Category Archives: lefty propaganda

The right is all a-twitter about “civility” these days—despite the VP telling a Senator to go fuck himself, which made him “feel better”—and part of that means not calling the president bad words like “liar.” That’s “negative” and “pessimistic.” We’re … Continue reading →

Clinton’s book is out, and reaction is what you’d expect. Conservatives are frothing at the mouth with all the same deranged theories. The shallow, lazy national media is obsessed with his penis and reacts with offense to the fact that … Continue reading →

From the L.A. Times: A group of 26 former senior diplomats and military officials, several appointed to key positions by Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, plans to issue a joint statement this week arguing that President George … Continue reading →

Here’s an article about how hybrid cars are hot in Seattle, which just goes to demonstrate once again that I live in a bubble of progressive thought, and I like it that way.

The Fresh Bilge blog reprints a letter to the editor from the mother of a gay boy in Vermont who is sick of hearing those so concerned about “family” tear hers apart. It is a sobering and powerful piece of … Continue reading →

One of the most significant but least publicized stories in the country today is the increasing skewing of the tax code in favor of the extremely rich. Taxes have gotten more and more regressive, to the point that the lower … Continue reading →

I don’t know how I never noticed it before, but I recently stumbled across an uncommonly good website: billmon.org. It’s a blog, but the entries are, in my limited experience, longer and more substantive than most. In particular, check out this entry on the history of the struggles between realists and neocons in the Republican establishment, and this follow-up on what exactly constitutes a neocon. Continue reading →

Lefties are fond of calling Bush a “radical conservative,” complaining that he was (not) elected under dodgy circumstances but has nonetheless governed from the far right. Conservatives protest in response that Bush has raised government spending and indeed, with the passage of the Medicare bill, created the first new federal entitlement in a quarter-century. This demonstrates that he is (depending on the conservative) either a “moderate” or a betrayer of the right.

Both sides have a point in this confused debate. Continue reading →

There is much to be depressed about these days, with the country drifting seemingly irrevocably toward militarism, classism, and really stupid reality TV shows. However, there’s one issue that pleases me to no end, and that’s homosexuality. Every new development regarding homosexuality, like the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, or the Episcopal church’s election of a gay bishop, causes me to chuckle with glee. I feel hope and optimism about homosexuality. Yay for homosexuality! Hooray for gay! Continue reading →

As anyone who has been paying attention knows, the Bush administration is heavily leveraged. I mean Enron-style leveraged: they’ve gotten by so far purely on promises and public relations. They have no accomplishments to point to: the economy is in the tank, the deficit is huge, homeland security is under-funded, our international credibility is in the toilet, Afghanistan is reverting to tribal rule, and Iraq is a mess. Their support hangs entirely on trust: trust that things are going to get better, and that they are telling us the truth. As Enron found out, when you’re heavily leveraged, one small tremor can bring the whole enterprise tumbling down.

For the Bush administration, that tremor might finally be here. Continue reading →