Monthly Archives: September 2009

Would-be guv ‘MEGa Mistake’ Whitman must be taken down

Sacramento Bee photo Repugnican plutocrat and corporatocrat Meg Whitman, who is a billionaire, wants to buy the governorship of California with her personal fortune. Whitman had endorsed Mormon wingnut Mitt Romney in the 2008 Repugnican presidential nomination and supported the anti-gay … Continue reading

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Are there ANY competent journalists left?

I earned a bachelor of science in journalism, so I think that I’m qualified enough to ask that question. Recently, former President Jimmy Carter stated what those of us Americans who are intelligent and honest and sane already knew: that … Continue reading

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’9’: Been there, done that

Film review Protagonist “9” faces a “Matrix”-like foe in the watchable-enough but highly derivative animated film “9,” which bears the stamp of approval of Tim Burton, whose films “9” resembles. Hmmm. You know, maybe I can make this film review short … Continue reading

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‘Macaca’ redux

Associated Press photo Repugnican monkeyshines: Above is S.R. Sidarth, the Indian-American who in August 2006 captured Repugnican U.S. Sen. George Allen of Virginia on video calling him “Macaca,” which lost Allen his Senate re-election bid and effectively ended his political career. Today, Repugnican U.S. … Continue reading

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Memo to Miss Fake Tits: Your ‘truth’ oppresses me and millions of others

Reuters photo The devil has breast implants: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean, pictured in May, believes that God chose her to be a poster bitch for homophobia. She probably believes that God wanted her to get her breast implants, too. … Continue reading

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Ted Rall: The health-care reform ‘debate,’ in a nutshell

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My brush with ACORN, circa 2001

ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — is the community-organizing organization that the wingnuts love to hate. After all, President Barack Obama used to be a community organizer, and therefore community organizers must be demonized. (Indeed, … Continue reading

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Bin Laden: It’s all about Israel

In the past I’ve blogged that the U.S. government’s slavish support of Israel was a reason for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and I’ve had morons tell me that I was full of it. Hmmm. When the mastermind … Continue reading

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Ignore the sore losermen

This doesn’t need to be a super-long post. Really, just one phrase in a Politico news story sums it up. Of the wingnut gathering in Washington, D.C., today, organized by the likes of corporately sponsored wingnut blowhard baby-boomer asshole Glenn Beck, … Continue reading

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They hate us for our intentional ignorance

National Park Service photo from September 11, 2001 Whew. Another 9/11 anniversary has come and gone. I wasn’t going to write about 9/11, although I have plenty that I could say about it. I could relate my memories of that … Continue reading

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