Someone (Lots of Them) Owes Me An Apology

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 6:37 PM PST

2009/12/14 · 18:37

Last week, I had the temerity to write a post raging over the Democrats in Congress dropping the public option for a "compromise" that would extend Medicare benefits to those 55-64 years of age to buy in to the successful government program. I pointed out how weak, incompetent and cowardly this made the entire Democratic party look.

Boy, I had my backside handed to me. Given today's cave-in, I think I am entitled to some apologies. A LOT of apologies.

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Do I deserve an apology?

62 votes Vote Now!

Do I deserve an apology?

Yes. People were very critical, but you made a good point.

14 votes

Yes. But only because the Democrats caved yet again.

10 votes

Maybe. I don't care enough to read your other post, but I love polls.

11 votes

No. We still have to keep fighting and your critics blame you for just giving up.

6 votes

No. Who are you? Idiot. Go f*ck yourself. (I know this one is gonna win)

21 votes

They Won, We (and the future of civilization) Lost

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Wednesday December 09, 2009 · 6:46 AM PST

2009/12/09 · 06:46

Despite imposing majorities in both houses of Congress, the Democratic Party has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is completely incompetent and unqualified to manage a Baskin-Robbins, let alone the U.S. government.

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Who should bear the blame for the loss of the public option?

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Who should bear the blame for the loss of the public option?

Harry Reid

19 votes

Conservative Democrats

21 votes

Republicans

5 votes

The Health Insurance Lobby

7 votes

Fox 'News'

5 votes

You and me and anyone who thought Democrats could pull this off

21 votes

Tiger Woods, Balloon Boy, the White House Party Crashers and every other distraction that has taken the focus off this fight

7 votes

President Obama

38 votes

"Climate-gate", the NONtroversy of the Moment.

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 8:24 AM PST

2009/11/25 · 08:24

Would you allow a sixth grader to perform brain surgery on you? Would you trust a kindergartner to manage your 401K? If you have an ounce of common sense, the answer is most likely - no.

So, when it comes to the "debate" over climate change and the science of its nature and cause, why the hell would you listen to Republicans/conservatives? This is a group of people who have actively decided to reject science, deliberately misunderstand it and vilify its most dedicated investigators.

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Is "Climate-gate" a real scandal?

135 votes Vote Now!

Is "Climate-gate" a real scandal?

Yes. The evidence that scientists are lying about warming is overwhelming.

79 votes

Yes, but these e-mails aren't the proof.

4 votes

Maybe. It certainly is bad P-R for the climate change crowd and I don't know what to think.

12 votes

No. This is just Republicans grasping at straws to protect their oil industry buddies.

14 votes

NO WAY! The planet is dying and these idiots are cherry-picking quotes? Holy crap!

24 votes

Monica-gate, now there's a scandal.

2 votes

I am such a Heathen Infidel... and Loving It! (POLL)

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Monday November 23, 2009 · 8:46 AM PST

2009/11/23 · 08:46

I don't believe in God, or god, or gods (I surely can't believe in more than one if I don't believe in one, right?). Do I know there is no God? Well, yes and no. I know it with the same certainty that I know I will wake up tomorrow morning, that the sun will come up, that I won't get hit by a bus the next time I cross the street. Can I say with absolutely certainty that there is no possible way I can conceive that I could be wrong? Of course not. But, for sake of this rant, let's say I know there is no god (I won't capitalize it since I am not afraid of offending him/her/it).

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Is my atheism wrong?

86 votes Vote Now!

Is my atheism wrong?

No, you're right on the mark.

54 votes

No, you're entitled to your misguided opinion.

6 votes

I don't know, I used to worship a head of lettuce but I got better.

5 votes

Yes, but this is America. Think what you want.

16 votes

Yes, and you're going to fry in hell for enternity.

3 votes

What's atheism?

2 votes

The Difference Between McCain and a REAL Leader?

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 3:37 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 15:37

Pigs and Lipstick!

This campaign has devolved into a debate over whether Sen. Barack Obama was calling Sarah of Nazareth... uh... Sarah of Wasilla... a pig when he said McCain's policies are just like Bush's and trying to call those policies by another name is "putting lipstick on a pig."

Really? That's what we are talking about? Are you f--king kidding me!?!?! The McCain campaign now owns any reference to "lipstick" because Governor Mooseburger Crackshot used it in her convention speech?

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Which is the funniest nickname for one of the GOP candidates

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Which is the funniest nickname for one of the GOP candidates

Rebel without a Core

4 votes

Sarah of Nazareth

0 votes

Grumpy McClueless

2 votes

Governor Mooseburger Crackshot

4 votes

Feckless McShame

2 votes

The Great Gretzky in Drag

0 votes

Great Moments in Catastrophically BAD Decision Making

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 11:45 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 11:45

Move over 'New Coke' guy, Neville Chamberlain and the brainiac that thought Michael Vick was a better draft pick than LaDainian Tomlinson, there's a new clubhouse leader for really BAD decision making: John McCain.

