Candidate Franken

Gearing up for a possible Minnesota state senate run, Al Franken is changing his image from provocateur to politico. Will he still call Rush Limbaugh a big fat idiot?......more

Why Blogs?

With an innumerable amount of flashy, take-forever-to-load mainstream websites teeming with must-read items about pseudo-people like Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, Bill O'Reilly, and Michael Moore...why do so many bother maintaining a blog that's read by (maybe) 75 outcasts?.....more

"War on Terror" Numbers To Silence Republican Candidates

When George W. Bush made a prime-time television appearance Monday night to give a political speech -- under the guise of commemorating the five-year anniversary of September 11 -- he started right off by telling both a lie and the truth in one short sentence."Today, we are safer, but we are not yet safe," said Bush, which means he was batting .500 with the truth in just one short statement. Not bad for him. It is undeniably true that we are not yet safe, but to imply that we are safer than we were before Bush turned the world against us is demonstrably false......more

Study finds Neanderthals survived longer

The work contends that Neanderthals were using a cave in Gibraltar at least 2,000 years later than their presence had been firmly documented anywhere before, researchers said.....more

Lebanon to sue Israel over oil spill caused by war bombing

Lebanon is preparing legal action against Israel for damages over a large oil spill caused by the Israel Air Force's bombing of a power station during the recent conflict, the Lebanese environment minister said Wednesday. The spill has been described as Lebanon's worst-ever environmental disaster, and experts say it could take up to a year to clean it up.....more

PUSHING ROPE POLL: Who is the worst candidate running for the Hillsborough County Commission?.....here

Katie and Rush and the face of corporate news

There was a revealing, if unintentionally ironic, moment during Katie Couric's first week on the job as host of the CBS Evening News. It surrounded the segment called "Free Speech," which featured commentaries from invited guests. "Expressing your opinion is very American," Couric told viewers, stressing: "Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion." On Thursday night, Couric welcomed right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh who taped his 90-second contribution and took a very different tact. He suggested during his "Free Speech" commentary that the wrong kind of free speech (i.e., criticizing the war in Iraq) undermines patriotism and drags down the morale of U.S. troops. So much for CBS' attempt at a democratic dialogue......more

Quote of the Day:

Given that most polls are conducted during the day and democrats tend to be at home because they have no work ethic and prefer to collect welfare, maybe such a poll result is not so unusual.......From our very own, Vilmar @ Right Wing Howler

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The Blue Pill

Republicans tense as voter disillusionment sets in

President Bush's anemic job approval, underscored this week by the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, is a drag on Republicans almost everywhere. His rating hasn't risen above 42% in six months.....more

Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq

"[Saddam] wasn't going to attack us. He would've been isolated there. He would have been in control of that country but we wouldn't have depleted our resources preventing us from prosecuting a war on terror which is what this is all about.".......more