Reagan was right, you idiots!
In 1961 Ronald Reagan said that this spooky socialist medicine being debated would result in the United States becoming a socialist state. He was talking about Medicare, which IS in fact a social...
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I've decided that the people who cause all the problems are the ones who are just smart enough to be stupid. They're not smart enough to know they're stupid, however.Stupid people grin a lot. I call...
View ArticleI Must be better at snark than I thought
This post for amusement purposes only. I posted this ridiculous comment on an msn comment section infested with right wing fundamentalist crazies, thinking no one would take it seriously, and would...
View ArticleThe tax cut bait and switch W/Poll
Why do people automatically salivate over a tax cut, simply because of the words "tax cut?" Diarist "Connection" explores the question in his/her diary What's the difference between a tax loophole and...
View ArticleChik-Faux-Fil-A Recipe w/POLL!
Found this over on yahoo. Easy knock-off of Chik-Fil-A sandwich. It has an easy, relatively fast way to marinate, as Noddy suggested the other day.http://shine.yahoo.com/...One more reason to chicken...
View ArticleHarry serenades Mitt to the tune of Danny boy
Oh, Mitty boy, the voters are a-calling From swing states east and west and even south The summer’s gone, and with it all excuses Tis you, not I whose taxes must come out.So give them up while autumn...
View ArticleHealthcare Tidbits 1900s to 2000s
Just a few highlights (one from each decade) from this PBS TIMELINE of American healthcare through the decades. Many more interesting details in the timeline itself.1900s Doctors are no longer...
View ArticleRomney and his GOP surrogates are close to crossing a red line of their own
This morning on "Meet the Press" David Gregory pressed Netanyahu directly and repeatedly to respond to Republican charges that President Obama has "thrown Israel under the bus."Netanyahu danced around...
View ArticleStrong indication undecideds are moving to Obama
Here are some numbers from "First Read" (Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Brooke Brower) this morning that I haven't seen before. I've seen the NBC/WSJ/Marist poll with Obama 48% Romney 47%, but I haven't...
View ArticleAn Argument the NRA Cannot Win (w/poll)
Update to title after reading comments and poll: Or Maybe The Can After All...This is a short diary, inspired by this, posted by Something The Dog SaidTaking what Something The Dog Said idea in...
View ArticleZedMont's Casa Caliente Guacamole
INGREDIENTS5 large avocados3/4 cup cherry tomatoesjuice of 1 lemon 1 tsp. sweet onion1 clove garlic1 fresh jalapeno pepper1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce1/4 cup fresh...
View ArticleThe Shame Behind The Headline: Dallas Morning News November 23, 1963
"KENNEDY SLAIN ON DALLAS STREET," screamed the inch-and-a-half letters in the 4-inch headline. As if large words could somehow assuage the sorrow and guilt of a city at the center of "Why?"There were...
View ArticleWhat Makes Texas Different?
I'm watching Leticia Van De Putte, Dem candidate for Lieutenant Governor, miss a golden opportunity while being interviewed by His Wordship Chuck Todd.Todd asks her why Texas has done so comparatively...
View ArticleI am the world's biggest WIMP!
Okay, so I was taking my daily hike today and there were these two chicks that I passed and I was going up this steep hill looking all cool, senior citizen jogging up hills and stuff and then I fell on...
View ArticleI'll lose the election, but the Texas Republicans running against me will...
I got this email from my friend Maggie telling me that she neither knew nor liked any of the Texans running for Senate, so she wrote in my name. Then I got another email saying she mentioned it to her...
View ArticleThe U.S. Naval Academy is now wearing the Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" flag on...
This is the text of an email I sent the Navy today. I knew the Air Force had gone nuts with it's proselytizing, but now the Navy has gone full teabag??? I watched the Army-Navy game the other day and...
View ArticleOrigin of Santorum "Blah" People
Maybe somebody noticed this before, but I was watching this movie, "The Promotion," from 2008, and was surprised to see a character try to explain his way out of a remark to a black superior that...
View ArticleSo you think marriage is a Christian institution...
I am so disgusted by the ignorance and bigotry being spouted by clergy and laity alike that I could puke. For example in her Los Angeles Times story posted today on MSN.com, Tina Susman quotes this...
View ArticleYes, thank you for your service, Carl.
I had this high school music teacher and choir director, Carl Best was his name. He was a marine in a former life, though he looked anything but. He was short, rotund, very bald, wore those short...
View ArticleThe Coming GOP Switcheroo
Donald Trump will not be the GOP nominee. Has no plans to be. He's running interference for Ted Cruz, who is silently drafting behind him and will pull around him when Trump finally glides into the...
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