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Which is the worst decision EVER!

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Which is the worst decision EVER!

Eve and the whole apple thing

10 votes

Changing the formula for Coca Cola

16 votes

Chamerlain believing Adolf Hitler

19 votes

Rudy Giulani's 'Florida or Bust' campaign strategy

14 votes

Democratic primary voters picking Obama over Clinton

4 votes

McCain tapping Palin for Vice President

49 votes

My decision to read this stupid blog entry

22 votes

Having 'the Fonz' jump a shark

11 votes

Indiana Jones surviving a nuke in a fridge

16 votes

A Voters Guide For Six Year Olds

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 12:17 PM PDT

2008/08/24 · 12:17

How many of you remember being six years old? I do vaguely. But the clouds of my memories are mostly feelings, not actual images. There are vague, warm feelings of a time long ago. I don't remember what kind of decisions I made as a six year old, other than that none were fatal. But I know what kind of decisions I would make given a choice like this:

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Saturday June 09, 2007 · 3:12 PM PDT

2007/06/09 · 15:12

All Paris, all the time! It screams at us in the newspapers, magazines and through the television and radio, like a "Who" concert where Pete Townsend has something to prove. Who is to blame? That damn, worthless mainstream media, that’s who.

They have ignored Iraq, Gonzo-gate, the everyday corruption of the Bush administration and Congressional Republicans, the incompetence/weakness of Democrats and their leaders, out of control energy prices, global warming, a surge in violent crime, a rich get richer economic system, American religious fundamentalism, voter disenfranchisement and an inadequate health care system.

Well, actually they haven’t ignored those things.

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Which story would get the highest ratings/circulation if you were the only one with a newspaper/TV station

28 votes Vote Now!

Which story would get the highest ratings/circulation if you were the only one with a newspaper/TV station

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lies repeatedlty to Congress yet the President still won't fire him.

11 votes

Nobody believes in the President's Iraq surge, but the GOP still stands by him.

15 votes

Paris Hilton doesn't like jail but will actually have to stay there, despite being wealtthy.

1 vote

The Democratic Presidential candidates went to madrassas, spent $400 on a haircut and have a philandering spouse.

1 vote

Some illegal immigrants commit crimes, unlike legal immigrants and REAL Americans.

0 votes

Shitlaser Strikes Again!

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 12:43 PM PST

2006/01/11 · 12:43

I have taken to reading some of the right wingnutosphere blogs just for shits and giggles. I guess I find ignorance hysterically funny. When it comes to heads-buried-in-their-asses Bush apologists, you would have to look hard to find a group funnier and more full of it than the folks over at Powerline, especially their head goon John Hindraker (some call him Ass Rocket or Ass Missile, I prefer Shitlaser).

Recently, Shitlaser has been playing fast and loose with common sense in defense of the NSA spying scandal. His latest effort surrounds the questions about the Bush Administrations repeated avoidance of the FISA court to spy on Americans (yes, Americans. It has become clear that the NSA hasn't been playing sneak-a-peek exclusively on foreign calls and e-mail). Powerline has apparently been besieged by intelligent people (liberals) asking why the Bush Administration avoided the requirement of warrant authorization up to 72 hours after the fact. Read More

Are We Reading the Same Constitution? (w/poll)

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Sunday January 08, 2006 · 10:05 AM PST

2006/01/08 · 10:05

It's not surprising that Republicans are defending positions that clearly expose them for the liars and hypocrites they truly are, they do it on a regular basis. What is surprising is how vast their display of blatant stupidity, corruption and unscrupulousness has become.

Let's begin with President Bush's NSA wiretapping scheme. The argument from the President's supporters and the Administration itself is that Article II of the Constitution gives Bush, as Commander in Chief, the power to spy on Americans without a warrant. Where are those consitutional strict constructionists when you need them?!
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Catch-9/11, A Novel (approach) by George W. Bush

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Sunday December 25, 2005 · 9:20 PM PST

2005/12/25 · 21:20

You have to hand it to the Republicans, they are obviously a literate and creative bunch. They've managed to take the frame work of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22", the double-speak snippets of George Orwell's "1984" and weave it into a Tom Clancy-esque spy thriller. Unfortunately, as with nearly all conservative-minded creative endeavors, the product is the policy equivalent of "The Turner Diaries": a poorly written, paranoid hate-fiction meant to influence the feeble-minded into irrational acts of anti-Americanism.

More beyond the fold...
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The truth will NEVER set you free!

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Sunday December 18, 2005 · 7:45 AM PST

2005/12/18 · 07:45

We are beaten. Defeated. We kept it close for a while, but in the end, we just didn't have what it takes to win. Did we try hard enough? Not as hard as they did. Did we play fair? Yes. Did they? No. Does it matter that they broke the rules while we played by the book? Nope. The winners write the history, the losers are a footnote.

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