The WORM (What Obama Really Meant) Re-Turns

Even the most articulate and well-intentioned make gaffes. With a H/T to Laurie Marsen, the following comments were gathered from letters written to councils in the U.K. (Councils provide subsidized housing.) 1.. It’s the dogs’ mess that I find hard to swallow 2.. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired [...]

This is why we can’t get over it

Over at Booman Tribune in his review of Eric Boehlert’s Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press,  Booman includes this revision of reality: There were six weeks between the Mississippi and Pennsylvania primaries during which the Jeremiah Wright saga unfolded with frightening force. The assault on the culture of the [...]

The Low Road 2008

In terms of political beliefs and ideals last year was the most trumatic of my life.  It pales in comparison to 2000 when the will of the people was thwarted and George W. Bush was selected over Al Gore by a 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court.  2008 was divisive, vile and nasty and was [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Couple of “Oh No!” Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for president, according to senators who met with him Tuesday. [...] “It’s on the table. It’s an option.” Torture photo ban has [...]

Late Night Open Thread

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