Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Weekend Must Read comes by way of Jonathan Alter on NEWSWEEK: “What’s Not to Like?”
Alter, who had cancer a few years ago says:
I like the fact that if I lose my job, I won’t be able to get any insurance because of my illness. It reminds me of my homeowners’ insurance, which gets canceled [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Economy, Healthcare, House of Reps, In The News, OP/ED's, Obama Administration, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Did you watch Wanda Sykes “comedic performance ” at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night?
She was a hoot! Absolutely hysterical. I enjoyed every minute of it. But you know, you can’t please everyone and as usual, on cue, some people are offended. Some people think Wanda “crossed the line.” She really lit [...]
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Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Democrats, Economy, In The Blogosphere, In The News, News Media, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Jumping back in while I am waiting for my RAID drive to finish rebuilding on my computer. As I said below, due to the winter storm up here in Maine, I missed the last half of the Oscar’s last night.
I was thrilled to see that Sean Penn had won for Best Actor for his strong [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Michael Stickings
Ah, Norm Coleman… ex-Senator Norm Coleman… will the craziness never end? Will you never stop staying crazy stupid things like:
God wants me to serve.
Like you did last Friday in a radio interview. Are you really an endless reservoir of such egotistical inanity? Do you really believe you have “God” behind you, that “He” wants you [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Republicans
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Michael Stickings
Well, it could be wacko Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently called Obama anti-American (and his views “against America“) and said there was anti-American sentiment in Congress, and who has been abandoned by her own party, so crazy is she, but let’s go with Palin, the predictable choice, once again.
In an interview with chief theocrat [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, Michael Stickings
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Compliments of TPM:
God help us if this guy gets elected.
Tags: Compliments, Dazed And Confused, Dazed Confused, God, John McCain, Tpm, YouTube
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans
Posted on June 14th, 2007 by Donnie McDaniel
Country singer, Sammy Kershaw, is challenging Mitch Landrieu for Louisiana lieutenant governor, as a republican. Sammy Kershaw performed for Bush at both 2004 campaign events, and his 2001 inaugural festivities.
Country singer Sammy Kershaw announced Wednesday that he’s running for Louisiana lieutenant governor as a Republican, challenging incumbent Democrat Mitch Landrieu.
Kershaw partly lives in Nashville, Tenn., [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans, State & Local Politics
Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Stuart O'Neill
‘I didn’t just experiment…’
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Filed under: Election '08, Politics
Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
The American celebration of a day of Thanksgiving has always been special to me. One of my favorite ministers once talked about how the Pilgrams used the concept of giving thanks to focus on what was really important in life as much as to praise God or diminish their discouragement.
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Filed under: Religion, Spirituality
Posted on August 20th, 2006 by KJ
“It’s easy to believe in god
when the moon looks like this;
thin host rising low,
in the East,
tinged
with the blood of the sun.”
~~kj
Tags: Blood Of The Sun, God, Moon, Poem, Thin Host
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Filed under: Religion, Spirituality