It used to be in the good old days, the right would wait until after Thanksgiving to start whining about the so-called War On Christmas.  But no, I’ve already received my first right wing glurge on the subject.  The email is such poorly written poetry that I won’t comment on it,… Read full post »

I touch the remote control with dread.  Will they be on?  The power flows into the television, it warms up for an instant, and then:  Aieeeee!  She’s on again!   There’s no escaping Sarah Palin.   If they aren’t showing clips of her, they&rsqu… Read full post »

Like everyone else, I have people send me right wing glurge.  I found this piece to be quite interesting.  I rather doubt that it happened, some of the account seems out of character for the people who have these beliefs.  Anyway, first the glurge as sent to me, then my commentary:… Read full post »

Disclaimer:  I have never served in the military.  My father served in World War II, my grandfather in World War I, and my great-great-grandfather in the Union Army in the Civil War.  Luckily for me, all of them came back in one peace to preserve my shot at life and luckily… Read full post »

Everybody has one.  That right-wing relative or friend who hits that forward button every time he/she gets an email with some new shocking information about Obama.  Most can be quickly debunked with a visit to snopes.com.  Of course, pointing out the fallacy usually just makes for fric… Read full post »

Mr. Obama, I voted for you happily and with 100% certainty that I was doing the right thing.  Eight years of George W. Bush had been quite enough.  I wanted to change the way Washington does things domestically and set a new course in foreign policy and restore America’s moral standin… Read full post »

Here is about the cheesiest hyper-patriotic right wing fundamentalist artwork you'll ever see:

http://mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom?artpiece_id=353#

 NOTE:  The site seems to be rather slow to load at times.  Dialup users may find it impossible.  

Anyway, on its technical mer… Read full post »

This group was formed in March 2009, not coincidentally shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama.  They consist mostly of active military, veterans, and law enforcement personnel.  Their claim to fame is the oath of orders that they will not obey, which quite naturally is in their web… Read full post »

Right wingers are quick to point out "I'm not racist, I'm just against everything Obama does".  In many cases, that's true.   Still, as a progressive I believe that there is a racial undercurrent in the anti-Obama hysteria.   Consider the racist photos allowed to linger for s… Read full post »

You know, I'd really like to read some good stuff from opposing viewpoints.  Really I would.  But what I see too much of is "Obama scares me, he's a socialist poopyhead".  Well, maybe not that exact phrase, but you get the idea.  So, if you're from the right you'd have better
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So, Obama is "dithering" on Afghanistan?  Thank you, Mr. Former Veep.  The National Association of Nearly Forgotten Words is pleased that you used one of its members.   Hearing this charge come from this man caused my irony meter to explode.   He's like the arsonist who… Read full post »

We worship Obama.  

We do nothing but play the race card.

We secretly want to force Boy Scouts into gay Islamic marriages.

We want to break into your house and take away half of your money and all of your guns.

We want to take away your job and give it to immigrants.

We want… Read full post »

Disclaimer:  Although this was inspired by a contrary blog written by a person of whom I do not speak, it should not be construed as a reply to that blog.  I had considered composing a point by point reply but I no longer post to her blogs.

I'm an American,… Read full post »

The right wing has their knickers in a twist about how Obama isn't just asking "How high?" when General McChrystal tells him to jump.  From McChrystal's point of view, I'm sure he is quite correct about how many more troops it would take to do the things that he thinks are… Read full post »

Want your school to win the BCS football championship?  Well, depending on who you are, it's either quite easy or nearly impossible.

Rule 1:  Be from the SEC or Big 12.  We all know that Alabama or Florida is going to be in the title game.  Why?  Because Florida has been #1… Read full post »

This year, my venerable HP-15C will turn 25 years old.  In that time, I have replaced the batteries exactly once.  Pretty amazing  performance considering in my younger engineering years I would use it every single day.  Unfortunately, it now has become a chore to use, since when… Read full post »

Republicans make no apologies for the harshness of their political attacks.  Sarah Palin's rallies of 2008 were little more than lynch mobs, lacking only nooses, hoods, and burning crosses.  The townhallers were not any better.  Holding up signs showing Obama as everything from a Nazi… Read full post »

Mr. Obama has won the Nobel Prize.  This, of course, has had the effect of making conservatives heads explode.   As fun as the thought of Rush Limbaugh having a conniption fit may be, the true value is the encouragement that we should take from this.  His election marked a clear b… Read full post »

Conservatives (now redefined to mean people who are perfectly OK with over 40,000 Americans dying each year because they don’t have heatlh care as long as insurance companies make their fat profits) have taken up the new sport of saying “I’m not racist, I just don’t like Obama… Read full post »

The Repubikkkan Party is showing their true colors now.  After seeing the reaction that many of them had to Chicago's failure to land the Olympics, I can only advise them to seek medical help if it lasts more than four hours.  

 So Obama had the audacity to fly to Denmark… Read full post »

A lot of people know that Glenn Beck is a liar extraordinaire, but not everyone realizes that he is completely lacking in personal integrity. 

 

Beck’s mother died in a boating accident in 1979 along with a friend when Beck was 15.  The cause of death for both… Read full post »

An old high school acquantance of mine posed an interesting question, Where Were the Liberals During the Bush Years? 

 

Where was I during the Bush years?  Same as I am now, just trying to get ahead and  juggle a house, career,  and family.  Why didn't we have tea parti… Read full post »