Iraq: Everybody Up Against the Wall
Imagine lining the entire nation of Iraq up against a wall - all 26,000,000 of its citizens. Men, women, and children. Then imagine some goon walking down the line, stopping at every 1,000th Iraqi and...
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Best Father's Day gift - EVER
It's a family day, so I won't write much. When I opened my Father's Day gift from my two lovely daughters, I could see I got a shirt. I could see a tag that read "Meet the Fockers" on it, and my first...
View ArticleSanity break - brought to you by haikus
Let's face it, just about everything in the news these days sucks. So the mind races. How can I break these sickening, complex stories down to their essence? How can I be creative, and yet stay on top...
View ArticleNaked Man Spotted in White House!
FOX News - September 2, 2005, 9:23pm: Reports are pouring in from throughout the country about a buck-naked man seen strolling around Crawford, Texas, the White House, and in the hurricane-stricken...
View ArticleSusanG + $100,000,000 + Karl Rove = ???
In 1988, I bought my first car that had less than 100,000 miles on it - a two year-old Chevy Nova. I loved that little car. It got great mileage, was comfortable, looked brand new, and best of all, had...
View ArticleFanatics and Ideologues
A comment in Rimjob's There Is No Math (And You Know It), a response to yesterday's monolithic There is No God (And You Know It) caught my eye this afternoon, and has had me thinking all day. The...
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American Idiot
I was feeling creative over the weekend and put together a little video slide presentation on the Bush administration, set to a touching piece of music. I finally figured out how to get it hosted on...
View ArticleI BELIEVE you don't KNOW (and neither do I)
How's that for a confusing title? As the embers cool from the latest of the many Holy Wars here at DailyKos, I offer up some subtle thoughts on why we might drive ourselves so nuts on the issue of...
View ArticleTalking to your kids about....TORTURE
Dear Abby, Please explain to me just how the f*** I'm supposed to talk to my teenage daughter about torture. Thanks much! Confused in Wisconsin context below...
View ArticleA 10th Grader's Open Letter to Bush (w/ poll!)
I know DailyKos isn't meant to be a place to brag on your kids, but damn... As an assignment for her history class, my daughter Jennie just penned a nice to letter to Bush that I just had to share. You...
View ArticleRepublicans Propose Giving National Park Island to Military
Well, I'll be darned. The Republicans want to give away a big chunk of one of YOUR national parks so the military can have a nice quiet place to play, meet, plan wars, etc. Here's a link to an article...
View ArticleThe Road to Public Denunciations
I have been reading Richard Evans' latest book, The Third Reich in Power, and it has been morbidly fascinating. Evans is working on a three-volume history of the Nazis, and this is the second of the...
View ArticlePhotoshop: Hammer of the Nerds
Dood Abides has done it again. Another masterpiece of Photoshopping, although in my opinion his ultimate triumph occurred with this diary. I recently acquired a copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements, a...
View ArticleA Declaration of Restoration
Cross-posted on My Left Wing -- What are we fighting for? A gazillion things, it would seem - many of which we might not even agree upon. But with each new Bush administration atrocity that is...
View ArticleImpeach: The Video
Okay, maybe not THE video, but a pretty darn good one, if you ask me. Like many of you, I have felt my anger reaching a boiling point recently. The Impeach movement has really caught my imagination,...
View ArticleIMPEACH video updated
A couple of days ago, I posted a diary with a link over to a video I put together during the course of this past week. It is set to the song Runaway Train, by Soul Asylum - "wrong way on a one-way...
View ArticleIMPEACH: Now it's your turn (w/ video)
Now that even right-wing rags are pondering the possibility of impeachment, can it be long before wild accusations of treason are loosed upon the nation? I mean more than the usual number of...
View ArticleTears
One of my favorite diaries this year (so far) has been Carnacki's Tears. It is a masterpiece of putting things into their proper perspective. The diary starkly contrasts the media's fixation on the...
View ArticleF*** You, Media! [Explicit!]
Good God in Heaven. What a day it has been! I've been hanging around this place for a couple of years, and I can tell you this has been a special, special day. I'm always pissed when I come here, and...
View ArticleLike a Deer in the Headlights
The concept of guerrilla marketing that Kagro X has been advocating in his excellent IMPEACH series has captivated me from the very beginning, as have all the marketeers at the Impeach Project. Some...
View ArticleThe Declaration of Restoration II: Parchment Version
About a month ago, I had the audacity to rewrite, as minimally as possible, the Declaration of Independence to fit our current political situation. That diary can be viewed here. I think you'll agree...
View ArticleIt's 1776 All Over Again (w/ video)
Like a kid with a new toy, I continue playing with my video software. An earlier IMPEACH video that I worked on, Your Turn, has received lots of nice comments and suggestions. But yesterday, Daily Kos...
View ArticleJumpstart Some Kossack Videos
Many of you may already be familiar with the new Contagious Festival over at the Huffington Post. It's an interesting little monthly competition to see who can post the most "viral" video or other...
View ArticleBring on President Cheney! (w/ poll!)
I've seen the comment a gazillion times here, and now I see it over at the Huffington Post. "We shouldn't talk about impeachment. It will only lead to a President Cheney." Sorry, it doesn't work with...
