Monthly Archives: August 2005

Cindy Sheehan and our leaders' poor performance

Cindy Sheehan. She reminds us what democracy is a lot about. Opposing ideas and open, passionate political discourse between those opposing ideas, especially between elected officials. Do you see any of this now on Capitol Hill? Do you see the … Continue reading

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics | 60 Comments

NARAL pulls ad and there's some other crap

NARAL Pro-Choice America has decided to pull its anti-Roberts ad due to all of the “controversy” (oh spare me–rolls eyes), which unfortunately with all of the reactionary shrilling over the ad, even by pro-choicers and liberals, has distracted just about … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Supreme Court Issues | 52 Comments

I agree….

…With what Jessica over at Bush v. Choice has to say about Senator Barbara Boxer’s statement about Roberts, and how she (Boxer) would *gasp* not vote for Roberts, if she believed that he wouldn’t support women’s reproductive rights as a … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Elections and politics, Supreme Court Issues | 4 Comments

Iraqi Women's Rights Around the Blogosphere

In the comments of Pseudo-Adrienne’s post yesterday, Asher of Dreams into Lightning posted some quotes from other blogs about the situation for women in Iraq, which I liked so much that I’m totally swiping it and posting here. A couple … Continue reading

Posted in Iraq | 35 Comments

www.hereville.com

Hey, folks, remember Hereville? It’s a comic I used to work on… Anyhow, there’s now a website – www.hereville.com . It ain’t much – as usual, I’m having a terrible time trying to control the layout elements – but at … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Whatever | 2 Comments

Is "Race Traitor" Racist? Depends on Who Says It

In an earlier thread, trying to make the case that liberals are racist, Niels Jackson wrote: If you think that liberals don’t use the term “race traitor,” you haven’t looked very hard. Try reading up on what some liberals say … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 187 Comments

In the news and blogosphere today…

…because I’m too lazy to do some original blogging (I just got off work, I’m tired damn it). Via DED Space and originally the Daily Kos, a protestor who’s being supported by the women’s peace/anti-war group CODE PINK, Cindy Sheehan, … Continue reading

Posted in Iraq, Link farms | 38 Comments

What do her tits have to do with anything?

Liberal blog Fables of the Reconstruction provides a “conservative blog taxomony.” Some of it made me chuckle (“Dean Esmay is popular among right-wingers as one of those centrists who just happen to hate liberals and Democrats”) , but his description … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc | 123 Comments

Justice Sunday returns!

On August 14, outspoken fundamentalist Christian leaders and their neoconservative wingnut political cohorts will be hosting yet another Justice Sunday–this time, Justice Sunday II. All in support of, you guessed it, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, and other judges and … Continue reading

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Supreme Court Issues | 10 Comments

Hey, there's going to be a Rent movie!

Yay! It looks like it might be a decent adaptation – they’re using 6 of the original 8 main cast members, which is a good sign. According to what I’ve read, they’ve added some new dialog and cut a few … Continue reading

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture | 18 Comments