HONOLULU — Despite deep internal divisions and other problems, Republicans still appear invigorated after devastating national elections that saw them lose control of Congress and then the White House. The reason? An elite Hawaiian vacation/Stategery Session.
Well, we Americans had a good run. We began as a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. But, almost inevitably it would seem, given the impersonal forces of unrestrained materialism, we have become a government of, for, and by the corporations.
Massachusetts Senatorial Candidates Scott Brown and Martha Coakley A week ago I wrote about today’s special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat: […] Would it be heresy to suggest that a short term Dem loss there would actually be a long term Dem gain, especially as it concerns the pending health care reform bill? For instance, losing …
Reading the following description from Wikipedia of The Three Witches, I just couldn’t help but be reminded of the three crones depicted above.* The Three Witches represent darkness, chaos, and conflict, while their role is as agents and witnesses. Their presence communicates treason and impending doom. During Shakespeare’s day, witches were seen as worse than rebels, “the most notorious …
Massachusetts Senatorial Candidates Scott Brown and Martha Coakley Next week, Massachusetts voters will be voting in a special election to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy. By most accounts, it’s a very tight race between Democratic candidate, Martha Coakley, and the Rethug, Scott Brown. At risk is the vaunted 60 vote Dem coalition majority, which could be decided …
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. — Groucho Marx Michael Steele, the always entertaining chairman of the RNC who suffers from a monumental case of foot in mouth disease, stole a page, er, title, from Sarah Palin‘s book this week and went, you …
On her show Thursday night, Rachel Madow interviewed Mother Jones correspondent David Corn (two of my favorite people). The tag line describing the clip above, “Lack of an honest opposition lamentable”, while accurately describing the content, doesn’t come close to capturing the depth of the problem they address. Lamentable means “bad, unfortunate.” As I read the numerous socio-political-economic crises facing …
