Moonage Political Webdream

Everywhere I turn, and I do mean everywhere, people are talking about bad times are.  This morning I was reading a nice article in Sky and Telescope about how it would be cool to have leaders who were versed and educated in astronomy.  Great concept.  Can’t argue with that.  However, I got stuck on one [...]

You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it’s almost embarrassing to listen to you. – Zbigniew Brzezinski That was Zbigniew’s response to a statement by Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe.  It was in reply to a statement by Joe regarding Yassir Arafat and the 2000 Camp David Summit.  [...]

I picked on Ms. Tubbs Jones a lot here.  It was easy.  I don’t think politically two people could be more apart.  However, I was quite shocked and disappointed to hear of her passing.  She was in her prime.  I wish her family condolences.

Here’s the story: Overweight viewers are protesting the film’s depiction of a world ruined by “doughy and lazy folk who drink liquid cupcakes and can’t even really walk.” In the film, which was fourth at the box office this weekend, Earth has been turned into a trash dump due to the Buy N Large corporation. [...]

Now, I don’t believe that to be necessarily true, I just can’t find one I think is terribly smart.  Today’s example is Thom Hartmann.  In 2005, he tried convincing people that Jimmy Carter tried to prevent the Bush Energy Disasters – 28 years ago.  Now, the reason he states this is because Jimmy gave a [...]

A lot is being made over this:   I can see why.  SOME folks in Arlington are saying they don’t think this represents their community.  The question I have is, why not?  Mayor Carmen is obviously very fit and healthy.  That folks, is a good thing.  The image I’m getting is folks in Arlington, OR, [...]

Here’s the headline: The Atlanta school board voted unanimously Monday night to ban students from wearing sagging pants that expose underwear — a youthful fashion statement deemed to defy classroom decorum. Here’s the reality: Although a fashion “statement” for the last twenty years or so, they look stupid.  They make the wearer look even more [...]

I have written a few times about Westboro Church.  They are disgusting and abusing religion in the worst possible way.  Well, one father of a slain soldier has had enough.  Albert Snyder, father of Matthew Snyder, is suing Westboro for disrupting his son’s funeral.  I am 100% in support of Albert’s lawsuit.  However, he’s an [...]

Apparently Barry Manilow decided to take a stand.  He will NOT perform on the same stage as Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Apparently he’s afraid he will suffer the same fate as Rosie.  I find this tactic kind of strange considering he performed before Hasselbeck twice last year.  He apparently stated something to the effect he felt Hasselbeck [...]

Whoopi Goldberg replaced Rosie Odonnell on The View.  Rosie being gone is a good thing because Rosie seemed to rely on rhetoric, stupidity, and generalizations as a basis for most of “the views”.  However, Whoopi’s been known to drop some stupid bombs of her own in the past.  Apparently not much has changed by replacing [...]