tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179535872007-11-10T21:50:15.440-05:00Rev. Dr.Blogger1229125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-77051884834083912482007-04-21T20:18:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:25:25.618-04:00

Hello Everybody! Enthusiasm for Give Up Blog has diminished a bit after, well, all of our predictions came true. In the end, it's the incompetence of Republicans which has undermined them, rather than successful politicking from Democratic politicians. We believed the inevitable result of people living under Republicanism would be exasperation and contempt for Republicans. And what can we

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-56457693984658907612007-03-31T12:17:00.000-04:002007-03-31T12:20:20.093-04:00

What do they have in common? They're both similar to gay-rights protesters. "Osama Bin Laden's threat against the West is milder compared to the movements of [Soulforce founder] Mel White and others who are eating away at the vitals of a traditional society like zombies threatening to destroy traditional families," David wrote. "This is a guerilla war against traditional human marriages."

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-7637153963006285232007-03-29T13:56:00.000-04:002007-03-29T13:58:28.443-04:00

How about firing an AG at the behest of Jack Abramoff? Will that do? Before Attorneygate, there was Guam. Back in the spring of 2002, when Guam's then-Governor, Carl Gutierrez, found himself in the cross-hairs of a federal corruption probe, he hired disgraced über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff to force out the US territory's longtime acting US Attorney, Frederick Black. "I don't care if they

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-22879786050976859972007-03-27T11:35:00.000-04:002007-03-27T11:40:31.551-04:00

Thanks to Harry Reid, I actually glad Bush is going to veto the emergency spending bill (it's not like he's going to accept it anyway). Have you seen some of the crap earmarks people have slipped into this thing to make it widely palatable? Here's the worst. Senate debate began yesterday on the bill, which provides $122 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; sets a goal of March 31,

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-81360651015944714792007-03-26T13:53:00.000-04:002007-03-26T13:57:05.087-04:00

This one may be even more appealing than the prosecutor scandal because it seems to implicate Karl Rove in a violation of the Hatch act - the improper use of federal employees for political reasons. Leave it to the WaPo to dig this up for the world to see. Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the General Services Administration and a deputy in Karl Rove's political

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-57769553420661026152007-03-26T13:50:00.000-04:002007-03-26T13:51:55.765-04:00

I saw this on Friday night. Bill Maher at his best. Probably the best indictment I've heard of Bush and Cheney on a specific scandal yet.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-5195654547623102642007-03-19T00:04:00.000-04:002007-03-19T01:37:06.275-04:00

I have been alerted to this article in slate blaming the United States' high infant mortality rate on fertilization treatments and emphasis on neonatal care rather than healthcare inequality between the rich in the poor. Dr. Singhavi argues that it is these interventions, and not the absence of a single-payer health system that explains our exceedingly high rate for a developed country.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-79349106795490817442007-03-16T09:32:00.000-04:002007-03-16T13:08:01.175-04:00

They should re-title this article "Republicans don't believe in Democracy". It simply amazes me that they can oppose representation in congress of DC's citizens with a straight face while pretending to be all about spreading democracy abroad. **Update** Everyone should read the NYT opinion on the prosecutor purge today. They state, and I agree, that it is further evidence that Republicans

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-57550606675106112142007-03-16T00:09:00.000-04:002007-03-15T23:53:17.327-04:00

Rove talked to Gonzalez about the firings. Remember, Gonzalez has testified, under oath, that the firings weren't political. Now we find he was talking to the White House political adviser about it? The connection between Harriet Miers and the scandal was bad enough. This is a smoking gun. Time for Gonzalez to be convicted of lying to congress.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-54148824170581136202007-03-15T17:12:00.000-04:002007-03-15T17:16:03.536-04:00

Even the Republicans can no longer defend No Child Left Behind with a straight face. More than 50 GOP members of the House and Senate -- including the House's second-ranking Republican -- will introduce legislation today that could severely undercut President Bush's signature domestic achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, by allowing states to opt out of its testing mandates. They're

