OK, so this isn’t exactly breaking news because this report was published about two weeks ago, but it’s worth a full read. A Utah based not for profit, US Count Votes, has put forth a detailed statistical analysis of the discrepancies between exit polling data and the actual results from the presidential election. The report […]

Bob Dole had an oh-so invigorating opinion piece in the NY Times today. Viagra puns aside, it was probably the most convincing argument I’ve heard any Republican put forth on why the Democrats shouldn’t (threaten to) filibuster. His basic premise is that by using the threat of filibuster on Bush’s judicial nominees, the Democrats are […]

Well Frist officially cashed his checks with the religious right last night. “Justice Sunday” went down as planned, with the regressive zealots arguing that Democrats are against people of faith (that should really read: radical fundamentalist Christian extremism). As we all know, the Republicans and their base on the religious right have been arguing that […]

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Today Bush demonstrated exactly why the US needs to pursue energy independence. In the photo linked above, our President is actually holding hands with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as he asks (or begs) for the Saudis to reign in oil prices. Is there an image that provides a more powerful case for […]

Digby has a great post on the Ann “Psych Hose Beast, but ad hominem is OK for her” Coulter/ Time magazine cover. While undressing the absurdity of Coulter’s hate-filled, money-making, anti-American rhetoric, Digby goes back to a point that I made a while ago in my post “Hating America“. Conservative talk show hosts and politicians […]

Two quick thoughts on the Senate passing the $81 billion emergency military spending bill.
First, how absurd is it that soldiers’ death benefits are being increased from $12,000 to $500,000. It’s a fantastic step that the Senate has extended the benefits to families, whether the soldier’s death was combat related or not. More so, how in […]

I’ve recently been following the political developments in Ecuador. Their president, Lucio Gutierrez, was forced out of office on Wednesday. Congress voted to remove him amidst massive protests over what was deemed to be illegally reworking the Supreme Court. Check out this passage:
President Lucio Gutiérrez of Ecuador fled his presidential palace on Wednesday after the […]

There is a widespread belief in this country that America is an exceptional country. Historically it always seems to find itself on top militarily and economically. Recently, however, we have become complacent in our maintenance of our exceptionalism. Much like in Rocky III, the champ is only superficially preparing to fight a more determined and […]

To our concerned readers:
The blog has lagged some over the last month and a half, or at least gotten far more sporadic. In large part, from my end, this has been due to drastic changes in my personal life, including moving from Hawaii to New York and trying to find an apartment etc.
Hopefully our posts […]

Today’s NY Times has a very interesting follow-up article to the stories this week about anti-Japanese riots and protests in China. Not surprisingly, the Chinese government has taken a page from many GOP Conventions and partly staged the protests. What strikes me as utterly insane is that China is claiming a moral high ground […]