It’s obviously a rhetorical question, since there’s apparently no limit to the shamelessness of the party currently in power. But today’s article (“House GOP Protect Leader”) in the Washington Post, citing that the House is about to change the rules to allow members who have been indicted by state prosecutors–to wit, Tom DeLay, if there’s […]
Today is a somber day at work, now that it’s been announced that Condoleezza Rice has been nominated as our new boss. “Condoleezza Rice’s Credibility Gap” [Center for American Progress] “Condoleezza’s Crimes” [The Black Commentator] “GOP Hypocrite of the Week: Condoleezza Rice” [BuzzFlash.com, March 26, 2004] And, on a lighter note, “Condoleezza Rice’s testimony machine” […]
[Tin Man] Jeff commented on and pointed to a cute article in Salon entitled “Short and Sweet: …Some reasons why smaller men rock”. As a short man (~5'6") who has a fondness for other short men, I wholeheartedly endorse the article. Interestingly, I pretty much always reveled in my small stature (probably tied into the […]
Yesterday afternoon, Jeff and I went to see the new Disney/Pixar animated film The Incredibles. What a treat! The action is terrific, the story is heartwarming, and the animation–hair and clothing move so realistically–is amazing. A special bonus, for us, was the retro mid-century modern setting; the homes, including the one in which our protagonists […]
Two days later, I’m angry and sickened, still, and no more optimistic about the catastrophically negative effect this presidency will have on our country and the world for generations to come, but I’m no longer so functionally depressed. While Jeff has noted that he wouldn’t be averse to ratcheting up the timeframe for moving back […]
Just now, Jeff was saying something about a dustpan, and I could have sworn he said “breast cam.”
Yes, in his press conference today the president gave lip service to principles of unity and bilateralism. But he also said this: And it’s one of the wonderful — it’s like earning capital. You asked, do I feel free. Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, […]
Bad as Kerry’s position on gay marriage was (while against a federal constitutional amendment, true, he personally is against gay marriage and supported a Massachusetts state constitutional amendment that would ban it in that state), it actually could have been worse, Slate reports, had he taken Bill Clinton’s advice: First, for any of us tempted […]
I followed the election returns until 1:30 this morning, and then made myself go to bed, suspecting nothing would be known before morning at the earliest. But waking up from a restive sleep at 4:30 I checked the returns again, and realized then that it was all but over. I had to go to a […]
This morning, Jeff and I cast our votes, his first as a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We waited on line a little over two hours to do so. I was musing at one point with the guy behind me that I should make up shirts to sell on CafePress tomorrow with the wording […]