Archive for November, 2005

The Culture of Corruption Scoreboard

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

From the NY Times: “Representative Randy Cunningham, a Republican from San Diego, resigned from Congress on Monday, hours after pleading guilty to taking at least $2.4 million in bribes to help friends and campaign contributors win military contracts.”
“In the Senate, Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee and the majority leader, is under scrutiny by the Securities […]

All or none

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Last night, Nora Guthrie was at Davis-Kidd Booksellers signing copies of a new volume of Woody Guthrie’s drawings. She was charming and funny and radiated warmth, entertaining us with stories and giving sage advice.
She and her brother were raised learning about all the world’s religions. On her birth certificate, under religion, her father put “all […]

He really lives up to his name…

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Had another chat session with Freddie where I, once again, try to understand how Dick Cheney can lie so blatantly. I mean, WE HAVE CAMERAS! AND MICROPHONES! AND, believe it or not, many of his words are, you know, RECORDED!
Freddie’s explanation: “He’s hoping that their reality assembly line works faster than the demolition crew […]

You damn, dirty liberal media!

Monday, November 21st, 2005

From AP via Yahoo News: “Three Civilians Mistakenly Killed in Iraq”
Really? Just three? I thought they’d be more after all this time. huh. go figure.

thanks!

Monday, November 21st, 2005

To the anonyous person who sent me book recommendations through Vanderbilt’s inter-campus mail. I appreciate it and am looking forward to checking out the selections.

Really Love Impeachments, Wanna Shake Your Tree

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

So Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has just released a statement that claims that newly declassified information indicates that the Bush administration’s use of pre-war intelligence was misleading. If this is true, it should be rightly distressing to the American people.
What is striking, though, is that the media doesn’t seem to be sharing with America its […]

Liberadio(!) to the democratic process: we love you!

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

From Guardian Unlimited: “The Pennsylvanian school board that is attempting to introduce the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution was yesterday ousted in local elections by anti-creationist campaigners.
All eight Republican members of the board, the body that sets education policy for Dover, Pennsylvania, lost their seats to Democrat challengers.” Read more…
(Hat Tip: […]

Who Did Your Voting Machine Vote For?

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Did you know that the Government Accountability Office issued a report last month CONFIRMING problems with Electronic Voting Machines during last year’s election? We (meaning Mary) don’t think there were problems. We (meaning Mary) think they did exactly what the Republican’s wanted them to do.
The GAO report stated that “Concerns about electronic voting machines have […]

I(raq) Walk the Line

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Ron Nessen references an analysis by Michael Rubin of the somewhat infamous (to liberals and pacifists) American Enterprise Institue, a (neo)conservative thinktank and reflects that, “This think tanker’s balanced, thoughtful, first-hand account of what’s really going on in Iraq is like a fresh breeze blowing away the heavy smog of negativity we usually hear.”
While I […]