The Texas Observer, the home newspaper of the great Molly Ivins, is now reporting that she has lost her battle with breast cancer.
Archive for January, 2007
A Sad Day…
Posted in Molly Ivins on January 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Did Biden Really Shoot the Pooch or Not?
Posted in Joseph Biden on January 31, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Joe Biden’s verbal snafu has been blogged about quite extensively today. Bob and Pesky Fly both covered it quite well today.
I’m not Joe Biden’s biggest fan. But I would be quite interested to hear the recording the NY Observer reporter made (Surely he recorded, right?). Biden’t not the smoothest talker in the world, but even [...]
Get On the Doubletalk Express!
Posted in Bullshit Express, John McCain, Nucking futs on January 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ha! And you thought John Kerry was a flip flopper…
My father always used to tell me when we discussed politics that he thought John McCain was “crazy as a shithouse bug”. Of course, Dad was a lifelong Republican voter that hated McCain for the few times he voted with Democrats.
But after seeing McCain’s little meltdown [...]
Freedonian Sunday Night Music Club – The Late, Great Eva Cassidy
Posted in Eva Cassidy on January 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“She could sing anything . . . and make it sound like it was the only music that mattered.” – Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, Nov. 17, 1996
“A lot of people have covered my songs. And it’s a strange emotion, you know, because your own songs are like your own babies. I mean you might [...]
Molly Ivins Still Not Dead
Posted in Molly Ivins, cancer on January 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Before anyone gets too angry about that headline, it was one recommended by Ms. Ivins herself.
But she is indeed gravely ill. A year ago, she was diagnosed with stage III inflammatory breast cancer for the third time (First in 1999, the second in 2003). She had taken some time off to receive chemotherapy, [...]
Fox- All the News That Matters
Posted in Fox News on January 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
War? Nah.
State of the Union? Nah.
Hamas and Fatah going to war with one another? Nope.
Fox News took time to give us the really important news of the day.
Hat tip to Rachel Sklar at Eat the Press
Who To Target Next Time Around
Posted in Minimum Wage, Republicans on January 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colorado) put forward an amendment to repeal the Federal Minimum Wage completely, which would have reverted some states back to their individual minimum wages set at $2.65 per hour. And these are the Senators that voted with him on it:
Alexander (R-TN)Allard (R-CO)Bennett (R-UT)Bond (R-MO)Brownback (R-KS)Bunning (R-KY)Burr (R-NC)Chambliss (R-GA)Coburn (R-OK)Cochran (R-MS)Cornyn (R-TX)Craig [...]
District 30 Wrapup
Posted in Beverly Marrero, Robert Spence, Senate District 30 on January 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The voters spoke yesterday, and in much greater numbers than I anticipated based on the poor early voting numbers. And as my good friend in Crackerville was the first to point out, Beverly Marrero won a resounding landslide victory over Robert Spence, who has proven yet again that you can’t simply spend your way into [...]
Well, You Told Me To Write Whatever I Wanted.
Posted in Beverly Marrero, Kevin Gallagher, Robert Spence, Thaddeus Matthews on January 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes, there’s a guy at the party so drunk that he doesn’t know he’s pissed his own pants. Obliviously, he continues dancing, never noticing that everyone near him covers his or her own nose and laughs.
Usually, there are a few kind people in any crowd that will try to gently pull him to the side [...]
Not Saying It’s True, BUT…
Posted in Robert Spence, Senate District 30 on January 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
…I just wanted to show what was on the minds of the voters.
‘Twas the week of election and all through the city
The voters were agrumble; Their choices were shitty
I convened with liberals both meek and hardy
To doff beer downtown at the State of the Union Party
As the party broke up, some went to Huey’s
(Breaking rhyme [...]
Drink Some Beer and Laugh at Duhbya
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Drinking LiberallyState of the Union Watch PartyTonight @ 7:00 pmSleep Out Louie’s88 Union Ave.Memphis, TN 38103
Link to the evite invitation for more info:http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/memphis@drinkingliberally.org/sotu
Dennis Miller— Crackhead.
Posted in Dennis Miller, Fox News, Idiots on January 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I tuned in to Hannity & Colmes tonight to watch Congressman Steve Cohen being interviewed (Well, that’s kind of a loose description— I watched him get shouted over by the always beligerent Sean Hannity more than anything else) and saw the most over the top, “I’m embarrassed for you” rant by Dennis Miller that I’ve [...]
The March of the Illiterati
Posted in Astroturf, Grassroots, illiteracy on January 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I admit, when I first heard the headline regarding legislation that would require bloggers to register as lobbyists, I was more than a little concerned. I started doing some homework on it though, and did something that very few bothered to do—
I read the bill.
Shocking, huh?
The alarm had been raised over Section 220 of [...]
Kurita’s Liebership
Posted in Kurita, Ron Ramsey on January 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This past week I have been asked many times why I voted for a new Lt. Governor.How could I vote for someone who is not a member of my own political party? The answer is very straightforward: I voted my conscience.
That’s the introduction to an email that ended up in my inbox from Pamela George, [...]
To the Citizens of District 30 – From Richard Fields
Posted in Beverly Marrero, Richard Fields, Robert Spence, Senate District 30 on January 17, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Attorney Richard Fields has purchased an ad in the Memphis Flyer that comes out today. We’ve been given an exclusive first look at this ad.
All District 30 voters, myself included, would do well to remember all of this as we go to the polls.To: Citizens of State Senate District 30
From: Richard B. Fields
Re: Robert L. [...]
They Don’t Know Jack.
Posted in 24, morons on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The conservatives I know have long loved “24″. It’s the perfect escapist world for those who need delusionary right wing beliefs reinforced. In the world of Jack Bauer, a tortured detainee never makes up a fake story just to stop his interrogators from beating him. And guns make the world a better place because bullets [...]
The Ashley Treatment – Schiavo Redux
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The disability community is in an uproar over Ashley.
She’s nine years old, although her intellectual development ceased when she was only a few months old. She has never learned, nor will she ever learn, to walk, talk, or do anything other than smile. So severe is her disability that she still cannot roll [...]
But Gee, I Thought Kurita Was Liberals’ Last Hope…
Posted in Kurita, Wilder on January 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
During the US Senate primary last year, all I kept hearing was how Rosalind Kurita was supposed to be so much more liberal than Harold Ford, and that she was someone we could trust to vote the Democratic agenda.
I disagreed. I thought her voting record was just as far to the right as his [...]
Sir, You Suck.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Congratulations. Comparatively speaking, you just made me look like a nice guy.
On this site, I’ve taken plenty of shots at people. But there’s always been some kind of purpose. A few Jake Ford jokes tossed in here and there helped demonstrate why I thought (And still think) he would have been a [...]
Worth a Thousand Words…
Posted in Abramoff, Bush on January 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I did not have political relations with that man, that Jack Abramoff…
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