When Adorable Child was very small, we lived in a teeny tiny village in upstate New York: 2,000 people, one stoplight, four churches, four bars. No doubt you’ve driven through places just like this hundreds of times.
Economic conditions in this miniscule town are rugged… partly because it’s remote, but more because the winter is […]
The phrase “you are what you eat” is generally used to describe the effects of diet on our physical health. (Turn yourself orange with carrots! Add some inches with fudge!)
But there’s a much deeper psychological application of this phrase to our world view, and how it is affected by life experiences.
For example: […]
Continuing the unhelpful theme of “just stop saying this stuff”, the RNC has chastised its terrified Tennessee representatives:
(CNN) – Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan formally denounced Thursday the Tennessee Republican Party’s use of Barack Obama’s full name in a recent press release questioning the Illinois senator’s commitment to Israel.
“The RNC rejects these kinds of […]
Earlier today someone asked “what was the point of bringing up Farrakhan? How was that any sort of controversy?”
This, right here, is how:
NASHVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Republican Party today joins a growing chorus of Americans concerned about the future of the nation of Israel, the only stable democracy in the Middle East, if Sen. […]
To say that nobody has tried to play the race card in the Democratic primary campaign thus far would be patently untrue.
But for all the accusations, I can only think of two times that the charge of race-baiting seemed to be valid: 1. When Obama’s national co-chair Jesse Jackson, Jr. suggested Hillary Clinton’s […]
Gee, Barack — when did you stop beating your wife?
Sigh…
FWIW, I’ve never seen one of these ridiculous emails. Given the sheer number of them that are evidently floating around, though, I’m guessing my machine is routinely flushing them with the rest of the electronic excrement SPAM.
(Added: Via the comments, I stand corrected. I was […]