Finding Common Ground on Abortion Rights?

After weeks of controversy, President Obama gave the commencement speech at Notre Dame today. Anti-abortion activists and many Catholics have objected vociferously to Notre Dame inviting Obama to give this speech and to the university’s decision to award Obama an honorary law degree. So what did our fearless leader have to say about a woman’s [...]

No sh*t, Sherlock?

Over at the wingnut blog “The Other McCain” is this piece of obviousness: Then Smith comes up with a post titled, “President Obama Gets More Like George Bush Daily.” This is the real seed of dissent, the kind of thought that can lead somebody to re-examine their political commitments. When you vote for Change and [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

S-U-C-K-E-R-S As President, Obama Is Unafraid to Disappoint His Allies Through much of last year’s campaign, Barack Obama enjoyed the acclaim of a politician who seemed adept at making himself all things to almost all people. Liberals, moderates, even some conservatives, Democrats, independents and even some Republicans all found in Obama change they could believe [...]

Oink Oink (Updated with audio)

This is how you surrender the moral high ground: When Axelrod was asked if he had weighed in on the Obama family’s dog choice, “the Rasputin in this kingdom” (as Sagal jokingly refered to him) sassed back, “I was only called in for the final three, and one was Miss California.” Whodathunk that in a [...]

The next “can’t miss” blockbuster

I sense this movie will restart the careers of both Lorenzo Lamas AND Debbie Gibson. In case anyone was wondering, the only news I can find so far about Merced’s biggest day ever is this story: On the day when First Lady Michelle Obama came to town to speak to the first graduating class at [...]

The Dignity of “No.”

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone.” Henry David Thoreau – Walden “When you take a person’s life, you take the most precious thing that person possesses”, according to Harry, Dexter’s father, in the television series “Dexter”, which is about a serial killer who solely [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Everybody hates Nancy? In fairness to her, Nancy Pelosi had nothing to do the Bush’s torture policies. She didn’t make the design them, didn’t make the decision to implement them, and wasn’t among those who were running from camera to camera to defend them. Why is she suddenly front and center in the torture debate? [...]

Ginger for President!

Change we can believe in, and she doesn’t even use a teleprompter! And on top of that, she can yodel.

I’d rather have the plagues of Egypt

I never thought I would be grateful for this ankle monitor. From today’s SF Chronicle: First lady Michelle Obama’s commencement speech at UC Merced on Saturday is the biggest thing to happen in this sleepy Central Valley city since, well, ever. “This is something that puts the UC Merced campus on an international stage and [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Obama determined to be one of the greatest punters Either that or he’s telling us “who cares about what I promised during the campaign” President Obama to restart Guantanamo Bay military tribunals President Barack Obama is to restart the Bush-era military tribunals for Guantánamo Bay detainees that he once denounced. [...] On the presidential campaign [...]