Found this on BuzzFeed.com today
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sideshows
US Rep Addison Graves Wilson (R-SC) blurted out "you lie!" during Obama's address to a joint session of Congress regarding healthcare reform. Wilson got slapped around a little for it, and later apologized to the White House - which Obama accepted.
Wilson has since been hailed as a hero of the rightwing, and because he has declined to apologize any further, a House Resolution is being introduced that would reprimand him if passed. It appears now that The House is divided along party lines with Repubs looking like they want the typical fight - first, they'll play the victim and complain about how the mean old Dems are trampling on their rights of free expression; and when the Dems don't push it thru, the Repubs will say the Dems are just a bunch of pussies and if they can't even make a stand against the opposition party in Washington, how can we trust them to stand up to the Evil-Doers out there in the big bad world?
Ya heard it here first.
UPDATE:
Looks like The House just passed the resolution - with 10 or more Dems voting against it. I guess it's a bit of a smackdown, but I'm not sure it wasn't really about trying to gauge public response, or maybe even to pump up public support; to look tough and not be seen as getting pushed around. We'll see.
Wilson has since been hailed as a hero of the rightwing, and because he has declined to apologize any further, a House Resolution is being introduced that would reprimand him if passed. It appears now that The House is divided along party lines with Repubs looking like they want the typical fight - first, they'll play the victim and complain about how the mean old Dems are trampling on their rights of free expression; and when the Dems don't push it thru, the Repubs will say the Dems are just a bunch of pussies and if they can't even make a stand against the opposition party in Washington, how can we trust them to stand up to the Evil-Doers out there in the big bad world?
Ya heard it here first.
UPDATE:
Looks like The House just passed the resolution - with 10 or more Dems voting against it. I guess it's a bit of a smackdown, but I'm not sure it wasn't really about trying to gauge public response, or maybe even to pump up public support; to look tough and not be seen as getting pushed around. We'll see.
Projection
Pretty close to what I've been thinking for a while.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/not-racism-projection.html#more
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/not-racism-projection.html#more
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sometimes Sully Nails It
Andrew Sullivan gets it right more often than not. I do wish some of these 'journalists' would ask some simple questions when confronted with the typical blather about 'too much spending':
What do you want to stop spending money on?
Should we disband The US Coast Guard?
Do we need to shut down the highways?
Can we do without all those bothersome people in the FBI?
What EXACTLY do you want to lose?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/tea-for-two.html#more
What do you want to stop spending money on?
Should we disband The US Coast Guard?
Do we need to shut down the highways?
Can we do without all those bothersome people in the FBI?
What EXACTLY do you want to lose?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/tea-for-two.html#more
Friday, September 11, 2009
8 Years Ago Today
09-11-09
I don't much like Sept 11th. Sitting at home that day, watching the whole thing on TV - I remember being scared and confused; and then, as it all got pieced together, I remember just being really pissed off. Back then it was easy to direct it at the bad guys who hijacked the planes and caused the suffering. Since then, those feelings have morphed into a kind of overall distaste for how we've allowed the events of that day to be used to manipulate us.
I guess I could spend the rest of the year trying to think my way thru all of this in an attempt to put it into some form of meaningful language, and maybe someday I'll get it sorted out enough to do that - but for now, I have to find some satisfaction in the process of working thru it and in the understanding that resolution will come in in its own good time.
How long will it be before we see the ads on TV for the "Big 9-11 Tent Sale" down at the local furniture warehouse? WIll it be a good thing or a bad thing?
I don't much like Sept 11th. Sitting at home that day, watching the whole thing on TV - I remember being scared and confused; and then, as it all got pieced together, I remember just being really pissed off. Back then it was easy to direct it at the bad guys who hijacked the planes and caused the suffering. Since then, those feelings have morphed into a kind of overall distaste for how we've allowed the events of that day to be used to manipulate us.
I guess I could spend the rest of the year trying to think my way thru all of this in an attempt to put it into some form of meaningful language, and maybe someday I'll get it sorted out enough to do that - but for now, I have to find some satisfaction in the process of working thru it and in the understanding that resolution will come in in its own good time.
How long will it be before we see the ads on TV for the "Big 9-11 Tent Sale" down at the local furniture warehouse? WIll it be a good thing or a bad thing?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A Big Bump For Obama
09-10-09
From CNN this AM:
http://http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/10/cnn-obama-got-double-digit-post-speech-bump/
It was most interesting to watch the Repubs hafta sit there and take the beating as Obama called 'em out on some of the ridiculous nonsense they've been trying to use to scuttle reform.
From CNN this AM:
http://http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/10/cnn-obama-got-double-digit-post-speech-bump/
It was most interesting to watch the Repubs hafta sit there and take the beating as Obama called 'em out on some of the ridiculous nonsense they've been trying to use to scuttle reform.
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