Saturday Stuff

Yep, Willard Mitt Romney sure keeps interesting company (more here)…



…and good luck trying to woo women voters (here)…



…and this should drive the proverbial stake through the heart of another stupid Repug/corporate media talking point…



…and ain’t love grand?

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I thought Ezra Klein produced some interesting historical context here on how diplomacy in the Muslim world really is a bipartisan issue…and yes, you may be shocked to learn that Dubya deserves credit for actually doing something right (here, and I thought this was interesting also on this issue – I continue to be impressed by Rep. Keith Ellison)…

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…and I’m bringing back this report from Memorial Day 2010 or thereabouts as a reminder that, while the U.S. House Repug “leadership” can take a two-month vacation, as noted here (oh, but that time will really be devoted to “constituent service,” wink, wink), they’ll trip all over each other to try and deny that benefit to the rest of us (something else to keep in mind on November 6th… - and by the way, this report is another reason to support this guy)…



…and this clip goes out not just to Todd Akin, but Paul “Rape Is ‘Another Method Of Contraception’” Ryan (here)…

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…and I guess this is a tongue-in-cheek selection – no line that Akin and his disgusting pals including Mikey the Beloved won’t cross (haven’t heard a word of reproach towards Akin from our wet noodle PA-08 rep…love to be wrong, but I haven’t seen it).

Thursday Stuff

Leave it to America’s Finest News Source to get the lowdown on the latest Willard Mitt Romney campaign strategy (hey, CNN, you got “scooped”! :- )...


GOP Trying To Keep Elderly Voting Base Alive Until November

...and switching gears big time, this video starts out pretty rough, but please stick with it – it gets better, as they say.

Wednesday Stuff

Let’s “set the wayback” for the benefit of Willard Mitt Romney, OK (answering this); here is his response to the British burning Washington during the War of 1812...

“Well, this is what happens when President Jefferson and Secretary of War Madison apologize to the British and let them 'impress' members of our Navy for their own.” (Read this to find out that Jefferson and Madison did no such thing).

Here is Romney’s response to the commencement of The Civil War in 1861...

“I’m shocked that a Republican president would allow the Army of the Potomac to commence fire in a southern state in an effort to illegally seize federal property.” (Read here to learn that the South fired first at Fort Sumter).

Here is Romney’s response to the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881...

“This is a sad day for our country, but it’s not hard to see how passions can be inflamed when a president fails to reach out to formerly secessionist elements, to the point where someone acts lawlessly.” (Read here to learn, among other things, that Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, wanted an ambassadorship from Garfield, believing that he was responsible for the election of our 20th president, with Guiteau not giving a damn about the South in the Civil War, though the state of Guiteau’s mental faculties was definitely an open question).

And finally, here is Romney responding to the World War I veterans of the Bonus March of 1932...

“It sickens me that insurgent, liberal elements have led some in our military to seek a government handout when we can least afford it.” (Read here to learn that the World War I veterans marching on Washington sought compensation due to them since they could not find work during the Great Depression; in accordance with a 1924 law, they were not due to receive their money until 1945...the law was eventually changed in 1936 so they could receive their payments early).

No, I don’t suppose all of this is particularly clever on my part. However, I’m trying to come up with new ways to express my disgust with Romney, having exhausted all the old ones, so please bear with me on this (maybe he was better off actually ignoring foreign policy, and kudos to Chuck Todd and Lawrence O’Donnell for holding him accountable – there is indeed a historical context in which presidents have to act, a fact that utterly escapes the former Massachusetts governor)...



Update 9/13/12: And speaking of history lessons (here)...

...and Steve Biko died 35 years ago today (for more info on Amnesty International, click here...the rest is indeed up to us).

Tuesday Stuff

Offered without comment – I don’t believe any is necessary…



(Also, sorry to profane the memory of this day with media/political crap, but in response to this, I give you this, particularly egregious on Cheney’s part when you consider this…more in the spirit of this day, I give you this.)

…and consider this my way of saying “F.U.” to those who attacked us, scratchy vinyl and all (from the Columbia years…I read people who were actually upset that bin Laden was supposedly unarmed when he was killed – I seem to recall about 3,000 people who were also mostly unarmed about 11 years ago today).

Monday Stuff

Damn skippy with this, Willard Mitt…



…and here is a bit of an homage to “the city that doesn’t sleep” in advance of tomorrow.

Sunday Stuff

To me, this was easily the highlight of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week – a highly unoriginal observation, I realize...here is all of former President Clinton’s speech...



...and Slash and Myles Kennedy keep cranking out rockin’ little numbers like these.