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The polls are open! The polls are open!

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 1:58 P GMT+01

Just a quick shout-out to all my friends, family and loyal blog readership in the Hoosier State to remind them to grab their government-issued ID and “get thee to the polls” today to cast a vote that might actually have some impact for a change. This

Give Dubya props for consistency!

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 12:24 P GMT+01

I had to post this if only for the incredibly clever Absolut Vodka-esque graphic! Administration Still Purging Those Who Are Not "Loyal Bushies" The Bush administration hasn?t changed its habit of ridding itself of those guilty of independent thinkin

New Rules for distinguishing the "bitter" from the idiots

Sunday, 4 May 2008 6:56 P GMT+01

Bill Maher is bitter because "shitkickers voted twice for a retarded guy they'd like to have a beer with, and everybody else had to suffer the consequences."

The Supreme Court strikes out again

Thursday, 1 May 2008 11:19 A GMT+01

In the “most important voting rights case since Bush v Gore,” the Supreme Court validated GOP voter fraud talking points. SCOTUS stikes again! This is especially distressing to me because the case originates from my home station of Indiana, where

I'll believe it when I see it...

Sunday, 27 April 2008 6:58 P GMT+01

Turning tide in Indiana Worried about Iraq and the economy, some Republican Hoosiers are feeling blue, and may vote that way, too. (From The Boston Globe) Original Entry

Mainstream media screws Americans again

Sunday, 20 April 2008 7:43 P GMT+01

Torturers in the White House: Why Is This Story Being Ignored?

Obama administration AG would investigate Bush White House crimes

Wednesday, 16 April 2008 6:27 P GMT+01

Obama would ask his AG to “immediately review” potential of crimes in Bush White House This ALONE is reason enough to vote for him.

This onion has me crying...

Monday, 14 April 2008 6:42 A GMT+01

Two stories from the latest issue of The Onion Daily Dispatch have me in tears of laughter tonight. Here's a preview, but click the links if you have time...it's SO workth it!

Welcome to the party, people!

Friday, 4 April 2008 2:47 P GMT+01

Poll: 81 percent think US on wrong track Those of us who have been here since January of 2001 will try to sober up enough to make a tequila run, but we’re not promising anything.

Even baseball fans boo Dubya!

Monday, 31 March 2008 10:11 A GMT+01

Our illustrious ?commander in chief? was heartily booed while throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals game over the weekend. I?m thinking NASCAR fans may be the only constituency he's got lef.

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...on acid, during a nightmare, in another galaxy.

Friday, 28 March 2008 1:57 P GMT+01

“Watching George W. Bush in operation these last couple of weeks is like having an out-of-body experience. On acid. During a nightmare. In a different galaxy.”

Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie

Wednesday, 26 March 2008 1:53 P GMT+01

This may explain why they allegedly argued over her support of John Edwards.

Some things are tough to make fun of...

Wednesday, 26 March 2008 10:38 A GMT+01

“Man, it is impossible to do a satire of FauxNews, as you couldn’t write anything as stupid as what they actually report.”

My favorite Easter-themed headline so far

Friday, 21 March 2008 4:20 P GMT+01

It comes from the fab snarks at one of my favorite Gawker Media blogs, Jezebel. And it goes a little something like this: Jesus Died On The Cross So You Would Tip Your Damn Barista, Fox News

Stand by Your Man is so yesterday

Tuesday, 18 March 2008 8:26 A GMT+01

Blogger Amanda Marcotte has a great post on AlterNet calling on politicians' wives to stop making the (now traditional) humiliating TV appearance along side their cheating husbands.

Bette Porter drinks coffee...probably black, and lots of it

Wednesday, 12 March 2008 4:08 P GMT+01

I've been hesitant to update this blog for the past couple days because I know doing so will push the inspired photo of Jennifer Beals (as Bette Porter) in Monday's post further down the page.

Not making my Monday morning any easier...

Monday, 10 March 2008 1:25 P GMT+01

"The L Word" ending run on Showtime Where am I going to get my (preferably tastefully semi-naked) Jennifer Beals fix now?!! Have mercy!Original Entry

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From the cunning linguists at The Onion:

Wednesday, 5 March 2008 1:44 P GMT+01

A crippling idiom shortage that has left millions of Americans struggling to express themselves spread like tugboat hens throughout the U.S. mainland in an unparalleled lingual crisis that now has the entire country six winks short of an icicles.

Sex Toys Finally Legal in Texas

Wednesday, 5 March 2008 1:44 P GMT+01

An appeals court overturned Texas's ban (on sex toys), forcing the state to finally accept that if dildos are outlawed, only outlaws will have dildos.

Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney

Wednesday, 5 March 2008 1:43 P GMT+01

Voters in two Vermont towns on Tuesday approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for “crimes against our Constitution.”

'Bout DAMN time!!!

Friday, 29 February 2008 2:32 P GMT+01

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush’s chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

Diebold accidently releases results of 2008 election early

Wednesday, 27 February 2008 1:53 P GMT+01

I suspect this is much closer to the truth than anyone wants to admit.

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Gee, I wonder how this will impact their Yahoo take-over bid?

Wednesday, 27 February 2008 9:51 A GMT+01

The European Union is fining Microsoft Corp. $1.4 billion for charging rivals too much for software information. Microsoft must pay $1.4 BILLION to EUOriginal Entry

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Where silence is non-negotiable

Tuesday, 26 February 2008 11:50 A GMT+01

It's been a while since I've shared any Tales from the Commute, primarily because it's been pretty easy going for me lately.

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Obama security lapse sounds WAY fishy...

Friday, 22 February 2008 1:11 P GMT+01

A Texas newspaper is reporting that security details for Brack Obama’s campaign rally in Dallas on Wednesday (yes, DALLAS) stopped screening spectators for weapons over an hour before the candidate was scheduled to appear at Reunion Arena.

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