Rants

When I need to vent before I kick someone.

I’ve been known to bite, too.

It’s About Damn Time

Oh, look, once again, America the Free is behind the times. By December 21st, gays will be able to–well, the UK stopped just short of saying they could marry, looks like.  But they can form recognized partnerships.  George Michaels is getting ‘married’ (that’s how they’re getting around it not quite being a wedding…) to his […]

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Should-Be Illegal Aliens

From the Washington Post (emphasis, as usual, is mine)– GOP leaders portray the tax bills — for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, affluent investors, U.S. troops serving in Iraq and taxpayers who otherwise would be hit by the alternative minimum tax — as vital to keeping the economy rolling. “Our economic policies have done the trick,”

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All Around Sucky Day

What went wrong, you ask? Oh, pretty much everything that was supposed to make the day a good one. Let’s see. Sat all day waiting for Hope’s computer to come, (I bought a secondhand Dell on eBay) because UPS said it would be here today. Guess what. It’s 1900, and no computer. Tried to start

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250 Days!

250 [censored] days worth of [censored] oil!!! On Thursday the Senate voted 51 to 48 to allow drilling in the (Alaskan National Wildlife) refuge as part of a massive budget package; this week the House is expected to take up its version, probably with identical wording. The House vote remains too close to call, but

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This Might Work…

“Nearly two years ago, President George W. Bush told NASA to help finish the International Space Station, return to the moon and then prepare for a manned space flight to Mars. “But that vision is crumbling as the U.S. space agency realizes it does not have the money it needs for the job. “NASA Administrator

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No, Really?

If I were held for three years with no lawyer, no charges, no trial, and no hope, I’d be doing just about anything to get media attention myself. Quoting from this site: CNN.com “…Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said earlier this week that the prisoners (at Guantanomo Bay–me) were on hunger strikes to get media attention…”

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There He Goes Again!

Have you seen the bumper sticker/t-shirt/coffee mug that says if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention? “Vice President Dick Cheney made an unusual personal appeal to Republican senators this week to allow CIA exemptions to a proposed ban on the torture of terror suspects in U.S. custody, according to participants in a closed-door session.

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