TPM gives us this interesting news: Now this is just sad. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who has long led the conservative forces of his state, has been denied his customary position as a voting delegate to the Republican National Convention — and it’s being done by an even more conservative bunch. The Iowa […]

stillness Originally uploaded by manyfires Things have been hectic lately. I been moving my office and just haven’t had time to think, let alone surf Flickr. I sat down for a couple of minutes tonight to breath and saw this picture. Instantly I fell in love and had to post it as my daily Flickr.

FOX news discusses education in a really uneducated way “Eductaion”? Them FOX peoples have sum intellimegence.

An Iraqi spokesman reiterates the plan to have our troops out of Iraq in 2010: Will the Republicans finally accept this as the will of the Iraqi people? It doesn’t look like it. McCain is denouncing the plan and saying he knows “what the Iraqi people wantt”. This means that under Republican rule, we do […]

An appeals court has tossed out the $550,000 fine the FCC imposed against CBS for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl. I can hear the Christian right screaming now.

Is that what we say about John McCain? Read this then answer that question: “I think it’s serious. . . . It’s a serious situation, but there’s a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I’m afraid it’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation […]

Not for Obama, but for a plan Obama laid out that the right has tried to shoot down time and time again: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months. In an interview with Der […]

Yup – now he is gone again. Via TPM: ARLINGTON, VA — Today, former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm issued the following statement: “It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Senator McCain on important economic issues facing the country. That kind of distraction hurts not only Senator McCain’s ability […]

This is beyond the pale. Michael Savage said autism is “a fraud, a racket”. Here’s the clip from Media Matters: I have a 35 year old brother who is autistic and I can tell you first hand that it is far from being a fraud or racket. Those are terms best left for the idiot […]

By having one of his surrogates out there saying the “Muslims are going to kill us all“: One of John McCain’s fellow POW’s in Vietnam defended the war in Iraq, saying, “The Muslims have said either we kneel or they’re going to kill us.” In a phone call with reporters arranged by the McCain campaign, […]