Outflanking the GOP on Taxes (w/ poll)
As we bask in the warm afterglow of Paul Hackett's near-victory in Ohio, the outlines of a winning strategy for the 2006 and 2008 elections are becoming more clear. Obviously the war in Iraq has become...
View ArticleKerry to join Sheehan in Crawford! (w/poll)
What a headline! Did you get a rush of adrenaline reading it? Did you suddenly feel a gush of hope and pride that maybe our long national nightmare might be nearing an end? Too bad that it isn't...
View ArticleACTION ITEM: Core American Values (w/poll)
The last few months have been heady times here in the liberal blogosphere. The Downing Street memo, Rovegate, the Roberts' SCOTUS nomination, Paul Hackett's campaign and now Cindy Sheehan's vigil...
View ArticleBoxer: No answers, no Roberts (w/poll)
Once again I am so damn proud of my senator Barbara Boxer I'm grinning from ear-to-ear with just a tiny hint of a tear in the corner of my eye. Once again Barbara Boxer has stood up in the face of...
View Article"Six Feet Under" Hearts Cindy (w/ poll)
I can't believe no one has diaried this yet, but my best efforts at searching have not found it. This week's episode of "Six Feet Under" in one of the most searing, brilliant, and visceral attacks on...
View ArticleKatrina Evacuees = Scabs??? (w/poll)
The Bush vision of post-Katrina "reconstruction" is now becoming more clear. Instead of "lifting up" the poorest victims and giving them the resources to begin better lives, their plight will be used...
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San Francisco under attack! (w/poll)
As any Bay Area Kossacks can confirm, the city of San Francisco is under attack at this very moment! Formations of high-powered military aircraft are buzzing the city at very low altitude, rattling...
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Cindy arrested at White House (w/poll)
On the day that several of the highest ranking officials INSIDE the White House should be getting frog-marched OUT of the White House, a true American hero exercising her constitutional rights to...
View ArticleFlu Fear and the corporate agenda (w/poll)
Even when it is besieged and sweating bullets, the Bush administration never misses the chance to slavishly serve its corporate masters. Scandal and dishonor are a convenient distraction from their...
View ArticleTularemia Follows Cindy to Bay Area (w/poll)
There are days when I wear my tin foil hat with pride, no matter how intense the jeering gets. And today may be shaping up to be one of those days. A much under-reported (even in the blogosphere)...
View ArticleFREE copy of US Constitution! (w/poll)
The American Bar Association's Educational program is offering a FREE pocket-sized copy of the United States Constitution to anyone filling out a simple webform:http://www.abanet.org/... On several...
View ArticleFox Bashes Cindy to Protect Bush (w/poll)
While we all enjoy some well-deserved celebration and allow ourselves some hope in the aftermath of the progressive victories at the polls yesterday, the Right Wing slime machine grinds on. Living in...
View Article2006's GOP Wedge Issue: Immigration (w/poll)
Here it comes! We knew it would show up, just like clockwork, just like it has every election cycle since 1968, or maybe since 1946, if you want to count the red-baiting Commie Scare of McCarthy,...
View ArticleForget impeachment! Charge 'em with war crimes! (w/poll)
In the last few days, there has been a fair amount of skirmishing back and forth about impeachment versus other goals in calling out the corruption and lies of the Bush administration. Most of the...
View ArticlePBS Scandal: Breaks laws to impose views (w/ poll)
Are you suffering "scandal fatigue" yet? Finding it hard to keep up with all the breaking news of how the leadership of the Republican party is willing to subvert democracy at every opportunity? Are...
View ArticleLegitimacy: Alito An Accountability Moment (w/poll)
As much as the mainstream media seems determined to proclaim that Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation is a "done deal," and will proceed smoothly like clockwork, in the larger scheme of things...
View ArticleBush Legacy: Lying, Spying and Dying (w/ poll)
Listening to Gonzales try to defend the illegal wiretapping program, and realizing that his evasive testimony implies that far greater crimes are being practiced against the American people than we...
View ArticleUPDATED: Battle for Khuzestan has started? (w/poll)
Two bombs hit Iranian oil cities, 6 woundedhttp://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/... Last week it was a huge Saudi oil refinery and one of the holiest of Shiia mosques in Iraq. This week starts out with two...
View ArticleHave you been Cheneyed? (w/poll)
Savage Love columnist Dan Savage is at it again. You know, the guy responsible for creating and sustaining the alternative meaning of the word "Santorum" (That frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter...
View ArticleTroll "Eden" discovered! (w/poll)
LONDON (AFP) - The discovery of a Turkish family that walks on all fours could aid research into the evolution of humans. Researchers believe the five brothers and sisters, who can walk naturally only...
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