View ArticleRepublicans Support Impeachment
This great diary by zesty grapher documented several classic quotes from Republican leaders relating to the topic of impeachment. Another diary by The Bulldog Manifesto documented similar quotes back...
View ArticlePutting Party Before Country
The more I read this article, the more depressed I get. We're all pissed at Republican fanatics putting party before country, right? We hate how they betray the very word "conservative" in order to...
View ArticleIn a Glove-free Universe, Far, Far Away
Science can produce some absolutely mind-tripping results. Like the Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum physics, originally developed by Hugh Everett. In Mr. Everett's world (well, in at least some...
View ArticleSaturday Night Fun - The Lyin' King (w/ video!)
Six hours in production, and after a budget of one wasted afternoon, I am proud to present an animated classic, sure to please progressives and piss off conservatives (and maybe the Walt Disney...
View ArticleOf Caves, Eco-terrorism, and Torture
A few days ago, my brother sent me one of those emails that we all dread, but (sadly) receive every once in a while: Someone you know has died. In this case, it was Bill. My brother and I had spent a...
View ArticleOn Iraq and our National Parks
The National Park Service is this nation's most popular federal agency. Period. What other agency is able to boast of a 96% satisfaction rate with its public? Consistently. Year after year, decade...
View ArticleStop Depending on the Culture of Corruption Meme in 2006
A top-of-the-page headline story like this one from MSNBC should send shivers up the spines of anyone who believes that Dems can win in 2006 on the "Culture of Corruption" issue alone. I don't know...
View ArticleUpdate on Barbara
Many of you may remember this diary from Daily Kos member Barbara, in which she recounted the medical problems that her sister in Wisconsin was experiencing. I received an email from Barbara today, and...
View ArticleBest Friends Forever (new video)
Well, it has been a tough week. There are many ways we can work out our frustrations. Like drinking, breaking things, or kicking the dog. Drinking causes hangovers, breaking things just leads to more...
View ArticleLessons From Chancellorsville
The giddiness of November is over, and by now I'm sure both political parties are actively strategizing for the legislative battles that surely lie ahead. For the first time in a dozen years, the...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Story: Debunked
It was a story that was custom-designed to get attention. In a press release dated December 28, 2006, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) announced that the Bush administration was...
View ArticleMr. President, Keep The F@&# Out Of My Underwear Drawer!
The list keeps getting bigger and bigger. Our president seems to declare a new previously-private domain of ours to be fair game to his prying eyes every other week. Your phones, your bank accounts,...
View ArticleMore on the George Washington Torture Quote
OneCrankyDom penned a wonderful diarythis morning that has had me thinking all damn day. He starts the diary with a quote from George Washington that I found brilliant almost beyond description:...
View ArticleDave Obey Takes on Republican Talking Points
My Congressman, Dave Obey (WI-7), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, met recently with some of his constituents to discuss current issues, including the recently passed appropriations bill...
View ArticleWHOPPERS
** This may have been attempted before. If so, please direct me to a link and if it similar enough, and recent enough, I'll delete this. ** While reading accounts of the Pat Tillman/Jessica Lynch lies...
View ArticleWas Bush Wired Today?
Since the Kerry debates, there has been speculation about whether Bush is occasionally prompted by handlers through an ear piece. TPM has a YouTube video up that shows MSNBC coverage of Bush's first...
View ArticleBush to Appease Iran!
I think that's what they call it anyway... You know, when you talk to people and stuff... Short diary, but there is a link below.
View ArticleOn Comparisons to the Great Depression
First off, just let me say that I'm not predicting another Great Depression. I doubt anyone really knows where the economy is headed, much less when the true bottom will be reached. That said, past...
View ArticleWisconsin Teacher Subverts Walker Plan
I just got off the phone with my wife. She and another Wisconsin teacher are actively subverting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's plans to demoralize and discourage Wisconsin teachers from doing...
View ArticleWhat a Wonderful World?
Imagine you were born in 1992. You're 19 years old again! Well, contain your excitement... Nearly half your life was spent under the Bush II regime. The country has been at war since you were nine...
View ArticleCool video: War Against Me
A young artist from far-northern Wisconsin continues to impress with her lovely voice and progressive views. Like so many other musicians out there, she has something to say, and isn't afraid to say...
View ArticleOld Milwaukee
So I make a quick run to a local convenience store after work to make sure I have some beers to reach for while watching - no, not merely watching, but LIVING - the election results from my beloved...
View ArticleBREAKING: CNN Recognizes a Puff Piece
A little more than a month after publishing this, CNN has demonstrated that it now recognizes a "puff piece" when it sees one. For proof, just go here. This is a glorious day for journalism, and...
View ArticleAre You F***ing Kidding Me, Rumsfeld?!?
Holy Mary Mother of God. Donald Rumsfeld, are you f***ing kidding me?!?(CNN) – Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who along with President George W. Bush helped send the United States military...
View ArticleNote To Hobby Lobby
Dear Hobby Lobby,Congratulations! You won the battle!Yes, I was very disappointed with the outcome. And yes, I think you and your "closely-controlled" company suck as much as the mostly-Chinese junk...
View ArticleCable Company Hatefest! Fun!
President Obama was in Cedar Falls, Iowa yesterday, pushing for innovative ways to create real competition for broadband Internet access. Windsong01 created this diary to discuss it, and the diary...
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