Everybody STILL Loves Pezz!

What can i say? I may be a little biased here, but I think Pezz stole the show.
As good as While I Breathe, I Hope played I can honestly say that it looks to me like the crowd thinned out once Pezz left the stage. Not a lot, mind you— The difference may well have [...]

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Burn of the Week- 4/30/06

How can you top this?
“I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.” – Stephen Colbert, White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Runnerup: Also Colbert, showing above how White House Press Secretaries deal with tough questions.

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Got Irony?

What else can you say about an anti-drug video that features Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lyle Alzado?
Well, it’s a project undertaken by the Reagan White House.
All that’s missing is Rush Limbaugh.
Check out the special moment near the end where Nancy lip synchs.
STOP THE MADNESS!

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Last Weekend for Canvassing!

… And what a lovely day for canvassing it is!
Reginald Fentress10 AM SaturdayIn front of Home Depot @ 1627 PoplarAnd here is information on canvassing for Steve Mulroy supplied by our very dear friend, West Tennessee Liberal:If you want to be part of taking back the County Commission then why not hop on over [...]

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Book Him, Danno!

And the “Couldn’t Have Happened To a Nicer Guy” Award goes to Rush Limbaugh (Seen here in his booking photo from yesterday)!
When Darryl Strawberry was crying, begging the court to help him tackle a drug problem that was stronger than he was, this is the prick that was making fun of him for it.
I’m all [...]

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From Bad to Worse in Darfur

Not too long ago, a young mother put down the child that suckled at her breast and stood in the path of an onslaught that tore her village asunder.
The blood soaked into the dirt roads of Darfur as the Janjawid swept through. They killed every man and child that they came across and raped [...]

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Because Everybody Loves Pezz!

No, not the candy…
A very good friend of mine named Marvin Stockwell played in a band called Pezz that released several damn good punk CDs in years past. Their other guitarist is a peace activist that has been to Iraq three times and the Palestinian Territories once.
Well, they’re reuniting for a show this Saturday night [...]

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U of M College Democrats Fundraiser

I just wanted to help publicize this a little bit. I worked with John Marek in 2004 on the Kerry Campaign, and he’s doing a great job with the U of College Dems.
I’m not 100% sure that I’ll be able to attend, as I have other plans. But I’m going to try to [...]

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The Literary Offenses of Wendi Thomas

All due apologies to Mark Twain for swiping his title there, but had he lived long enough to see Wendi Thomas’s daily assaults on the English language, he would have decided that James Fenimore Cooper was at the very least fair to middling.
I’ve never seen anything like her. She can take something I care [...]

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Confessions of a Former Dittohead

Several weeks back, I had the honor of meeting a young author at a Drinking Liberally event. Jim Derych had been writing a blog called Confessions of a Former Dittohead, and Ig Publishing talked to him about making it into a book.
It’s in bookstores now, and he’ll be signing copies of it at Davis-Kidd [...]

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Local Roundup

My impressions of a few of the candidates running in local races.
First and foremost, Reginald Fentress is the real deal in the District 2, Position 2 race. I make no secret of my association with him— Nor would I. I’m quite proud of it, actually. Getting to know him and his beautiful family has been [...]

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The Flip Flopping "Decider"

“Of course, I listen to our generals. That’s what a president does. ” – George W. Bush, Second Presidential Debate 2004
“I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as [...]

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FEMA Gone? How Would We Notice the Difference?

A few weeks back, I took a friend out to dinner at a local steakhouse that will remain nameless. Forty minutes after placing our order, the waitress came over and said “How’s everything going here?”
I said “I feel like I’m on the FEMA diet plan. I asked for food, but no one’s bringing [...]

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Damn Liberal Media… Right.

I wrote this after a frustrating night watching Action News on WMC (Channel 5). They ran a teaser several times during Dateline NBC (I was watching because I love it when the pervs that pursue teenagers on the internet get their comeuppance!) that used the term “voter fraud” in relation to a story where… [...]

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