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This is one of those great memes that I rarely do for some reason. Here’s my Friday Random Ten songs (put shuffle on the mp3 player, first ten songs, no skipping): Listen on Rhapsody White Stripes – Hotel Yorba Ben Folds – All U Can Eat Joni Mitchell – My Old Man Orchestra Baobab – [...]

You’ve gotta go over to Crooks and Liars and watch Phil Donahue tear the lying liar Bill O’Reilly a new one. It begins with O’Reilly spouting invective about Cindy Sheehan and ends with Donahue’s impassioned defense of the anti-war movement and an indictment of the constitutionality of the Iraq War. Go watch. Donahue ends by [...]

So I went to hear Jimmy Carter speak at American University on Monday. It was my first experience hearing an ex-President speak, so that was cool. He was warmly recieved, and spoke for about 15 minutes, before taking 45 minutes of Q & A. For a man who has been receiving critical questions about his [...]

No, not me, well yeah, I haven’t blogged in a while, but I meant Jimmy Carter, everybody’s favorite ex-President. This is a report I’ve been waiting for a long time. The 2000 and 2004 elections proved disasterous not only for the Democrats, but voting as well. Civic engagement is a topic I’ve blogged here about [...]

For our weekly break from Bush bashing I’m going to attempt to live blog today’s San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles game. I’m out here on the West Coast visiting my grandfather so while I won’t be surrounded by Birds fans and watching on the 60 incher I will get to see my team hopefully [...]

Many people felt that George W. Bush fumbled the Hurricane relief efforts. I was one of them. Likely, you were too. I also am one of the growing number of Americans who answers “wrong track” when the CNN/Gallup folk call up during supper. To put it simply- I hate George W. Bush. Luckily, I am [...]

The President of the United States spoke today in front of the United Nations, which would normally be news, but in the Bush administration is really just an exercise in make-believe. Condi Rice of course strode in next to him and sat by his side, looking fetching in her new shoes. Reuters happened to capture [...]

From last night’s Daily Show, guest Kurt Vonnegut’s list of LIBERAL CRAP I NEVER WANT TO HEAR AGAIN: Give us this day our daily bread. Oh sure. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those wh trespass against us. Nobody better trespass against me. I’ll tell you that. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the [...]

Billmon has a great post that seeringly sums up the post-Katrina political environment. Just go read it for both a chuckle and a cynical dose of reality. For the true connoisseur of cynicism — and I’m talking about myself here — the past few days have been about as good as it gets: the political [...]

The Philadelphia Eagles campaign for the Super Bowl XL title begins tonight. Here in Iggles Nation it is the beginning of an intense, 17 week frenzy of beer, football, and near-ubiquitous E-A-G-L-E-S chants. Led by Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb, with the lethal threats of Terrell Owns and Brian Westbrook behind them, and backed up [...]