For some reason, every time I need a laugh, I go check out this vintage fisking of Ted Rall. This was written over a year ago by Anne Coughman (of the defunct Protein Wisdom– how we miss you), and it is still, by leaps and bounds, my favorite fisking of all time. Hell- this was …
Archives for February 2003
Paging Will Warren
Will Warren. Please come out of retirement. Pretty please?
Fiscal Conervatives, My Ass (Part 500)
Ted Barlow has some good links up about the bloated piece of crap known as the Bush budget proposal. This budget is scandalous, and the Dems could have the high ground if they didn’t have 9 million issues they wanted to spend MORE money on. The best comment from Ted’s links actually comes from Mark …
The Clearest Sign
The clearest signs that Colin Powell changed a lot of attitudes in D.C. is that the usual suspects are not dissecting the speech looking for any angle to bash Bush. It has been almost 12 hours, and neither Tapped nor Josh Marshall have made an attempt to call the administration liars. Perhaps the DNC phone …
Ignorance is Bliss- Unless You Have Issues
Sean-Paul at the Agonist unleashes this ill-tempered, short-sighted, and generally idiotic screed after determining that perhaps a War in Iraq might be necessary: I believe that the proposed invasion of Iraq is a necessary evil. I feel very reluctant about it in just about every aspect. The president and his cabinet have pushed for this …
Laugh of the Week
Via Right Wing News, this peach from Tim Blair.
The French Say: What Do We Get out of This?
Again, Steyn nails it: There are many idiotic incoherent leaders in the world, several of them francophone (hint), but Jacques Chirac is not among them. Say what you like about M. le President — call him irresponsible, call him unreliable, throw in shifty, devious, corrupt, and almost absurdly conceited. But he’s not stupid. The issue …