It hasn’t been today all that long, but it is September Eleventh or Nine/Eleven or Nine One One or whatever it is you wish to call it. Some have referred to it as Patriot Day. This really REALLY bothers me. I’ve been thinking about it off and on since last weekend when I turned a [...]
Tag Archives: politics
Yeah, I wrote another letter…
I filled this in at the Media Matters website. They are a media watchdog organization. I like them because they are equal opportunity: They call shenanigans when there are shenanigans, whether it’s a left winger or right winger, and I like that. One of their current actions is trying to keep CNN’s Lou Dobbs from [...]
Congress: Get Involved!
I am signed up for MegaVote which tells me about what all Congress is up to and how my representatives there voted and so on. It’s very informative. They also have links for telling your reps what you think, so I hit the one to tell mine that I am against the auto bailout (I [...]
Election 08
I have to say a bunch of things on my mind right now. So here they are:
* This does not mean we are not a racist country. This does not mean there are not more people who will take a shot (literally) at him. People who are Americans.
* This does not mean we are finished. [...]
Senatorial Conflict
I live in Oregon (in case you weren’t sure). Here we are in the midst of our SUPER FANTASTIC vote by mail process, and it is so the nicest thing. I remember waiting patiently at the Grange Hall for my mom to vote, and really I like this idea better. Or at least I did [...]
Accidental Punditry
(Or: The Day Banana Lee Stayed Home and Accidentally Watched Hardball.)
At the very end of Hardball today with these two particular guests on (whose names escape me at the moment) Chris Matthews asked, “You know, every candidate for President in our lifetime has had a very succinct message if he won the Presidency: ‘Get this [...]
Where do you draw the judgment line?
Cliff Richard, who’s been making music for FIFTY years, is coming out with a book and a box set. I like some of his songs, and happened across an article talking about his book and how he refers to his “companion”. I presume they mean partner or boyfriend or husband or something like that, it [...]
The Rachel Maddow Show: First Episode Review!
I am a little biased, since she did guest host for my man Keith and I love that show. So I wanted her to do well because when she does his show I like her. She’s smart and funny, and I like to know what she has to say about things. I also like her [...]
