Archive for December, 2005

Soulless Bastard of theYear

Monday, December 19th, 2005

The winner of the First Annual Conservative Dialysis Soulless Bastard of the Year Award© was a tough choice to make. However, a last-minute entry blew all of the others out of the water. Honorable Mention: Ted Rall Good old Ted was the front runner for most of the year. His tasteless, humorless, sick, and insulting [...]

RWN: 10 Worst Quotes from the Democratic Underground

Monday, December 19th, 2005

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has published his 3rd Annual Listing of the 10 Worst Quotes from the Democratic Underground. My favorite: 7) Cronus Protagonist: “Will Karl Rove have to be suicided? Once the election fraud comes out and it’s clear Roves fingerprints are all over it, and that it leads all the way [...]

House Passes Bill Allowing Wall on Border

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Via Yahoo News: WASHINGTON (AFP) – The House of Representatives voted to build a wall along the US border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. The 260-159 voice vote on an amendment to a bill on illegal immigration “mandates the construction of specific security fencing, including lights and cameras, along the Southwest border for the [...]

Pelosi: Dems Too Divided to Take Stand on Iraq

Friday, December 16th, 2005

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday that Democrats should not seek a unified position on an exit strategy in Iraq, calling the war a matter of individual conscience and saying differing positions within the caucus are a source of strength for the party. Pelosi said Democrats will produce an issue agenda for the [...]

Liberals vs. Christmas

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Sacred Cow Burgers hits another one out of the park:

Viking’s Culpepper Charged in Boat Scandal

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Prosecutor Steve Tallen looks like he’s nabbed a real big fish up in Minnesota: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper and three other Minnesota Vikings were charged Thursday with three misdemeanors each for taking part in a bawdy boat party earlier this season on Lake Minnetonka. Culpepper, Bryant McKinnie, Fred Smoot and Moe Williams were charged with indecent [...]

Border Residents Resist Immigration Law Changes

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Border residents don’t like the idea of eliminating birthright citizenship in an attempt to curb illegal immigration: A proposal to end the automatic U.S. citizenship for any baby born in the United States has caught the attention of concerned border residents who question whether the proposal could even be enforced. The U.S. House of Representatives [...]

Fox: Border Wall Would Be Disgraceful

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Mexican President Vicente Fox is not too keen on the idea of a wall being built along the U.S./Mexico border to slow the tide of illegal immigration: Fox, speaking in Tamaulipas state across the border from Texas, said such extreme security measures would violate immigrants’ rights. “The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing [...]

Jane Fonda: Soilders Wern’t Killing Enough

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Jane Fonda, 1960′s radical and used-to-be movie actress, was recently interviewed by email by the Washington Post. In this interview, she claims to have had “secret meetings” with military psychologists”: Fonda said “Winter Soldier” shows the psychological impact of the war on service personnel: “Starting with the Vietnam War we began training soldiers differently. In [...]

Bush Takes Responsibility for Pre-War Intelligence

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

George W. Bush today showed the world why he is deserving to hold the office of President of the United States: When we made the decision to go into Iraq, many intelligence agencies around the world judged that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction. This judgment was shared by the intelligence agencies of governments who [...]

Golden Globe Nominations (YAWN!)

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

One look at the nominations for best picture, drama will tell you why nobody cares about the award shows this year: Picture, Drama: “Brokeback Mountain,” “The Constant Gardener,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “A History of Violence,” “Match Point.” Not only have I not seen any of these movies, I can’t even tell you what [...]

Tookie Gets the Needle

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Just as it was planned, founder of the Crips gang and four-time convicted murderer Stanley “Tookie” Williams was executed a few minutes past midnight on Tuesday. Williams died via lethal injection, a procedure I’m sure was a lot more pleasant than the fate of his victims over 25 years ago. He had become somewhat of [...]