President of the United States (Finally) Declares War in Iraq Over

He did it. I was actually in the parking lot at the Matteson, IL, Walmart during the President’s address tonight. The 7 ½ year war in Iraq, fought for no reason whatsoever, is over. Yes, I’m pleased. This liberal feels good. And I feel good about the President of the United States. The President of [...]

I Like Phil Kadner’s Commentary on Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich

Phil Kadner writes good stuff. Read this (excellent) and this on the Blagojevich trial. Both are excellent. Phil Kadner writes good stuff. Peace.

Elvis Remains In The Building: Blagojevich Takes to TV

The mouth that won’t stop gabbing is starting another media blitz as the Summer of Blagojevich continues. From the Chicago Tribune: Beginning a weekend media blitz, Rod Blagojevich said this morning he will not take any plea deal from prosecutors, accused them of trying to criminalize political horse-trading and emphasized repeatedly that he had not [...]

President Obama Insists Muslims Have Same Rights as Anyone Else

Doing another post on this because I’m, frankly, delighted that the President has issued such an unequivocal statement on this issue. From Anti-War.com: Finally breaking his administration’s official silence on the matter, President Obama today insisted that he supports the so-called Ground Zero mosque, insisting that Muslims have “the right to build a place of [...]

Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero, And So Do I

This is just about prejudice. And the right wing should be ashamed. Thank you, Mr. President, for speaking out. You deserve a second term, sir. From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less. "As a citizen, and as [...]

On Target: Turns Out Liberals Have Money

Target is in trouble, and would be wise to stay out of politics. $150,000 is nothing to sneeze at. From the Associated Press: Protesters have been rallying outside Target Corp. or its stores almost daily since the retailer angered gay rights supporters and progressives by giving money to help a conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate in [...]

Greenspan Turns Left: Calls for Repeal of All the Bush Tax Cuts

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has officially moved to the left of President Obama on taxes. And that’s something, coming from a self-described lifelong Republican libertarian. From the New York Times: It was not enough, it seems, for Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman and a self-described lifelong Republican libertarian, to call for [...]

Al Gore Will Not Face Prosecution

Due to numerous inconstincies in the story of the unknown "red-haired masseuse," Al Gore will not be prosecuted: Former Vice President Al Gore won’t be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday. District Attorney Michael Schrunk said the [...]

Rod “The Mouth” Blagojevich Decides Again To Not Testify When It Matters Most: At Trial (With Video)

Governor Rod Blagojevich did not testify in his own defense when the Illinois Senate put him on trial and eventually threw him out of office. The man who never passed up a camera or microphone while in office decided to refrain from testifying before the Illinois Senate, and then showed up to speak before that [...]

G.O.P. Myth #1: The Unemployed Don’t Want To Work

Who are the unemployed in America? Do they really not want to work, as the Republicans have been arguing? Had a bit of a chat tonight with someone on Facebook who I haven’t seen since 1981, when we graduated high school in Pittsburgh. He still lives in Pittsburgh, went to college in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is [...]

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