Monthly Archives: August 2012

Tom Morello: ‘Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against’ | Music News | Rolling Stone

There really aren’t enough words to properly describe how clueless the GOP ticket really is. So, while short of the mark in some ways, let’s just let Tom Morello explain what an idiot Paul Ryan is to say Rage Against the Machine is his favorite band.

I mean anyone with just a random glance at their lyrics would know they have nothing in common with some Randian ghoul who wants to set old people out in the cold to die.

Bill Moyers: In Paul Ryan, The Right at Last Has Their Man | News & Notes, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com

You don’t have to like Paul Ryan. You certainly do not have to vote for him. But Moyers is right, he’s probably the most honest candidate on a presidential ticket of their’s since Barry Goldwater.

Which is probably awful news in that our nation has sunk this low, but given the ties to cretins like Rep. Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akins, it paints a full picture of the modern Republican Party.

Lonely outpost marks US-Dakota War’s start | Minnesota Public Radio News

I have probably learned more about the Dakota War in the past week than I have throughout my life merely by listening to the radio.

There have not been any punches pulled in the telling of the tale and that is important. History can be ugly, each side can be just as guilty of atrocities. It is important to remember that, especially in a place where “my country, right or wrong” seems to rule the day.