This is why I was never a Deaniac

Transcript via alternet: HOST: Governor, what is your position on the controversy surrounding the mosque at Ground Zero? DEAN: I gotta believe there has to be a compromise here. This isn’t about the right for Muslims to have a worship center, or Jews or Christians or anybody else to have a place to worship, any [...]

The 19th Amendment: Negative Space

Ohai, today was the anniversary of the 19th amendment.  You know, the one that gave women the right to vote as long as they vote for some guy?  Yeah, that one.  Well, I don’t know about you but I have been underwhelmed by my ability to fairly reflect my preferences for elected office in the [...]

Wednesday News

Good Afternoon Conflucians!!! Let’s scavenge the news and see what’s happening on this fine overcast rainy day (big improvement over 100+ temperatures). The Pirate Party strikes a deal with Wikileaks to host them: After releasing more than 90,000 government documents last month related to the war in Afghanistan, Wikileaks was labeled a serious threat by [...]

A Plea from a Makeup Guru

As some of you may know, I watch makeup videos on YouTube to relax.  Yeah, yeah, it’s a secret vice.  I can never look like them but I have learned a few things.  Like, use a peach highlighter to counteract dark circles and stay away from eyeshadows with too much shimmer unless you are very [...]

Net neutrality, Google, and Verizon

You’ve all heard by now that Google and Verizon will take care of it. They will come to an agreement between them that will ensure the best use of bandwidth for everyone. And what we’re arguing about is whether their agreement preserves enough net neutrality. Net neutrality is a question of rights. Who determines the [...]

Ann Althouse hits it out of the park

Ann Althouse: “Critics say Obama’s message becoming ‘incoherent.’” Yes, of course. It was built into Obama’s style of communication that it would become incoherent when it moved from campaign oratory — which he seemed so good at — to the real work of governing — which requires you to make specific decisions about the details. [...]

“It’s now clear that we’re looking at a failed presidency”

The title quote comes from Paul Rosenberg at OpenLeft. Apparently when Poetry Major Chris Bowers took the money and ran to Cheetoville he took the Kool-aid with him. Welcome to the party, Paul. Better late than never I guess. You better prepare to get shoved under the bus though. I’d offer to find you a [...]

Emily’s List goes after Sarah Palin in the name of . . . women

From USA Today: Emily’s List, a fundraising group that has raised and spent more than $43 million to elect Democratic women to office, is taking on Sarah Palin. Leaders of Emily’s List are holding a press conference in Washington tomorrow to unveil a campaign targeting Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, and the candidates [...]

In Color

Thanks to our regular commenter “Dee” we were alerted to a series of photos in the Denver Post titled “Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943.” The picture above could easily be my grandparents, George and Laura Burdett of Ness County, Kansas. The picture below could be my mother and her siblings. A picture is worth [...]

It takes a special kind of Democrat…

A couple weeks ago, Obama’s approval dropped to 41% in the USA Today/Gallup poll. Here was my quick breakdown on the polls findings: Obama’s approval drops to 41%. 53% disapprove. (Got that number from RCP and doublechecked at pollster.com, since it wasn’t in the article) His support on Afghanistan is down to 36% (it was [...]