Hi. My name is John Cole and I don’t care about Harrison Ford’s politics: At a safe distance from his homeland, veteran Hollywood actor Harrison Ford launched a broadside at US policy on Iraq, his country’s gun laws – and the film industry for producing “video games” for teenagers. “I’m very disturbed about the direction …
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I added another admitted lib to the links- Make sure you go check out Nathan Newman.
The Heat Must be Getting to Them
[RANT] I don’t know what the hell is going on in Alabama, other than the usual back-woods ignorance that seems to be abundant (here comes the hate mail), but some people down there really need to get a grip. I wish Alabama would get in the headlines more often than only when the citizenry (or …
NOW We have Proof They Are Insane
Whereas earlier I was disagreeing with Matt Yglesias, I couldn’t agree more about this (and yes, I do read other blogs): I imagine I’m not the first pundit to note that Kim Gandy and the crew down at NOW must’ve been off their rockers when they decided to endorse Carol Moseley-Braun for President of the …
Poor Underfunded Democrats
Yesterday, Matt Yglesias mildly chided me about fundraising (attacking my point that the Democrats are really not in fundraising problems, and that the GOP has the lead in House and Senate fund raising), and today comes this news: Five months before the first ballot is cast and 15 months before the last will be counted, …
The Best Ever?
Sampras retires: They tried to make it as big as they could at the U.S. Open tonight, with a cascade of flags and a host of highlights and a Broadway singer serenading him at mid-court. They tried to give Pete Sampras a send-off in proper proportion to his mammoth career, but that was an impossible …
Distracted?
More evidence that the War in Iraq has distracted us from the War on Terror: Three men charged as part of a local jihad network have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and gun charges, with one admitting in federal court yesterday that he trained with firearms in Northern Virginia to prepare for a possible mission fighting …