Monthly Archives: December 2009

Booman Tribune ~ Why We Blog

Booman calls out the angry hypocrites and “poutragers” who hit Obama at every turn just like they did Bush.

Actually I’d argue more so since they feel betrayed by Obama. Frankly, the president has pretty much done what he said he would during the campaign. They must have been listening to different speeches or something. After three decades of conservative presidents, having a moderate actually *IS* an improvement. I guess these clowns were expecting a revolution or something.

Actually, between Booman, Juan Cole, and Bob Cesca, I have hope for our party. The rest of the angry progressive crowd have really turned me off with their alternating revisionist Clinton history (which was pretty conservative) with their gaggle of so-called heroes: Kucinich (perfect where he is but never gonna be president), Howard Dean (whose own health care reform was more conservative than Obama’s), and so on.

Judge orders records opened in Palin custody case | adn.com

“I know that public scrutiny will simplify this matter and act as a check against anyone’s need to be overly vindictive, aggressive or malicious, not that Bristol would ever be that way, nor that I would. But her mother is powerful, politically ambitious and has a reputation for being extremely vindictive. So, I think a public case might go a long way in reducing Sarah Palin’s instinct to attack.”

– Levi Johnston, in his affidavit

God help me, but I do actually like this kid Levi. In a world full of people grasping for fame, he just kind of fell into it and is making the most of it. And now that the Palin family is trying to cut him off from his son, he’s fighting back. Not for sole custody, but for joint custody, a chance at being in his kid’s life, something Sarah “Family Values” Palin doesn’t seem to want.

Don’t get me wrong, he may be an ignorant racist from the backwoods, but if even he is turned off by Palin, the rest of the angry conservatives might want to be taking notes as to why.

Undocumented Teen’s School, Work Options Limited : NPR

I heard this story about Sam, a kid from Elkhart, IN the other day. He’s an aspiring musician in a town broken by the recession. Already he had few options. Being the son of undocumented immigrants, he has no way of getting into college.

I remember hearing his story on Latino USA awhile back. Here are part one and part two of his story.

There’s a lot wrong in this country, from racism to poverty to “compassionate conservatism”. How we treat those trying to make their way in this country outside the narrow confines of the bigoted rules we have is one of those things.

Best of luck Sam.

Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated | Epicenter | Wired.com

Yes, we’re still reading. It may not always be books – frankly, most of my news and computer knowledge comes from a screen these days – but we are still a literate culture.

Sadly, those numbers include morons who read “Going Rogue” (and seriously, I doubt 80% of the people who bought that piece of crap actually read it) and the douchebags who read Bill O’Reilly and Mark Levin hatefests. So even for those anti-intellectual nitwits, reading is reading.

Now if we can all just actually try to learn and grow as a result of the act, that would be something.

Bob Cesca: Republican Hypocrisy on Terrorism Reaches New Levels of Awful

Needless to say, Cheney is well-qualified to take an authoritative posture when it comes to terrorism. After all, he and his little buddy “kept us safe” from terrorist attacks for eight years, right? Other than the worst terrorist attack in American history, of course, along with the Anthrax Attacks, the Beltway Snipers, the thousands of terrorist attacks on our contractors and soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the attacks on our allies in London and Madrid, Cheney did a fine job keeping us safe…. Good job, Mr. Cheney!

Thanks again for telling it like it is Bob!

In the aftermath of the successful and terrible 9/11 attacks, Bush’s approval ratings shot up to 90 percent. Democrats and Republicans rallied around the president in defiance against violent religious extremism. Meanwhile, President Obama has just presided over a failed terrorist attack in which a Qaeda-doof botched a crotch rocket — the airplane landed on time and there were minimal injuries. The hijacker is still alive and is talking like Chatty Cathy doll. Yet President Obama is somehow targeted by the right as an utter failure because of it. Now imagine if there had been an attack even close to the scope of the 9/11 hijackings.

In other words, preside over the biggest terrorist attack in American history and it’s an EPIC WIN for President Bush. Preside over a failed attack and it’s an EPIC FAIL for President Obama.