In an ongoing conversation about General McChrystal’s comments concerning the competency of many top officials in the Obama administration, The New York Times asks Should General McChrystal be dismissed for insubordination? Or do his remarks simply reflect a level of dissent that is not unhealthy and might be expected in a changing military culture? I […]
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For just one second, I’d like you to imagine a land in which you had your rights as a parent taken away for taking legally prescribed medications. “No way!” most would say, “That place is fucking gulag!” And I would absolutely agree. But apparently we have such a hard-on for the War on Drugs in […]
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Eternal douchebags Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, and Sarah Palin shouldn’t call Obama’s agenda socialist in nature because they have family problems. I’m no fan of any of those three. In fact, I can’t stand to listen to any of them and I’m not sure we’d miss too much were the three to be abducted by […]
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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show on Obama’s hypocrisy of taking up of Bush era policies after decrying them in the run up to his election: Oh, I see. You used to have a little. Now you have a lot.
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And no I’m not talking about ObamaCare this time, but Rand Paul. I was of the mind that he represents a very good chance at getting a consistently pro-liberty senator in the federal government. But with each piece of news I hear since his slaughter of republitard establishment favorite Grayson, I lean more towards the […]
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Paul Prather in The Lexington Herald-Leader on “new atheism”: Atheists remain a tiny minority, but they’re far more vocal and combative than they used to be, an approach advocated by Dawkins and others. They have every right to state their views. The irony is that this current brand of aggressive atheism is just another form […]
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg in The New York Times on Obama’s commencement address at a Michigan High School: Mr. Obama has spoken often of the importance of personal responsibility, especially in urging parents to be more engaged in raising their children. He returned to the responsibility theme in Kalamazoo, paired the message with a lament about […]
Bill Estep via The Lexington Herald-Leader on recent meetings between Rand Paul and the establishment party hacks Paul ran against in the Kentucky Senatorial primaries: But Paul ran outside the party establishment, against a man endorsed by leaders of that establishment and without the support of many in the party structure. “It happened, and we’ve […]
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Jackie Calmes and Sheryl Gay Stolberg via The New York Times: President Obama on Saturday implored Congress to provide more aid to states and cities to blunt “the devastating economic impact of budget cuts” by local governments that imperil the jobs of teachers, the police, firefighters and other public employees. I’m not sure better proof […]
I find it extremely amusing that the attitude of some people is that oil gushing in to the gulf is bad, but that detonating a fucking nuclear bomb to stop it is okay. They’re not okay with oil in the environment, but are good with radiation.
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