Almost twenty years ago, the assistant pastor of the Anchorage Baptist Temple, as a precinct chair, denied my husband and I the right to register and participate in the state Republican caucus for the ’88 election. The next day, an official of the state party called to apologize and offer to register us. Too late. We had figured out the GOP was no longer the political party we had supported. That night I went to the Democratic caucus prepared...
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Ten Post Round-Up: Mad Monday
Simmer down, back there! So the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Yippee! Hooray! I’m from Colorado, so I don’t wanna hear about the World Series, right now. I’m thinking a Ten Post Round-Up will make me a feel a whole lot better… From Signs of the Times: * Fidel Castro pokes fun at George W. Bush: HAVANA – Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro poked fun at President George W. Bush on Sunday for proclaiming “Long Live Free...
Fearing Fear and the Fear Mongers
Paul Krugman points out the dangers of fearing fear itself, as the fear mongers continue to make it a focal point in the upcoming presidential election: In America’s darkest hour, Franklin Delano Roosevelt urged the nation not to succumb to “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror.” But that was then. Today, many of the men who hope to be the next president — including all of the candidates with a significant chance of receiving the Republican nomination — have made unreasoning,...
Red Sox Rock!
Red Sox Rock! From the N.Y. Times: Boston Sweeps World Series Again Before Dust Settles on 2004 Crown They have gone from exorcism to coronation in record time. The Boston Red Sox, who fought ghosts for most of the last century, are the premier team of the new millennium. The Red Sox won their second World Series in four years Sunday, edging the Colorado Rockies, 4-3, in Game 4 at Coors Field. They are the first team to win...
’08 Watch
The weekend roundup of ’08 presidential race news makes it clear that things are heating up as the primaries draw nearer. Here’s a few of the top stories: Is Rudy a Liberal? Not. Somehow, though, Giuliani is being introduced to the rest of America as a liberal. And the people pinning the L-word on him aren’t just far-right spokesmen such as James Dobson or Richard Viguerie, to whom even the Bush administration looks squishily centrist. No, it’s supposedly objective...
Red Sox Close in on a Sweep
The Red Sox have routed the Colorado Rockies in the first 3 games of the World Series, and they are closing in for a sweep if they win game 4. Tyler kepner reports in the N.Y. Times, “Three years ago Saturday, the Boston Red Sox changed their history forever by winning the World Series.” Game 4 is Sunday night. “Mile high or sea level, these Boston Red Sox can’t be stopped.” Let’s Go Red Sox! Sphere: Related Content
John Kerry Honored for Work on Green Business Solutions
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, John Kerry received an award this week from Small Business California for his efforts to harness the power of America’s small businesses to protect the environment and help curb climate change. “I am honored to receive this award from Small Business California. More importantly, I want to thank them for all their work on behalf of California’s and America’s entrepreneurs,” said Kerry. “Small Business California’s leadership advocating for energy...
‘I Don’t Think This Place Is Worth Another Soldier’s Life’
In today’s WaPo is a must read post on “soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.” The 1st Batalion just happens to be the same Battalion of the now infamous Scott Beauchamp, who the wingnuts have virtually crucified for months in the blogosphere. Here’s a few quips from the must read of the day: Their line of tan Humvees and Bradley Fighting Vehicles creeps through another Baghdad afternoon. At this pace, an excruciating slowness, they strain to see everything, hoping...
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