Even Cats Show Hillary Obama Divide Perfectly

This is beyond ridiculous. Here I am, with about 10,000 things I want to post about, and the first thing that pops to mind is this excellent post of Bob Harris’s:
As I’ve pointed out a bit on my own site, this large difference in small communication skills is visible everywhere in the Obama and [...]

Biblically Justified Rape

Neil has very cleverly titled post, and I was perusing it when a line struck me sideways (emphasis mine):
Aside from the verses below and the fact that the Bible never claims perpetual virginity for her, it would have been a sin for Mary not to have sex with Joseph.
Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will [...]

WHNT Censors Politically Sensitive Story

It appears that in addition to sending a politician to jail for his politics (and overriding the will of the people and smashing their right to vote), conservatives are trying to censor the story (WriteChic):
Several blogs and viewers at the CBS website are complaining that the Don Siegelman segment was blocked out in the city [...]

Nader’s Harmful Run

Why should someone with politics to the left of Barack Obama suggest supporting Nader’s run is a waste of time?
(Note: Tom Tomorrow’s decision to not support a Nader run is significant.  He was an eloquent Naderite in 2000.)
After all, while both Hillary and Obama have the same take on universal health care (have people pay [...]

American Slave Labor

This should be getting a lot more play in the news:
The thirty workers from San Luis Potosi in Mexico have have been living with all-too-typical slave-like conditions — with their passports held by their vicious “employer,” wages as low as $2 an hour and constant threats of deportation (even though they are part of a [...]

How Purity Invites Murder

The word theocracy is a powerful one.  It brings to mind the prospect of a religious authority ruling people.  And religious control of politics is always that: rule.  It is a single authority exercising its will on the people.
A subtler form may also take root.  This unfortunate news via Pandagon:
I suppose this was inevitable, but [...]

NY Times: Confused Pictures of Hillary Clinton

Reading a New York Times piece on Hillary, some sections jumped out at me (emphasis mine):
If she is not temperamentally suited to reckon with the possibility of losing quite yet, advisers say, she is also a cold, hard realist about politics — at some point, she is known to say, someone will win and someone [...]

O’Reilly: Context is Everything

That’s Bill O’Reilly’s late apology for his lynching remarks:
O’Reilly’s exact words:
“While talking to a radio caller, I said there should be no lynching in the case, that comment off Clarence Thomas saying he was the victim of a high tech lynching (he said that on 60 Minutes, you may remember). I’m sorry if my statement [...]

Media Trying to Resuscitate Clinton

She is the media’s candidate, the annointed front runner.  And she’s going down in the face of sincerity, optimism, and practical wisdom.  Barack Obama is winning, and desperate to prop up their favorite, the media is playing hard and fast:
Oftentimes, the write-ups read as if she received the night’s lone standing ovation.
“And at the right [...]

Obama’s Substance

I’ve seen this floating all over the internet, but I have to draw more attention to it.  This video is utterly fantastic.  I sent it to my Dad, and he was blown away.  If you are in doubt about who to support for office, or find yourself wondering about Obama’s substance and the intelligence of [...]

Fight With the Sword and the Pen

The Rhettorical Butler presents a striking case for Obama’s rising support and Clinton’s flagging campaign (emphasis mine):
I watched bits of a debate recently (Bar v Hil)  in which one person raised her voice to speak over the other. She tried so hard to point out his flaws and smiled so hard I thought her face [...]

Fight Racism in Dulles VA

Are any readers near Dulles Virginia?  Want to take a stand against racism and white supremacy?  This weekend cowards and haters are holding their meeting in Dulles, near the airport (via Pam):
I guess the Crowne Plaza Dulles Airport Hotel is hard up for bucks if it’s decided that hosting a conference for white supremacists [...]

Oppose Bush, Go To Jail

We need to pay attention to the heavy implications of the Bush administration’s lawlessness.
Kagro X at Dailykos has the details (emphasis mine):
One of the most shocking stories to grow out of the U.S. attorney firing scandal was the case of Alabama’s former Democratic governor, Don Siegelman. Seigelman was convicted on corruption charges last year. That [...]

Talk Back, Walk Away: Get Tasered

Free Speech is a mere privilege when at the whim of authoritarian police officers.  If you dare to question an officer, you are asking to be arrested and potentially violently assaulted with a dangerous weapon.
Via Police Brutality Blog:
H/T MediaTakeOut.com who exclusively learned that last night in New Orleans, police officers beat, tasered and arrested R&B [...]

Republicans Support the Troops

This striking image is from Harper’s (via Ruins of Empire):

It really is worth a thousand words.  Despite literally drowning in their blood, they just keep mindlessly repeating “support the troops” without budging even an inch to actually save them and end this war.