Category Archives: politics

The Manhattan Document is a declaration of supposedly ‘core Christian values’ and they’ve gotten 160,000 people to sign apparently. Some of the money quotes: “The present administration is led and staffed by those who want to make abortions legal at … Continue reading →

My brother Ian goes off. There’s something awesome about fulminating rage from someone who can actually write. The title of this post refers to the quarter-page ads some fundamentalist nutjob used to buy in the Des Moines Register every sunday, … Continue reading →

The British Police arresting people just for DNA samples I have never been arrested. My police encounters, while not always pleasant, have been nominal — i.e. they were examples of proper police conduct. That being said, I’ve seen first hand … Continue reading →

The latest chapter in Andrew Sullivan’s Mad Obsession with Sarah Palin. I have — I think — said a few things about Sarah Palin in the past, notably right after her nomination. I’ve not said a lot because I don’t … Continue reading →

Here’s the deal — “Who is John Galt?” signs are showing up at those moronic anti-Obama rallies. Which means that somewhere out there are some Ayn Rand fans are jumping on that bandwagon. If you’ve somehow fallen under Rand’s spell, … Continue reading →

I went down to Washington Iowa Saturday morning, to attend a Health Care Reform Town Hall Meeting with our congressional representative Dave Loebsack. I’ve been really happy with how Loebsack has taken on the job of representing our district; before … Continue reading →

Mr. President — I campaigned for you. I haven’t been with you 100% since you’ve been inaugurated — warrantless wiretrapping, not killing ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, Issues of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners — I’m a dyed in the wool Eugene … Continue reading →

… giving Willy Mays a lift on Air Force One…

Someone twittered This interview by Bill Moyers with Wendell Potter of Cigna. Quick summary: they make their money by denying sick people care. They spend millions of dollars to prevent meaningful health care reform. Everyone needs to be lobbying their … Continue reading →

I’ve gotten away from political posts since the election, for two reasons: 1) I don’t need to waste my time saying things other people have already said, and 2) After the election, I’m sick of the whole business. The idea … Continue reading →