Robert's Virtual Soapbox

(or, The Sanctimonious Professional Leftist's Blog)
May 30, 2012 03:25PM
“Hmmm. Maybe I could be induced to give Billy Boy a pass on DADT, but WTF on DOMA? I can't give him a pass on that! Sadly, I realize now that a President…”
About: Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green
May 28, 2012 06:50PM
“Yes, just as there were many factors that gave Florida to Gee Dubya in 2000 -- then-Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and her purge of "…”
About: Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green
May 22, 2012 01:19PM
“Francois: Well, let's say, accurately, that I am "'whelmed' but leaning toward underwhelmed." You are correct: It's wrong, wrong, wrong, and…”
About: When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage
May 20, 2012 06:36PM
“I don't support Barack Obama, but no way in hell will I support the Repugnican Tea Party traitors, either. If they were so concerned about the sanctity…”
About: Impeach Obama – Demand Hearings on HCR-107
May 20, 2012 06:17PM
“Julie: When I was a nurse in Arizona in the 1990s (I was a nursing assistant, then a licensed practical nurse, and then a registered nurse), I remember…”
About: When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage
May 19, 2012 06:15PM
“I lived in Arizona from my birth there in 1968 to my final exit from there in 1998. It was bad enough when I was there, but it seems to have even worse…”
About: Katherine, Kenneth & Ken: 3 Ks make KKK
May 15, 2012 06:14PM
“Well, California gives you five months to get the signatures to get something on the statewide ballot. Love Honor Cherish did a fundraising campaign pr…”
About: Jesse Jackson, et. al., seem to have evolved
May 15, 2012 09:58AM
“Well, yes, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton both are media whores. Wherever there are news cameras and a black person has been involved, they swoop in to…”
About: Jesse Jackson, et. al., seem to have evolved
May 10, 2012 11:45PM
“Ten reasons that I won't vote for Barack Obama again (in no certain order): 1) He allowed the Gulf of Mexico to fill with crude oil for three months. He…”
About: 10 Reasons Why I Will be Voting for You President Obama
May 10, 2012 10:29PM
“Obama is neither "transformational" -- for the most part, he supports the status quo -- and "leadership" is about getting in the fo…”
About: THIS is PRECISELY What TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP DOES
May 10, 2012 10:21PM
“P.S. Just visited your blog. "Transformational leadership"? WTF? Obama FINALLY endorses same-sex marriage ONLY after his delay in doing so be…”
About: Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage
May 10, 2012 10:15PM
“Obama didn't say that water is wet. He courted the LGBT vote -- hit the gAyTM quite often, indeed -- yet didn't really deliver until his fourth year in…”
About: Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage
May 10, 2012 01:16PM
“hyblaean-Julie: Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald basically shares your stance, which essentially is that it doesn't matter how or why you got there,…”
About: Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage
May 06, 2012 10:33PM
“Yes, it will come one day, but there is no reason for Barack Obama not to fight for it NOW. Nationwide polls taken over the last year or so show that ab…”
About: I am Barack Obama’s ex, too!
May 06, 2012 04:22PM
“A well-written post, but you didn't "stalk" her. Surely you use the term "stalk" with tongue in cheek, right? You didn't stalk her.…”
About: The time I was a stalker
April 29, 2012 11:51AM
“No, I blame everything on the Big Bang. That's when our nation's problems REALLY began.”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 28, 2012 03:55PM
“P.S. And if Jesus Christ were to come back, the "Christians" would crucify him all over again. I am very familiar with the mentality of the m…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 28, 2012 03:50PM
“Well, I wasn't going for ratings or for comments. I just said what I had to say. I've learned not to be too attached to the response that a piece gets.…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 28, 2012 03:21PM
“DiBi: To be sure, there are plenty of X'ers who don't have any resentment toward the boomers. This is for many reasons. One, there is the widespread Am…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 27, 2012 09:29PM
“I am way too intellectually ill-equipped to do battle with a blogger whose persona is a cat, but if y'all are going to discuss me, please spell my name…”
About: ADVICE TO OLD PEOPLE: Just kill yourself
April 27, 2012 06:08PM
“Do you really want me to answer that last question? Besides Soylent Green, I'm pretty big on the concept of Carousel from "Logan's Run"... (I'…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 27, 2012 05:24PM
“I agree. My generation should be at the height of our power. However, we've been vastly outnumbered by more than 75 million baby boomers who, since our…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 27, 2012 04:03PM
“Yet your "argument" remains that *I* should throw the first Molotov cocktail. Right... All that we Gen X'ers and Y'ers can do, really, is wait…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 27, 2012 02:52PM
“Tom, Seer, et. al.: I love being volunteered for a one-man suicide mission by people who apparently won't lift a finger themselves. Fact is, peaceful p…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
April 27, 2012 01:14PM
“P.S. The boomers ARE indeed going somewhere. It's called DEATH. Even though they think they're immortal, they are not. And they don't have as many year…”
About: Why I don’t blog for the baby boomers
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