I Have to Admit, It’s Getting Better
When considering the goofy, hysterical, comical, ironic, and totally bat shit crazy signs at the anti-Obama demonstrations, there’s one attack in particular that makes me giggle uncontrollably. It’s...
View ArticleThe Party That Dare Not Speak Its Name
As expected for more than a week now, former Illinois GOP Chairman Andy McKenna announced today that he’s running for Governor of Illinois. Take a look at the e-mail that was sent out just hours ago:
View ArticleSuggested Names for GOP Anti-Health Care Organizations
Instead of trying to fool low-information voters with wholesome names for their astroturf anti-health care organizations, wouldn't it be refreshing if Republicans used names that actually described...
View ArticleThe Soul-Crushing Banality of Corporate Franchise America
I had to get a haircut this weekend, but I slept late on Saturday and missed the opportunity to go to my regular barbershop—an old school, no-nonsense barbershop in the basement of an early 20th...
View ArticleWhich decade had the best music? W/ Poll
This spring-- in a comment on the Reagan legacy--- I wrote that although the 1980s were miserable politically, the music during those years was pretty good. I couldn’t believe the ire, derision and...
View ArticleThe GOP's Discredited Meta-Theory of Democratic Motivations
Years ago, Republicans would at least acknowledge that liberals cared about America--- they would merely suggest we were just going about it in the wrong way. Yet somewhere in the late 80s, the GOP...
View ArticlePut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is This Holiday
Last Christmas season, in the wake of the Presidential election and the collapse of the consumer credit-fueled economy, most people I know were stunned and exhausted. The bad news about the economy...
View ArticleThere Ought to be Harsh Consequences for Being So Totally WRONG
If the past decade has taught us anything, it’s that Republicans and their media Wurlitzer are able to say and do the most outrageous things imaginable, be proved absolutely wrong by any reasonable...
View ArticleAmtrak Station Breaks Ground in Normal, IL
This morning I attended the groundbreaking of the new $49 million Normal, Illinois Multimodal Transportation Center. The facility has been on the drawing board for nearly a decade, but thanks to a...
View ArticleBarack Obama: Evil Incarnate?
Of the couple dozen diaries I’ve written at Daily Kos, I’ve never even sniffed the rec list. So I thought I’d do a sure-fire rec list diary shamelessly pandering to the hundreds of folks here that...
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