May 22, 2013

The sort of thing that doesn’t matter anymore

Unfortunately, this sort of thing doesn’t really rile people up anymore. In a society that absolutely consumes reality TV and would consider disgraced politicians for prime time opinion shows, someone slipping a candidate a note during a debate won’t really cause a stir among those who aren’t already inclined to walk a narrow moral path. [...]

“Get out of my Obama’s way” or the silent death of dissenting opinion

I’ve always thought that I was a crotchity old man at heart. It explains how I’ve always been politically conservative, throwing the old Churchill attributed adage about age and evolution of thought right out the window as soon as I was old enough to know who the old stalwart was. I just never felt that [...]

Can I open my eyes now? Is it over?

Anyone who spent half an hour watching the returns last night after 7PM ET could have told you how the election was going to end up. I didn’t watch it with the fervor that I watched the 2000 or 2004 elections because quite frankly I didn’t have that much of a dog in this fight. [...]

Let’s not Kosify ourselves, shall we?

I think that it’s safe to dabble in a little fortunetelling today without jinxing our chances with the Maverick next Tuesday. Rick Moran writes an excellent post over at Right Wing Nut House about the rumblings among the bigger players on our side of the blogosphere over what we must do after the election in [...]

The opening credits are starting in America’s latest horror film

Almost every good horror movie starts with a teaser. This is particularly prevalent in monster movies where we are treated to a glimpse of the destruction caused by our fiend instead of a straight-on wide shot of the creature itself. The easiest example is our drunken nude swimmer from Jaws. Imagine for a moment that [...]

Just how much do the Dems care about poor voters?

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About this much.