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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Its own worst enemy

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It is endlessly amazing that the Obama folks always seem to manufacture a distraction to keep the public eye off their accomplishments. You won’t be hearing much about Obama signing the Financial System Overhaul Act, because the media is all atwitter about the lightning fast firing of Shirley Sherrod at the command of Andrew Breitbart. […]

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The Globe swallows Republican lies whole

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

From Today’s Globe: Senate Democrats yesterday revived an extension of unemployment benefits for 2.5 million Americans, managing to break through a GOP deadlock rooted in deep disagreements over the economy. There is not a shred of reliable evidence that the deadlock was “rooted in deep disagreements over the economy”. The deadlock resulted from a purely […]

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Run against Bush, now and forever

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Why do we on the left insist on being rational, and believing, despite all the evidence, that our fellow creatures are rational. Given that those fellow creatures appear poised to give huge gains to the Republicans as a reward for preventing the enactment of an effective recovery plan, the idea that we will fail if […]

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Biggest unarmed robbery in history

Monday, July 19, 2010

In yesterday’s Times, Stanley Greenberg, who is supposed to be on our side, gives his prescription for the Obama battle plan against the Republicans after the Democrats hand them big victories in November: The president will send up four big initiatives that have to be taken up on a bipartisan basis — or not at […]

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Groton Bank Art Show

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Just a few pictures from the Art Show on Groton Bank, held yesterday. It seemed to me, and Audrey Heard, the event’s founder confirmed, that this was the biggest show ever, in terms of exhibitors. We arrived early, and attendance seemed to be good, but it was so hot yesterday that one has to wonder […]

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Mothers Opposing McMahon

Friday, July 16, 2010

A group calling itself “Mothers Opposing McMahon” has started a facebook page and is circulating an “open letter” about the lady who wants to buy herself a seat in our house of lords. From the open letter: As Mothers Opposing McMahon, we know you don’t have to be a mom- or even a woman- to […]

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Equal sins

Friday, July 16, 2010

If any proof were needed that the Catholic Church either a) really doesn’t give a shit what anyone thinks about it, or b) is incapable of grasping the way it is perceived by others, here is that proof via (Why Evolution is True): The Vatican is preparing to update the 2001 norms that deal with […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, July 16, 2010

I actually marked this song down as a possible last week. It didn’t quite fit in with the summertime theme for last Friday, but it came to mind while I was coming up for titles. I decided that it was a go for this week since, at least the title, pretty much sums up my […]

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Political Campaigning (Republican Style) 101

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Things not to do: When you are campaigning as an anti-big government candidate, never, never actually get specific about what you intend to do. Certainly never let the victims beneficiaries of your anti-government zeal know how your policies are going to affect them. Case in point, Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who recently proposed […]

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My week so far

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

There has been very little written from this quarter lately, and that rather rambling, because I have been-not to put too fine a point on it-sick. This is a strange set of affairs for me, because I am so rarely ill that I can’t really recognize the condition. Typically I doubt my own motives-am I […]

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