Comparing Policies With Appearances

The obsessive compulsive itch to provide “balance” is an unhealthy psychosis within the fevered hive mind we call the media.
This is readily apparent (and annoying as hell) when it comes to comparing Republicans with Democrats.  Take a gander at Joe Murry’s effort in the Evening Bulletin:
Ever since the days of New Deal, and maybe even [...]

Compassionless Conservatives

When taking the time to retro fit your political idealogical in a more attractive guise, care must be taken.  Wouldn’t want your future actions contradicting your message (or confirming an opponents!).  Apparently the so called political genius Rove and the team behind Bush’s run for office neglected to consider how their “Compassionate Conservative” tagline might [...]

Fight Back: Fox Isn’t a News Organization

Fox News is not a news organization. They mix in slices of current events into a hearty stew of entertainment and outright propaganda. They routinely offer false and misleading information to be consumed by their target market: us.
At some point, when a blowhard like Bill O’Reilly demonizes the left, it can feel like [...]

Campaign ‘08: Did I Miss the Penis Coverage?

CNN’s Political Ticker is sending mixed signals.  The post Alexander Mooney is titled Clinton Seeks Cleavage Cash.  This is unfortunately phrased, to say the least:
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign sent a solicitation to supporters Friday with the attention-grabbing header in order to decry a recent Washington Post article devoted to the New York [...]

Obama Understands Diplomacy

Obama and Clinton have started a great argument on diplomacy. Unfortunately for Hillary, Barack is absolutely right. William Arkin at the Washington Post doesn’t get it. Let’s take a look (emphasis mine):
My conclusion from this affair comes in two parts. First, maybe Obama really is different (if also naive). And second, maybe [...]

Dear Reuters: Criticizing Opponent != Negative Tone

How utterly clueless is Steve Holland?  Candidates firing back at each other over the age old “experience vs new direction” battle is to be expected in a Presidential race.  We saw it when Cheney and Edwards debated (which was actually a very enjoyable debate to watch, much more evenly matched than Kerry vs Bush).  We [...]

You’ll Talk, But You Won’t Act

A Reuters article on bottled water touches on issues of corporate control, water sources, and truth in advertising.  At the very end is a very interesting quote from a portfolio manager (emphasis mine):
Dave Kolpak, a portfolio manager at Victory Capital Management, said the environmental objections will have little impact on the bottom line for either [...]

Southern Poverty Blog Center

SPLC has a blog! (hat tip David,Orcinus)
Blogroll ‘em.  Digg ‘em.  Bookmark, subscribe, heck, write a small python script to parse their rss feed for issues of interest.
The first post to hit you will likely be this one about a lawsuit against the Klan:
This morning, the Southern Poverty Law Center followed up an earlier lawsuit [...]

2008: A Monster Worse Than Bush

The Register has a searing article on Bush and his efforts to smear the truth with unsubstantiated fears.  This gives us real insight into the Republicans in the ‘08 contest.  The ones who want to drape themselves in his flag.  Because they (especially Giuliani and Fred Thompson) have been making every effort to follow the [...]

Comcastic

I’ve been a bit spotty of late, kind of like my internet “connection”.  Well, it finally died absolutely.  This has slowed me down a good clip.  Rumors have it that my internets will be connected, functional, etc on Thursday.  As of yet (and given their recent record of service), I’m not especially confident that this [...]

Goodbye Property Rights, Hello Executive Order

The Treasury Secretary can order your property rights suspended without trial, evidence, or notice (Emily, YOUTHinkLeft):
Bush has just issued an Executive Order titled “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq” which states that the Treasury Secretary is now solely responsible for deciding who is and who is not a real threat [...]

Ron Paul on Immigration: Just Another Conservative

Ron Paul is just another “stop immigration” bigot.  When it comes to the white hot issue of immigration in this country Ron sides with the nativist wing of the Republican party.
I sometimes follow the incoming links to see how people get here.  One such link led to a confused post wherein the author labels me [...]

Note to Romney: If You Spin, Spin Well

Romney’s campaign should be pretty practiced by now at explaining away the former Governor’s more embarrassing moments and positions. Which makes this latest bit of backpedaling so confusing. Mitt was caught with a possible supporter holding the following sign:

Note the second picture. He isn’t just stopping to smile for the cameras here. [...]

HIV Still a Death Sentence for the Poor

Despite the glowing praise coming out of the Syndey conference, HIV remains a death sentence for those unable to access the most modern treatments.
On the one hand there is progress in how we are able to treat the disease:
Sydney - HIV infection is no longer a death sentence, with patients likely to have a “fairly [...]

VA State Senate Candidate To Fight Driving Fees

Someone was bound to step up to the plate and fight back.  Chap Peterson, a Democrat running against Republican Jeannemarie Davis, is making the VA driving fees a campaign issue.
His campaign has posted an ad about this on youtube:

Chap is already a strong candidate on the issues.  This is just one more reason to support [...]