(Oh hell, we have a blog? We should use that thing more often.) There’s this notion going around, largely unchallenged, that serving in the military equals patriotism. This is a problem. The forwards case is probably true; risking your life in the name of your country sounds like patriotism to me. Non-combat roles in the [...]
Via harveyj: Steve “Steve” Austria (R-OH) doesn’t understand, well, anything. Trying to debate economics with these people is like trying to debate the virtues of vegetarianism with a Tyrannosaurus who has you in his jaw and can tell already that you taste delicious. It’s just really hard to believe anymore that Congressional Republicans are acting [...]
NH Gov. John Lynch has appointed Bonnie Newman to Judge Dread Judd Gregg’s soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat. As expected and reported, Gregg took the seat under the condition that he not be replaced by a Democrat. Newman immediately declared her intent to be a caretaker/seatwarmer, i.e. she won’t run in 2010 and won’t endorse, making it [...]
So what if that guy is a serial killer? He also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Is it right to jail someone for volunteering at a soup kitchen? And while we’re at it, why don’t we imprison all the volunteers at the soup kitchen? They all did the exact same thing as the serial murderer. [...]
John Cornyn, in Roll Call, via TPMDC (we don’t have a subscription to Roll Call): “I would love to get a Republican majority in the House, I just don’t think it’s feasible this cycle,” said Cornyn, describing the House campaign committee and himself as “friendly competitors.” Has he fooled himself into believing that it’s feasible [...]
Holy crap.
(Courtesy of harveyj) “Ooh, sorry George, we need that plane for John Howard today. But we’ve booked you on an AirTran flight back to Dallas. You’ve got a pretty short layover in Atlanta, so you’ll have to run when you get there.”
We’re using separate threads because we don’t have the technology to solve race conditions. (No, no, we’ve already agreed in advance we’re not making the obvious race joke here.) 12:20pm <Aerion> The room applauded at “and non-believers”. We’re all proud heathens here 12:09pm <Aerion> Bio-units, terminate noise exchange! It is time for you to ingest [...]
http://igotitfromobama.ytmnd.com/ 700 minutes to go!
It took a while, but the warm fuzzy feeling I usually get from saying “President-Elect Barack Obama” has been getting less potent every day. That’s OK, though. No doubt, the phrase “President Barack Obama” will bring about a whole new round of warmth and fuzziness. As will “Former President George W. Bush”. As a side [...]