Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

So many bastards, so little time.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

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

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

In my day, never was longer.

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

When we show up, we win.

The willow is too close to the house.

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  1. 1.

    Punchy

    Take a minute from your time with family and friends at the BBQ to remember those who gave everything for this country.

    Ah…yes. Paul Wolfowitz. A true solider.

  3. 3.

    p.lukasiak

    just sent this letter to the Times…

    Dear Times:

    I am writing to complain about the caption of the photograph that accompanied the article “Silence Speaks Volumes at Intersection of Views on Iraq War” (see nytimes.com/2007/05/28/us/28vigil.html )

    The caption reads “Jeffery Broderick, foreground, standing alone last week in support of United States troops as demonstrators for peace occupy an opposite corner. ” Yet, according to the article, Mr Broderick’s sign read “Their only plan is to cut and run again. It never ever works.” Mr. Broderick is there to support the current war strategy, in opposition to the group that gathers across the street..

    While I’m sure that Mr. Broderick “supports the troops” in his own way , I equally certain that the peace activists feel that their actions “support the troops”. And insofar as this piece is about two different “views on Iraq war”, inaccurately portraying Mr. Broderick as “supporting the troops” — provides the implications that the other protestors do not support the troops, is a clear and blatant sign of bias. (This fact is further brought home by another article in today’s Times, “As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.’s “. )

    The Times owes it to their readership to stop implying that “supporting the occupation of Iraq” is the only way that one can “support the troops.” With large majorities of Americans wanting an end to the occupation, its well past time that your newspaper stopped insulting those of us who think the best way to support our military personnel is to get them out of Iraq.

  4. 4.

    Undeniable Liberal

    Sorry to blogwhore, but I put alot of thought and tears into posting A Tribute to My Big Brother at my place for Memorial Day. An anti-war perspective from somebody who has been through the loss of a loved one for lies.
    He was killed in Vietnam, and the same bullshit is happening to families again.
    Come and visit and tell me what you think, please.

  5. 5.

    Dug Jay

    “…remember those who gave everything for this country.”

    This suggestion appears to have been honored in a rather strange fashion thus far, with none stranger or more downright bizarre than that of p. lukasiak who incredibly argues that The New York Times is somehow demonstrating bias against those protesting the Iraq war. I guess Andrew Sullivan is not the only fool who has been or needs to be institutionalized for dementia.

  6. 6.

    mrmobi

    The Times owes it to their readership to stop implying that “supporting the occupation of Iraq” is the only way that one can “support the troops.” With large majorities of Americans wanting an end to the occupation, its well past time that your newspaper stopped insulting those of us who think the best way to support our military personnel is to get them out of Iraq.

    So, Dug Jay, you’re saying that the only way to honor the memory of those who gave the last full measure of devotion is to support policies based on lies which lead to wasted and ruined lives and fiscal ruin for our country.

    Brilliant! You are a smart ghoul, Dug.

  9. 9.

    Dug Jay

    mrmobi another moron heard from…one who obviously can’t even read the English language.

  10. 10.

    demimondian

    Any moron can cheer for the troops. It takes a particularly egregious brand of moron to use them as human shields for his legacy. On this Memorial Day, remember those who gave their lives for this President’s dream of the purple, and pray for those who will be killed or maimed in his pursuit of revenge on the nation which refused to elevate him.

  11. 11.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    Any moron can cheer for the troops. It takes a particularly egregious brand of moron to use them as human shields for his legacy. On this Memorial Day, remember those who gave their lives for this President’s dream of the purple, and pray for those who will be killed or maimed in his pursuit of revenge on the nation which refused to elevate him.

    He might’ve killed 4,000+ Americans and permanently maimed 20,000+ others, hopelessly scarring the lives of hundreds of thousands more and souring the political debate in this country to an extent unseen since Vietnam. But do spare a thought for him. After all, his wife says that “no one in this country” suffers more from this war than the two of them.

  12. 12.

    searp

    It is time to forget the politics and remember and honor the sacrifices that all our soldiers have made and will make for us. They make those sacrifices for all of us.

  13. 13.

    Keith

    As much as I’d like to step back and just think about the positives of what Memorial Day means, I’m watching Discovery Channel and getting drunk like I should because I decided to start the day watching Fox News only to see some retired general (McInerny, I think) pulling the same, tired (and today, inappropriate, SHIT) of calling Democrats “cut and runners”…literally. No day is sacred any more, so fuck this holiday. Sorry, but this country is now about ideology and enemies. Not right/wrong. Not honor and respect. It’s about using any and every opportunity to smear “The Enemy”, whether that’s someone killing innocent people or someone you disagree with.

  14. 14.

    Wilfred

    This from Jonathan Freedland in the current NYBooks (www.nybooks.com)

    . (Bush’s foreign policy) took a country that had been free of jihadist militants and turned it into their most fecund breeding ground; it took a country that posed no threat to the United States and made it into a place where thousands of Americans, not to mention many tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Iraqis, have been killed.

    I’m a veteran, and I knew people who ended up killed in wars. There’s comes a point where you have to stifle the emotionalism and sentimentality and flatly state that the Americans who have died in Iraq did not ‘give all’ for America but instead were wasted in pursuit of Bush’s perverted dream of Empire.

    They’re victims, not heroes. And the best memorial we can give them is the complete demolition of the political party that destroyed their lives and those of their families. That’s my fucking pledge.

  15. 15.

    canuckistani

    It isn’t Memorial Day up here, just a regular working day, but I’ll raise a beer later to those victims of lies whose lives were wasted in making the world a worse place.

  16. 16.

    BIRDZILLA

    Remember the real heros of america not the politicians sbribbling their names on rediclous treaties and selling out this nation

  19. 19.

    Dulcie

    sbribbling their names on rediclous treaties

    BIRDZILLA – this is high art, and has to be one of the best things you’ve ever written. I am not worthy!

  20. 20.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    This is a great country. The country that produced Birdzilla.

    Not to mention the first two seasons of The Wire.

    (Shit. Now BIRDZILLA and HBO shows are inextricably intertwined in my head. Maybe I need therapy to resolve this problem, but I think I’ll hold off until it really gets out of hand.)

  23. 23.

    Andrew

    Not to mention the first two seasons of The Wire.

    The wire is getting better halfway through season one, but it’s still just like a really boring episode of the shield.

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