WHEN WANABEES LIKE HOWARD KALOOGIAN FEEL THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THE KIND OF LIES, DECEPTION AND OBFUSCATION THAT HAVE BECOME THE HALLMARK OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, THEN WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT EVERY APPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN BARREL IS TRULY ROTTEN TO THE CORE!

There is an old saying; one bad apple ruins the […]

AS THE FAR RIGHT BECAME MORE AND MORE POWERFUL IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, SO DID THE INFLUENCE OF THE SNAKE HANDLERS AND TELEVANGELISTS TO WHOM THE MODERN VERSION OF THAT PARTY HAS ALWAYS PANDERED.

The year was 1968. It was the fall, and I had just returned from my honeymoon. I was home about […]

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, EMOTIONAL HOT BUTTON THAT IT IS, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT IS FRAMED, IS MORE ABOUT THE GOP’S DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MAINTAINING POWER THAN IT IS ABOUT MAKING MEANINGFUL NEW IMMIGRATION LAW.

Today, I must admit, I am sad to be an American.
Sad not because Bush is president […]

WHEN I HEARD OF THIS SCAM BEING PERPETRATED ON ALL OF US BY THESE IGNOMINIOUS BASTARDS THAT THINK THEY ARE ENTITLED TO LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH THE MONEY OF THE VERY PEOPLE THEY HAVE SWORN TO SERVE, I WAS FRANKLY NAUSEATED.

Way back in 1988, when George H.W. Bush was elected to be the 41st President […]

Dan Savage is a national syndicated sex and romance advice columnist whose weekly column, SAVAGE LOVE, is a staple of many of America’s alternative weekly newspapers.
Recently, Dan started dedicating a portion of his popular weekly column to tracking the challenges to our sexual freedoms that are being bought and paid for by some of […]

Abortion-rights supporters launched a referendum drive on Friday to overturn a South Dakota abortion ban designed to challenge the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing the practice nationwide.
A new coalition, South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, said it would try to collect thousands of signatures aimed at giving state voters a chance decide in […]

REMEMBER THOSE LESSONS OF HISTORY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. IF NOT NOW, WHEN? IF NOT YOU AND ME, THEN, WHO? IT IS UP TO US, FOR WITHOUT US, THERE MAY BE NO FUTURE.
The other night, I was sitting at home watching the news on TV when Tony Blair, the Prime Minister […]

I BELIEVE THAT THE STRATEGY OF LA COSA NOSTRA BUSH IS TO HAVE PRESIDENT NUMB NUTS DECLARE A MILITARY EMERGENCY SHORTLY BEFORE THE ELECTION OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

The great comedian, George Carlin, once did a routine on oxymorons. For those of you who don’t know, an oxymoron is a self contradictory phrase. Carlin used […]

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DUBYA INVESTS HIS IMAGINARY CAPITAL IN SELLING HIS ELECTIVE WAR
For some unfathomable reason, George Bush seems to believe that he has political capital remaining, and in typical ‘never say die’ zealot fashion, he is planning to ‘use’ this imaginary resource attempting to, once again, sell his corporation- friendly elective war to the American public.
But […]