Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

You cannot shame the shameless.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

No one could have predicted…

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

In my day, never was longer.

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Does Berlusconi Mean Stupid in Italian

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The other day, I took Kevin Drum to task for his remarks about Sylvio Berlusconi. I don’t really care for the man (Berlusconi, that is) but I do appreciate his support on the international stage. However, I am rapidly developing a less charitable view of the man:

“Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile,” Berlusconi was quoted as saying.

The premier clarified his remark to reporters later Thursday.

“I didn’t accept his comparison, or the comparison of my country to another dictator or another dictatorship, that of Saddam Hussein, which provoked millions of deaths,” Berlusconi said at a news conference.

Amos Luzzatto, the president of the Italian Jewish community, expressed “sadness” over the published remarks.

“The Fascist regime did not make extermination camps for the Jews, but certainly it contributed to creating them,” he told the AGI news agency. “If killing someone only means hitting an adversary and killing him, then not even Hitler killed anyone. But in that way, we can say that there are no murderers in the world.”

Groan.

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9/11

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Two years ago today, a close friend called me and told me to turn on the television. I was horrified by what I saw- I remember going numb, and I immediately called a very special friend in Brooklyn and told her to turn on the tv and to stay home. The day went downhill from there. I know this is a political season, but I simply do not care- there will be time for politics tomorrow. Today, I am going to think about all the mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and children who lost people they love. We will never see those we lost again, we will never know what they may have done with their lives, and my world and your world will never be the same again. That is worth some reflection and remembrance, and I don’t care to talk about anything else. I just hope that those we lost are in a better place.

With that in mind, Andrew has some words that we should take to heart:

On this anniversary, the tritest thing to feel is mere grief. Not that grief isn’t justified. But grief is a natural response to unforeseen tragedy, to random events, to things beyond human control. And what happened two years ago today wasn’t merely tragedy. It was a conscious atrocity, an act of war. The free West was attacked by a pathological ideology that still holds a whole region of the world in its grip. And the very forces that tried to destroy us then are still trying to destroy us – as that grotesque videotape yesterday only underlined. Any attempt to hide that fact, minimize it, gloss over it, or complicate it into vagueness is an insult to memory.

For me the rage is still there- not an unjustified, lashing out at anything rage, but a well placed, purposeful, deserved, rage. Trite as it may be, I still feel a profound loss, a heavy sense of grief.

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New Blog

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I have added the VRWC, Inc to the blogroll. He is a friend of my blogson’s, Misha (and I know many of you hate him, but I am standing by him- I am a firm believer in letting all ideas out here, and Misha has been nothing but a DECENT and KIND human being to me), so hopefully, if you have time, you will stop by and give both Misha nd the VRWC a read.

BTW- I bet you if you ask Misha, he doesn’t agree with damn near anything I say- probably thinks I am too moderate or something. You know what, though? We give each other the latitude to be wrong and to have our own opinions. That is what the blogosphere is all about, isn’t it? Sure beats the hell out of car bombs, IMHO.

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Hard Times in Cotton Country

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Things could get ugly in Alabama:

With voters overwhelmingly rejecting a massive tax hike, it’s up to legislators to figure out how to run schools and government for another year despite a $675 million deficit.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday, 866,623 people, or 68 percent, opposed Gov. Bob Riley’s $1.2 billion tax plan, while 416,310, or 32 percent, voted for it.

The governor was expected to call the Legislature into special session Monday to deal with the red ink. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

Riley and several leading lawmakers have said they would follow the voters’ wishes and make cuts if need be. The governor has said cuts could include releasing 5,000 inmates, ending nursing home care for hundreds of elderly citizens, and curtailing prescription medicines for the mentally ill.

State Sen. Hank Sanders, chairman of the Senate education budget writing committee, said he can’t imagine legislators raising taxes now.

be the first to find a lefty blog blaming this directly or indirectly on Bush.

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Republicans For Dean

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Via Sully, I see there is a wesbite called Republicans for Dean. I am not going to delve into the motivations behind this site, whether it is a hox, or what inspired the creator of the website. This is politics, and he can choose to support whomever he wants. However, I must note that anyone who is a Republican yet supports Dean is a RINO, and clearly no longer shares many (if any) of the principles that are held within the Republican party and mainstream conservatism.

I would suggest a perhaps more apt name for the website:

FORMER Republicans for Dean.

I have thought about leaving the Republican party for about 3 years now and becoming a Libertarian or Independent, but I would rather shower in prison than vote for Howard Dean. If there are any Republicans who think Dean is a better answer to our current problems than the Republican party or Bush, do yourself a favor and make the trip to the County Clerks office and change political affiliation. The only person you are fooling is yourself.

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