Too much good stuff on the internets today.
XKCD on Pluto
New British Comedy “No Heroics”
Why I like Joe Biden
Silly? Awesome? Silly andawesome?
Google brings the 21st century
Wordle
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
The internets are awesome today
Digby is Funny
From a post titled “Rush’s Law“:
Rush should be urged to share his story with America. Here’s he is, an impotent, thrice divorced, ex-drug addict, conservative, parolee who went on a sex tour in the Caribbean and found himself rudely embarrassed for carrying recreational prescription drugs in his doctor’s name. Who can’t relate to that?
Flooding the Fever Swamps
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler has a post up that exemplifies everything that is wrong with the right wing of the Republican party. I’m not going to gloat or rant. I am going to excerpt a few choice bits and recommend you go read it for yourself. If you are a Republican, ask yourself if this is the party you want to be associated with.
From the Post: The Turd World Shithole Known as Mexico Whines:
The biggest balls in America
I like Stephen Colbert but I have to admit that I prefer his mentor, Jon Stewart. After the White House Press Correspondent’s Dinner though, I have newfound respect for the man. My jaw dropped watching his ballsy, spot-on performance at the dinner:
Update: I realized after posting this that it doesn’t contain the full video (and it has an annoyingly long introduction). To see the full thing check out Salon’s Video Dog. They also posted his press secretary audition skit.
Maybe it’s just me
i just got back from voting in the primaries. I live in a golf course community, so it probably makes sense to have the primaries at the golf course but it sure seemed strange. The elections are normally held two blocks away at an elementary school. The school is on the main road, not down a side road; everybody knows where it is and I think a lot of people would feel more comfortable there than in the clubhouse of a golf course.
Rubber Stamps
Here’s a Democratic marketing idea: hand out rubber stamps that have an elephant crossed out (using the standard circle with a diagonal line through it). The message: Republicans are rubber stamps for their party leadership and/or Bush.
Line Item Veto
I would like to see a line-item veto bill with a sunset clause that required it be renewed every 10 years. That would cross presidential election boundaries and would let us weigh its usefulness every decade.
What about the people?
How about federal legislation requiring all states to redistrict only once every 10 years; for the districting to be done by a panel of judges (retired or otherwise); and for the districts to hew, as closely as possible, to county lines.
Obama’s Manhattan Project
This is the first post in a new category: Democratic Ideas. I’ll be posting more policy initiatives and policy speeches that I agree with as I find them. (I’ve personally always wanted to write a book titled “If I Ran Things” that would lay out a whole host of policies — but if other people are doing the hard work already, it’s a lot easier to just link to them.)
Feeling Uneasy About the UAE Port Deal
When the sale of management of six major U.S. ports to the UAE (technically Dubai Ports World of the UAE) first became a topic of discussion I didn’t know what to make of it. I learned, almost immediately, that the management of nearly all U.S. ports are in the hands of foreign or transnational [...]