Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The NJ state Republican web site was running a banner slogan saying "Obama Loves America like OJ Loved Nicole" - boy, that's the kind of political discourse that elevates the process. Who, them racist? No "oh my God, it's a scary black man!" theme there. Subtle as a flying mallet, ...
Posted in 2000 Presidential Campaign, Agenda, Campaign News, Current Affairs, Election News, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Obama, Politics, Quickie, Race, Republican, Right Wing Nut, conservative, media | 8 Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Thinking about the meaning of Independence Day... maybe I'm weird, but I've always wondered about people taking pride in something they had no part in accomplishing, whether that's who their ancestors were or winning the Revolutionary War. Maybe it has to do with confusing different definitions of the word "pride", ...
Posted in America, General, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Quickie, Rhetoric | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 30th, 2008
"The obscene vitriol on the left wing blogs really is mind-blowing. You see virtually none of this on conservative blogs."
Marlowe on Skewz
"To me, it's straightforward: Conservatives are adults, liberals are adolescences (sic). Conservatives value rational and logical discussion, liberals crave juvenile name calling."
oleneo65 on Skewz
Politics is a rough neighborhood. Stakes ...
Posted in Contributors, Democrat, General, Republican, Right Wing Nut, Weblogs, conservative, media | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
On paper, public transportation is a fantastic idea. You can move more people with less vehicles. You can move more people with less energy. You can keep less vehicles on the road, causing a decrease in emissions and pollution. And you can offer low cost transit to people who can't ...
Posted in BIO, Environment, General, Life, Taxes | No Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
We don't do a lot of "open threads" here at BIO, but sometimes it's nice to just open the gates and see where things go. As I browsed through this mornings various news sources, several topics drew my eye, so I thought I'd toss them out here for discussion. Pick ...
Posted in BIO, General, Health, Iran, Iraq, Life, Middle East, Religion, Right Wing Nut, Science | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Take a look at this video titled "Insurance Jive" - it dramatizes the way that insurance companies in California have begun making a systematic practice of illegally cancelling people's policies if they actually have the nerve to get sick; in the actual case portrayed in the video, Health Net cancelled ...
Posted in Death, Dying, Exploiting, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Health, Illness, Legal News, Miscellaneous, greed | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
In the "Too Little Too Late But Definitely Better Than Nothing" category, the House passed Representative Dennis Kucinich's HR 1258 and voted 251-166 to refer impeachment charges against George W. Bush to the Judiciary Committee.
It may get bogged down until he stumbles out of office about seven months from now, ...
Posted in Bill Clinton, Bush, Current Affairs, General, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Impeachment, Miscellaneous, President, Religion, Republican, Right Wing Nut, Senate, cheney, corruption | 17 Comments »
Friday, June 6th, 2008
A lot of John McCain's support is based on his portraying himself as a 'straight talker' who speaks his mind, damn the consequences. The truth is that he's taken diametrically opposite stances on a lot of key issues - it seems as if he says whatever he thinks his current ...
Posted in 2000 Presidential Campaign, Campaign News, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, John McCain, Miscellaneous, Politics, Republican, Rhetoric, Rove, Video and Animation, candidates, media | 5 Comments »
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
As the smoke peels
From your grill
Can you see
Our volunteers
Strung out
All over Iraq
Dug into the
Sea of sand
Or does it sting
As the dogs sear
And you cram down
Yet another beer
with nary a care
About what happens there
As the rich get
Richer still,
And you get stuck
With the bill
The war machine
Rages unencumbered
Driven, unchecked
Churning another
And another dollar bill
For ...
Posted in BIO, Contributors, General, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Military, Quagmire | 8 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Chantix has been hailed as a near miracle cure for smokers. By targeting certain receptors in the brain, it is supposed to reduce and then eliminate the pleasure associated with smoking. But apparently it can also wreak havoc on a persons mental state or cause other serious problems. And while smoking ...
Posted in BIO, General, Health | 7 Comments »
