Category: Political Rants

Way back in March, I preached support for a boycott of Delta Airlines, because of their participation in the TSA’s CAPPS II project. Shortly thereafter, I happily reported that the project had been suspended. Now it’s back, with good news, bad news, and worse news.

I haven’t done much political ranting here recently, mainly because I don’t see much point in regurgitating other points of view unless I can add something, or unless I find something that hasn’t gotten much media attention. But I’ve about reached the point of physical regurgitation from hearing Darryl Worley singing his nauseating “Have You… Continue reading No, Darryl, I haven’t forgotten; Have you?

Here’s another one of those stories that makes you ask “Is this guy a complete moron, or just so arrogant he doesn’t care?” A Cleveland Plain Dealer article reports: The head of a company vying to sell voting machines in Ohio told Republicans in a recent fund-raising letter that he is “committed to helping Ohio… Continue reading More Efficient Election Fraud?

Things just keep getting crazier in the White House’s attempt to whitewash their lies to the American public to wrongfully justify the shedding of American blood. Former Ambassador Joe Wilson has revealed that he travelled to Niger, at the request of the CIA, to investigate the Niger uranium story and reported back that it was… Continue reading Hang ’em, Dubya!!

I know, he’s probably both. But I’m referring specifically to his recent statement that Saddam Hussein did not allow weapons inspectors into Iraq: “And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn’t let them in.” It was an attempt to brush off the controversy about his earlier misstatements that Iraq… Continue reading Dubya: Idiot or Liar?

I received the following information from Move On, with a request to pass it on Rep. Henry Waxman has introduced legislation to create an independent commission to investigate the Bush administration’s distortion of evidence. Please ask your Representative to pledge his or her support at: http://www.moveon.org/wmdpledge/ A President may make no more important decision than… Continue reading Support our troops

I gotta love Willie Nelson. At a time when jackasses like Darryl Worley, Toby Keith, and Charlie Daniels are trying to live down to the worst stereotypes of country music with their ignorant racist warmongering, Willie has once again shown his superior class and intellect. In a statement that shows he really understands the issues… Continue reading Mamas, Don\’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be .. Republicans

Apparently, he’s the guy in charge of finding all those missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. You know, the ones that Saddam had ready to use against us at a moment’s notice, the reason we had to destroy Iraq again, the ones Dumbya keeps promising we’ll find to justify his war (and on at… Continue reading Who the hell is Stephen Cambone?

He’s not running, but maybe he should be. Email from a local activist alerted me to an article in The Nation about the recent Take Back America conference. Not surprisingly, the conference attracted a number of Democratic presidential wannabes. But, according to The Nation‘s John Nichols, “it was a non-candidate (Moyers) who won the hearts… Continue reading Bill Moyers for President?

Have you heard that name before? I hadn’t either, until I received a copy of Naomi Klein’s article comparing Rachel Corrie to another blonde American hero, Jessica Lynch. Ms. Klein tells the story so well that I can’t add anything to it. But I felt compelled to mention it here since the US government and… Continue reading Rachel Corrie