Archive for the 'anger' Category
Mukasey Confirmed in Late Night Vote
Waiting til we’re all asleep
Confirmed in the dead of night, because that way they didn’t have to listen to the protests of their constituents. What a cowardly lot. What low-down cowards. Pond scum. Dog shit.
Thank You
Thank you for messing everything up
For totally messing it up
For totally messing it up
You know you really messed it up bad
It was the best deal you ever had
So you tried to make it all better
But you came off like a bed wetter.
Thank you for forgetting everything
For trying to act so nice
For repeating everything twice
You know [...]
Iraqi Women Raped at Abu Ghraib
UPDATE
From alex in comments:
Brendan-
I don’t think those photos show an actual rape by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
I remember photos from a military rape fetish website being picked up by Al-Jazeera in ‘04 or so when Abu Ghraib broke. I think these are from the same photographer or website:
1.The uniforms are wrong- those are the [...]
Too Much Stress
I have a headache that won’t quit right now, and it’s caused entirely by too much stress. At this point I am ready to cut bait with nearly everyone I know, sell my house, and move to Montana where I can live in a shack like Ted whatever-his-name is and raise dental floss like [...]
Read More..>>Tweedleahy and Specterdum
Via Talking Points Memo Senator Pat “Enforce Subpoenas? What’s That Mean?” Leahy and Arlen “I supported habeas corpus before I voted to repeal it” Specter babble on about how they won’t give AT&T and the assholes at Verizon retroactive immunity for tapping our phones illegally.
“Blah blah blah!” “Scold scold scold!” “Flibberty floo!” “Floobity flibb!”
What [...]
A Failure to Communicate? Or a Refusal to Understand?
Sigh. My mother’s request that I invite my sister to my house for Thanksgiving has opened up a whole can of worms. Unfortunately, my father is doing his best imitation of a Democratic senator or a right-wing hack: I’m not sure which.
The issue is easy to understand: my sister threw an adult version [...]
Open Letter to the Democrat Party
Sirs and Madams:
You will note that I refer to you using the pejorative “Democrat Party”: given your recent votes to condemn political speech and citizens’ advocacy, it is clear there is nothing democratic at all about your party.
Sometimes a poem or song more effectively communicates emotion better than simple prose. I would like to offer [...]
The Democrats Coddle Crminals
I guess the GOP line that Democrats are soft on crime is actually right on the money, especially when the GOP is the criminal actor!
House Democratic leaders have decided to postpone a vote on a criminal contempt resolution against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers for several [...]
More 9/11
My son’s mom worked at the World Trade Center for an IT company. After the first plane hit, she was one of many who ervacuated the building. They loaded them all on a ferry across the Hudson and sent them across the river to Jersey, where they watched the smoke pour from the [...]
Read More..>>Not Buying It Anymore
Via Susie, Paul Krugman gets it exactly right.
Democrats will look at Gen. Petraeus’s uniform and medals and fall into their usual cringe. They won’t ask hard questions out of fear that someone might accuse them of attacking the military. After the testimony, they’ll desperately try to get Republicans to agree to a resolution that politely [...]
