A website for relieving eco-angst. Multiple pictures of fingers! And obscenely large, gas-guzzling, planet-destroying cars!
Malkin Award Nominee
"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept," – Geraldine Ferraro, on an uppity senator.
Should You Date Someone Who Believes In Astrology?
I couldn’t. I mean: it’s fine for a bit of a laugh. But seriously?
A Kidney With Your Cappuccino?
A Northwest tale of Starbucks and selflessness.
The Torture President
Bush is now proudly, openly, brazenly a pro-torture leader:
To support Bush’s veto, you essentially have to reach two conclusions. First, you must think torture is morally and legally acceptable in prescribed circumstances. Assuming you do, though, that’s not enough. It’s necessary but not sufficient. To support Bush’s position, you must also think that the federal government is capable of exercising this awesome power in a responsible way. I’ve heard a lot of arguments justifying Conclusion #1, but virtually nothing to justify Conclusion #2 (other than "trust us"). Indeed, most of the arguments we hear from the pro-torture side – ticking time bombs, evilness – are only relevant to the former.
There was a time when conservatives were leery of handing the executive unchecked power to use against individuals it could both seize and detain indefinitely. Some conservatives maintain that skepticism toward government power. The rest … well, they’re Republicans.
More Rove Politics
"Independent and Republican support is diminishing as they find out he’s the most liberal Democratic senator … As they get more of a sense that he’s not ready to be Commander-in-Chief, a lot of Independents who were supporting him are disappearing."
McCain’s Economic Platform
The problem is that the fiscal conservative core of the program, as it stands, is just not credible. McCain is promising to extend the Bush administration’s tax cuts — and cut some more. He is also promising to reduce and then eliminate the budget deficit. To do both of those things, McCain would need to make correspondingly savage cuts in spending, and he has not come close to saying how.
We need straight talk from McCain: on how we can sustain (and pay for) an indefinite Iraq occupation and how we can restore fiscal sanity without some increase in taxes.
Obama On The Veep Talk
Funny:
Bush Wants Romney As Veep?
That’s what Fred’s saying. But why should anyone care what Bush wants?
Rendell’s Latest Whopper
He really said this about Michigan with a straight face:
Tim, you run against uncommitted, that’s the toughest election to win. I’d rather run against an opponent anytime than against uncommitted, and Hillary Clinton got 55 percent of the vote against uncommitted.
