Month: October 2007

Going Up River with Al Gore

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeI cannot escape Vietnam… and I was never there. My first memory was the assassination of JFK and the memories following dealt with...

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Where is the Congressional Spine?

What did the administration buy with the resignations of Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales? Apparently, they bought a get out of jail free card. Whereas, previously, Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy had insisted he would not hold...

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Thursday Morning in a Republican District

It is a beautiful morning in western Maryland, and I sit by my window listening to the birds chirping and watching the kids waiting for the school bus. This is part of what America is all about… a day that has a bright...

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On October 17th Take the Day Off

Just a reminder: Please join a General Strike on October 17, 2007 (anniversary of the original Solidarity strike in Poland) to protest the war and the inaction of Congress to rein in the Bush administration. If you can, stay...

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Thursday News Bucket

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. – Anatole France

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