the Ramada Inn in Lewiston this morning. It’s a beautiful, cloudless morning in Maine … and we’ve got two soccer games on tap. Elvis and Johnny Cash are both entertaining here at the Ramada. Oh yeah – and there’s Wi-Fi here at the Ramada, too. Nice (and Go, Bobcats!).
So let’s [...]
Of course I’m biased – as they’ll also say of Arianna (and no, I don’t think we’ll be mentioned in the same breath!).
But come on folks – is there even any comparison? The expectations were so low for Sarah that she’d have to have performed like Dubya to not exceed them. Still, she [...]
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After some technological adventures that I’ll be happy to never repeat, I’m up and running again. It was actually kind of nice to be off line as the economy continued its nosedive and the big bailout stalled in Congress. Apparently Nancy Pelosi made a speech that put some Republicans’ teeth on edge … and that [...]
I’m having some difficulties uploading an Mp3 of an interview with Pia … so in the interim, here’s a good article by Tim Wise (posted on Alternet) about the special privileges that white candidates for President and Vice President seem to possess.
Unfortunately, the technology challenges that I was experiencing last night seem to have overlapped [...]
I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs this morning and in The Field Negro I came upon this … a “rumor” that I suspect is very true … and is certainly in keeping with the persona that Ms. Palin so happily projects.
“SO SAMBO BEAT THE BITCH”
Yes, that is what she is purported [...]
Cindy McCain and Laura Bush appeared together at the Republican convention yesterday and offered uplifting fare to the 17 delegates in attendance. In a surprisingly bold move, Cindy offered the following bit of wardrobe advice: “This is a time when we take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats.” Brave and inspiring [...]
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Wow, did you know that fist-bumping was such an issue in the US of A?
Actually, until last week, I’m not sure I’d have remarked on fist-bumping one way or t’other. And I had no idea that it was a secret signal of Islamo-Fascists or thugs. Here’s one scary comment about it from the web …”It [...]
I agree with one of the comments made about this story (in which Senator Lieberman agrees with Dubya’s attacks on Obama). Senator Lieberman should be stripped of his committee assignments and shown the door by the Dems. His is a voice that’s nearly as repugnant to me at this point as Dubya’s … now THAT’S [...]
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