15 Articles

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
CONFRONT THE FUNK, KNOCK ON A DOOR
This Saturday's, a "Million Doors for Peace" mobilization is looking for 25, 000 volunteers to knock on the doors of a million folks who have previously never been invited to join the anti-war movement.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
SATIRE: LEAK - SARAH PALIN ON GAME SHOW
(2 comments) Sarah Palin appears on "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" ... and her quiz answers go a little beyond the norm.

Friday, August 29, 2008
A Huge, Huge Mistake Obama Made In His Wonderful, Wonderful Speech
(16 comments) Obama used in his speech two lines reminiscent of Aaron' Sorkin's dialogue in "The American President?" If the Republicans aren't completely asleep at the wheel, Obama has given them a huge opening.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Why Are Senators Worried About Hurting John McCain's Feelings? To Heck With John McCain's Feelings
(7 comments) I keep hearing that Democratic senators have to hold back on blasting John McCain because "they have to work with him." Huh?! What?! Why?!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By 2011... Funny, If It Wasn't So Sad
Includes a link to a one minute film that celebrates the return of our troops... and the sentiments of a soldier who should know better.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
End the War in Iraq - A One Minute Film
A one minute film montage of U.S. Military returning home and the sentiments of one celebrated soldier who should know better... - See link within text - If you are moved, inspired, disgusted, entertained, sadly entertained, or otherwise find "Bring the Troops Home," worth passing along, please send the link along to family and friends in the progressive community

Monday, August 18, 2008
Satire: Vacation Advice for the Power Elite
(1 comments) Who needs Abkhazia and South Ossetia when there is the Beverly Hills Hotel? And, it's a great place to show off your pecs. For laughs, have a bellhop page President Medvedev and when his name is called, turn to any members of the Duma who are traveling with you and say, "who?"

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All the time? Not.
(4 comments) $500 million for Faith-Based Initiatives? Wow. Got to say, even after the last week, I didn't see that one coming. Too many Sister Souljah moments to count. What I want to see now are some more Sister Souljah moments – ones moving back to the left.

Monday, June 30, 2008
TAPPING BARACK OBAMA'S PHONE
(3 comments) Considering the math of presidential campaigning, is being disillusioned a necessary evil?

Friday, June 20, 2008
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
(5 comments) The importance of winning the White House in November, the past history of Republican campaign tactics, and the likelihood that they will be repeated this year, justifies a campaign by Barack Obama that gets down into the mud.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
SATIRE: THE LOST-CAUSE, PLEASE-GET-LOST, HALL OF FAME
(2 comments) Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination joins a select group of causes and phenomena that just would not go away, no matter how much you wished they would!

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Even More Confused About Women and Hillary
(5 comments) How can it be said that Senator Clinton is expanding the boundaries of what is possible for all women when she keeps defining her continued legitimacy by claiming working class, particularly older, white women voters will never expand theirs – i.e. will not, no never, vote for Barack Obama?

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Satire: The Inside Story Behind The Mark Penn Saga
(2 comments) In my spare time I am the top consultant in politics today and the one-man crisis management team of last resort. (I wrote, "I don't recall," for Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Prior to my coming on board Gonzalez was going to go with, "Wow, how did you guys find out about that?") Two weeks ago, Mark Penn called me, clearly despondent.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A WHITE RACIST – COMMITTED TO "A MORE PERFECT UNION"
(10 comments) A white man, committed to racial equality and unity, discusses his own bigotry.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
Getting Off the Hook on Capital Punishment
(5 comments) Eventually, due to challenges to its various components, capital punisment may be eliminated entirely. But if it ends only for that reason, and not because of a national reckoning with its full meaning, ironic as it may be, Baze v. Rees and cases like it will have let our nation off the hook in a way that cheapens our claim to being a judicious people.