I wanted to write tonight about Chris Lee, the family-values touting Republican Congressman from New York who resigned today, after getting busted for soliciting sex on Craigslist, and the very real possibility that a similar fate may await John Boehner, but I got sucked into watching videos instead. I hate to admit it, but I’m […]
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Ypsi landmark figures prominently in Conan O’Brien gay joke
Posted in Media, Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bill Nickles, Conan O'Brien, corporate money, Five Cent Willy, gay history museum, get the money out of Washington, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, monologues, Most Phallic Building contest, oral history, phallic structures, phallic things, the gay, water towers, Ypsilanti water tower 9 Comments
Republican Blowout, But No Conservative Mandate
The best take on yesterday’s election that I’ve found thus far came from the folks at Think Progress. Here’s what they had to say: Riding a wave of discontent, Republicans overtook the House of Representatives by great numbers, but foundered in the U.S. Senate, where the media spotlight on Tea Party candidates like Sharron Angle […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged angry Republicans and their ideas, Bush, Bush tax cuts, Carly Fiorina, Center for American Progress, Christine O'Donnell, deregulation, election results, Eric Cantor, FreedomWorks, fucking Democrats, global climate change, inept Democrats, Jeb Bush, John Podesta, Ken Buck, mandates, Matt Kibbe, Meg Whitman, Michael Steele, middle class, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, recession, Republican platform, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, tax the rich, tea party, the hijacking of the Republican party, the plight of the overtaxed rich, Tom Donohue, Wall Street 9 Comments
The Republicans have broken their Pledge to America
Well, that certainly didn’t take long… The Republicans, as you know, came out a few days ago with something they called their Pledge to America. The idea was pretty simple – they wanted to recreate the excitement of 1994’s Contract with America, and, at the same time, reach across to that faction of the Tea […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged asshole Republicans, health care reform, hypocrisy watch, Pledge for America, shipping American jobs overseas 8 Comments