Oh, The Irony…

For years now, what has been the overriding argument in favor of progressives supporting Harold Ford Jr?
Surely by now, you know the words to this song. I confess, I’ve sung it more than a few times myself. We need the Senate back, we need subpoena power, etc. To swipe a phrase [...]

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Skyflowers

I saw Land of the Dead over the weekend. I was talking about it with a friend of mine from work, and he was asking me what the “political statement” of it was. He explained that George Romero had said in an interview that all of his “Dead” movies were intended partially as [...]

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Hope Is STILL Not a Plan…

Just a little less than a year ago, I attended a lecture given by Sister Helen Prejean, author of the book Dead Man Walking. She travels the country speaking out against the death penalty, and she spoke at a Catholic church in East Memphis.
This was just a few short weeks after water topped the levees [...]

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The Larsha Incident

As I’m certain most people are aware by now, a member of the Shelby County Democratic Party Executive Committee, William Larsha, plans to sponsor a resolution that the executive committee back Jake Ford in the upcoming election for Tennessee’s 9th District Congressional seat. West Tennessee Liberal and Leftwing Cracker have both written magnificent pieces [...]

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The Maverick

If Joe Ford Jr. isn’t careful, he could end up with a repuation as a renegade.
Then again, I’ve always liked renegades, so I’m quite cool with that.
For those unaware of what I’m talking about, Joe Jr. posted this comment on another blog:
I am a Democrat. Unless or until there is reason to do otherwise, I [...]

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Snakes on a Race

Mover over Tinker – It’s “Joke time”!
And just when you though things were going to chill out, here we go again. Indeed, temperatures in Memphis are not cooling down and -evidently- hot races in Memphis aren’t either.
The election of Steve Cohen as the Democratic candidate for the 9th Congressional District [...]

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Jake

I was looking around at the activity on other blogs over the weekend, and one thing jumped out at me.
Thaddeus Matthews, who had correctly been referring to “Joke Ford” has now started referring to him by his semi-proper name, Jake, and seems to be pushing the absurd idea that “only a black” can represent the [...]

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President Rufus T. Firefly

The only time his timing was ever off was when he died… Just a couple of days after Elvis, so hardly anyone noticed.
It was 29 years ago today, so Freedonia’s flag flies at half mast today in his honor.
Watch this clip of him in action, and think of it in this context… When planning a [...]

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The Nexus of Politics and Terror

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Olbermann put together a magnificent report that charted the occurrence of raises in the terror alert level anytime there’s something going on that could be embarrassing for the White House. I told some friends about it last night that hadn’t seen it yet; This is for them.

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Stealing…

You know, I was reading my friend WTL’s magnificent post on universal health care this morning. And when I got down to the comments, in which some tool identifying himself as “Sgtlarry” made the following statements:
Why do you think it is morally ok to steal from me (in the form of taxes) to pay [...]

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Poll of the Day – 8/17/06

Which of these is most likely?

Dick Cheney regrows full head of hair

Bill Frist centerfold in Cat Fancy Magazine

Barbara Bush and Dennis Hastert proven to be two different people

George W. Bush finishing his vacation without falling off of a bike or scooter

Ed Stanton announces plans to become a Rabbi

Free polls from Pollhost.com

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Joementum Hits the Trifecta

I was looking through the Eyewitness News website this morning, despite the fact that much of their copy reads like something written in a fourth grade grammar class (You can get away with that in a news story that’s gone fifteen seconds after it’s read— Not so much with text that stays on a website).
Jay [...]

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HAPPY EFFING B-DAY DUDE!!

(To my dear partner: In drinking, trivia, mischief and more…)
Freed,
I know this is belated, but when was the last time you saw me coming in on time?? I have had you in my thoughts all day, and I just now have come to the point of having enough time to post this in your [...]

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Bashed!

The sensational Serrabee put together a pair of Bloggers’ Bashes over the last week, and she deserves to be commended. Last night’s was actually the finest since I’ve been doing this.
Pam and I stopped by the one on Thursday for a little while, but we have this lamentable inability to be in two places [...]

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For Blinders Off…

First, I have to thank Autoegocrat for posting this. I might have missed it in the comments on West Tennessee Liberal’s site.
The following is the last comment I will post, but I will continue to visit my favorite Memphis political blogs when my health permits it.Blinders Off has been battling with MS for some [...]

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A Black guy, a White Guy, and a Jewish Guy Walk Into a Bar…

I don’t read Thaddeus Matthews often enough. This weekend, I decided I wanted to do something about that, so I sat down today and started going through the archives.
One of the first posts to catch my eye, for obvious reasons was a question: Should Nikki Tinker continue as a write-in candidate?
Obviously, my answer is a [...]

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Meet The New Ford, Same As the Old Ford…

The other night, we held a retirement party for Joe Lieberman. Genuine progressives all around the country celebrated the victory of genuine progressive principles over the right wing, accomodationist wing of the party. Joe Lieberman was the symbol of all of that. Whether it was the war, or any range of social issues, he earned [...]

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Blogger Bashes

The first of two is tonight at the Young Avenue Deli. I’ll be dividing my time between that one and Drinking Liberally across the street.
I’ve got to say, Young Avenue Deli is a much more logical place to have a Bloggers’ Bash than P&H. Why have a Bloggers’ Bash in a place with [...]

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We’re One Year Old and We’re Acting Our Age.

Happy Birthday, Drinking Liberally. I’ll be seeing you tonight.
6:3o onward at Dish (Cooper & Young)

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Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye!

Adios Joe, you festering turd of a Senator.
I hope you carry your fond memories of your appearances on Hannity & Colmes with you as you begin this next stage in your life… You know, your retirement.
And may your crock of shit of a dying gasp be a warning to all who tread your path, including [...]

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