This Makes Me Furious

by David Safier Let me begin by saying I know it isn’t fair to blame the Bush administration for this veteran’s death, since things like this happened to veterans before and will continue to happen as long as we humans remain the belligerent species we are. But I don’t give a damn. I blame the … Read more

Doonesbury takes on GOP voter suppression

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think that Gary Trudeau was joking in today’s excellent Doonesbury strip?  Think again.  The Republican National Committee has set up a "vote fraud" page at its web site http://www.gop.com/ycmtu.htm, and the GOP’s media arm at Fox News has been promoting a "voter fraud" hotline (voterfraud@foxnews.com) for several weeks now.  The Raw Story … Read more

Saddlin’ Up at the McCain Ranch

by David Safier John had spent a few too many hours at the ranch with his feet up and a mug of Cindy’s beer in his hand, so he decided it was time to look over some of his other property. There’s a lot of property to visit, and John was having some trouble deciding … Read more

Clark’s “Swift” Comment

WTF? If you only listened to the commentary after the fact and the subsequent right-wing blogoviation about Gen. Wesley Clark’s comment about McCain’s military service, you would think he said something absolutely terrible about the man. What he said was that McCain hasn’t any military command experience that would be relevant to being President. Getting … Read more

The Truth About America’s Energy – Part 1

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past couple of weeks, John McCain and the GOP have been hitting the airwaves to sell McCain’s "new" energy policy.  There is nothing "new" about his policy – it is essentially Dick Cheney’s secret Energy Commission Plan from 2001.  The only thing "new" is that McCain has reversed his previous … Read more