Two Sides Are Better Than One
Well the State of the Union address is over for another year. President Obama gave a very straight forward speech (except for that awful joke) and had the right mix of prose, posturing and poetic...
View ArticleHow Low Can You Know?
Oh GOP legislators – as we say in the south — “Bless their heart.” It is true that in Florida the drug testing program was halted after a few months do to a constitutional challenge, but the...
View ArticleWatch Me Pull a Rabbit Out of This Hat!
Poor Briscoe fell for the world’s oldest trick: “When you don’t know the answer, talk about something else.” It seems our media and by proxy the American public have fallen for the same trick. We...
View ArticleNostra-Dog-Mus
To be fair, the actual quote making headlines is from a Wall Street Journal Interview and it says, “We got 435 members. It’s just a slice of America, it really is. We got some of the smartest people...
View ArticleLet’s Do The Time Warp Again…
All day I’ve been watching coverage of the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney dust up over whether Stay At Home Moms work and what value that has to this election cycle. I’ve been like, “Really? Moms? Didn’t...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Secret Service
And now for this week’s “Manufactured by the Media” crisis – its the Secret Service partying and visiting prostitutes before the President showed up on Columbia. Representative Issa — fresh from his...
View ArticleThe World According to Paul Ryan
What’s wrong with Belle’s picture? A BEAGLE sitting beside a bowl of food. Beagles are natural chow-hounds, but Belle has always been kinda an odd dog, and she doesn’t pay attention to food. What’s...
View ArticleMoney for Nothing and Chicks For Free
So, after all this time, money and juicy tabloid media – John Edward’s is found “Not guilty” of legal wrong-doing (and given a mistrial on the rest of the counts). So we are left to conclude John...
View ArticleFresh Excuses…To Go
In a decision that surprised a lot of people (especially CNN) – the Court upheld the Health Care Reform act. Instantly Republicans began frothing at the idea that regular people were going to be...
View ArticleThe Lone Mar State
Now before you get all upset – remember – I lived in Texas for a long time and I know there’s a lot to love about the Lone Star State. But, there’s also a lot to be concerned about. This week Rep....
View ArticleInvestigate!
I have to admit – Investigation Discovery is one of my guilty pleasures. At least on ID the criminals are eventually caught and punished. In our political world, it’s never that satisfying. Take,...
View ArticleIt’s the Thought that Counts
I know. I’m hard to please. You’d think I’d be happy Eric Cantor and several prominent GOP leaders have stepped up to say it is wrong for the GOP to block government funding after September 30...
View ArticleHouse Bill of the Vanities
With great love for the book of Ecclesiastes, I’ve been thinking about the “vanity of vanities” all week as our government plays the blame game and our government is shut down. I’ve seen so many...
View ArticleWait….What?
No – the comic isn’t really closing. At least – I think not. Media has played a huge role in the shutdown – from the President’s speeches on TV to the news pundits battling in out. But by far the...
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