Author: BooMan

More Hyperventilating

So, the latest collective freak-out is over the proposed discretionary spending freeze that Obama will explain in the State of the Union address and that his administration is rolling out tonight. This is supposed to a be either...

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Quote of the Day

In the category of what planet is he living on? [Sen. Bill] Nelson [D-FL], a relatively centrist Democrat, suggested that while Obama has centrist instincts, he’s allowing the party’s liberal base to exert too much...

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Casual Observation

It seems to me that the progressive blogosphere is useful to the Democratic Party and liberal interest groups because it is a free source of media counterinformation to the crap the corporate media spews out on a 24-hour basis....

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That Reminds Me…

I see they finally got around to hanging Chemical Ali. Ali Hassan al-Majid was the Iraqi official in charge of the gas attacks on the Kurds in 1987-88. These were a series of gruesome atrocities that only began to disturb the...

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Open Thread

It’s annoying that both NFL games today are being played in domes. I like my football with mud, rain, and snow. It looks like the Jets are going to come up short. They had a good run. I’d like to root for the Saints...

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