Author: spiderleaf

This is somewhat of a response to Senator Obama, the DLC, and any Democrat who still doesn’t get it… it’s also a slice of American history which parallels our own time….

All of the below quotes are taken from “American Aurora” by Richard Rosenfeld, which tells the story of a Philadelphia newspaper from the late 1700’s whose editor was Benjamin Franklin’s grandson, Benny Bache, who was also Tom Paine’s publisher in America. The newspaper claimed that George Washington wasn’t the “father of his country”, was corrupt, and ultimately may have forced him to resign, and that John Adams wanted to be king. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison & James Monroe agreed.

[From the diaries by susanhu. Just when we think we’ve heard it all …]No, I’m not joking. CBS is reporting that “Brownie” has been re-hired as a consultant to investigate his own complete and utter...

Okay, the loudmouth part was just so I can participate in the thread… I’ve never hosted one of these before so I know I’m missing something about cookies and cognac, but we do what we can with what we have...

Dan Rather was in tears Monday night describing the culture of fear in the newsrooms now. Further proof that the corporate world rules and the big boys (Dick, Baker III, Bush) hold the cards. Money rules all. But at least some...

I have avoided the meta meta battles and opinions that have raged recently regarding “that place who shall remain nameless” because I had other things to do, but have decided, now that the fire has turned to ember,...