Congratulations Justice Sotomayor!

supreme court 6 August 2009 | 0 Comments

Congratulations, Justice Sonia Sotomayor!  Sotomayor was confirmed earlier today by a vote of 68 to 31-nine Republicans crossed the aisle to vote for her.
With the ascension of one “wise Latina” to the highest court in the land, I assume the rounding up and imprisoning of whites will begin any day now, so I’ll have to [...]

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Is Gay Marriage Evil?

Civil Rights, LGBT 2 June 2009 | 2 Comments

I’m thinking maybe gay marriage is dangerous for society.

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Massachusetts, Connecticut… Iowa?

Civil Rights, General Politics, LGBT 3 April 2009 | 0 Comments

Earlier today the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, unanimously, that the state’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.  Methinks the gay marriage opponents are marching against the forces of history.
I’m a little torn on this.  On the one hand, this is excellent news, and I’m always thrilled when people’s civil rights are recognized.  On the other hand, [...]

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2010 Is Still Looking Up

General Politics, Politics 31 January 2009 | 1 Comment

The GOP had to choose their new chair this past Friday. After looking at the candidates, the way the election was run, and who emerged as the winner, I’m feeling better and better about the Democrats’ political future.

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Quick Thoughts

Uncategorized 20 January 2009 | 0 Comments

I’m back from the swearing in and the parade.  I’ve taken a warm shower, but I’m still thawing out-I was standing in the cold from 4:45 am ’til 2, with only a 10 minute sit in the warming tent.  At one point, before the sun came up, I was contemplating how the PIC would compensate [...]

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Hope: The View from DC

Election08 20 January 2009 | 0 Comments

It’s 3:30 in the morning, and I’m drinking coffee before I head down to the Lincoln Memorial.  In approximately eight hours, Barack Obama will take the oath of office and America will have our first black president.  It is nearly impossible not to feel a thrill as I write those words.  How fitting and how [...]

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Obama Goes for Gamer Vote

Election08, Politics 14 October 2008 | 1 Comment

The creativity of the Obama campaign never ceases to amaze me.  Via TPM, we see that Barack Obama is now buying virtual ad space in online games:
Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we’re able to report that it is, [...]

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Jeffrey Toobin Calls Out McCain

News 25 September 2008 | 0 Comments

I don’t know what’s gotten into the crowd over at CNN, but they seem to have relearned one of the cardinal rules of journalism.  Just because the John McCain campaign says something, that doesn’t make it true.

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Someone’s Been Eating His Wheaties

Election08, Politics 16 September 2008 | 1 Comment

I don’t know what’s gotten in to him, but this sounds more like some angry member of left blogistan than Richard Cohen.  I like it!
This goes along with Cohen’s article today, wherein he realizes that John McCain is not the most perfect, honorable, bipartisan, mavericky politician in the entire world and has turned into just [...]

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