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-51896035202062101192007-03-15T16:55:00.000-04:002007-03-15T17:12:18.999-04:00

The Senate has failed to get a resolution passed for withdrawal from Iraq. Wondering why? Why LiebesBush of course. The Reid Resolution to require a troop withdrawal beginning in 120 days and with a completion goal of March 31, 2008, failed 48-50. For those keeping score at home, those opposing were the 49 Republicans and Joe Lieberman. Benedict Arnold doesn't seem mean enough an epithet

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-60146647687660360412007-03-14T21:15:00.000-04:002007-03-14T21:16:30.626-04:00

The Washington Post reports that Halcion and all prescription sleeping pills can cause "sleep-driving:" It's a more complicated version of sleepwalking, but behind the wheel: getting up in the middle of the night and going for a drive with no memory of doing so. Now, "Halcion Madness" sucks. But this new side effect may outweigh it... If only my car hadn't been smashed by a SUV, I'd be

Christag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-69601496377558679922007-03-09T16:01:00.000-05:002007-03-14T21:56:02.850-04:00

From Ritual Roasters in San Francisco.

Christag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-14891257811249194982007-03-09T11:04:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:06:23.193-05:00

Gawker tells us a little bit about a new article in the New Yorker, sadly not online, by Michael Specter talking about HIV/AIDS denialists (and calling them that). Anyone got a copy of this weeks New Yorker? I want it.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-3893403764463379222007-03-07T09:32:00.000-05:002007-03-07T09:36:48.254-05:00

This LA Times article comparing Spitzer and Schwarzenegger for me keeps the Give Up dream alive. In the face of a federal government that is still frozen in place by Republicans, a president and the minority that supports him, it's reassuring to see some are still hoping for the state-based progressive attack. But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer share more than an

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-37577218043722900342007-03-07T09:18:00.000-05:002007-03-07T09:19:34.116-05:00

Posting will be a little slow from me for about a week. Don't give up on us though, I'll be back.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-45048391653518290182007-03-07T01:11:00.000-05:002007-03-07T01:21:35.122-05:00

I love this prosecutor scandal. There are few things more clear cut than the kind of obstruction of justice going on here. You simply don't call up an AG or a US attorney and make suggestions, and then this firing is beyond belief. I have trouble understanding what the administration was thinking. Is this some kind of ploy to make us ignore an even bigger scandal? Isn't one senior official

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-36168621410974953612007-03-06T00:08:00.000-05:002007-03-05T23:43:54.293-05:00

He's still kicking ass in the senate. Now he's trying to pass a bill specifically stating that Bush does not have the authority to unilaterally attack Iran, because apparently, they won't say that isn't their plan. "On the one hand, the Administration assures us that it has no intention of launching military operations against Iran. On the other, the Administration tells us that all options

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-22456388143659501482007-03-05T11:00:00.000-05:002007-03-05T11:09:21.899-05:00

WaPo writes how since publishing their expose of the conditions at Walter Reed (which the military solved by forbidding soldiers from talking to the press), conditions at VAs across the country have been deteriorating from funding cuts from Bush and the Republicans. . Up to 40 percent of the troops fighting in Iraq are National Guard members and reservists -- "our neighbors," said Ron Glasser,

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-29413107942798042762007-03-05T10:14:00.000-05:002007-03-05T10:19:42.270-05:00

We're incarcerating 9-year-olds now as part of the war on immigrants/terrorism/decency. And what's the deal with this prosecutor mess? Gonzalez is threatening to ignore subpoenas from Democrats over it, you have really obvious political motivations for their dismissal, and Gonzalez has already lied in front of congress about it saying the removal was because of job performance, not politics,

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-79242339205144289362007-03-05T10:04:00.000-05:002007-03-05T10:14:17.963-05:00

I think I made an error in the immigration story. I can't remember now, is Dana Rohrabacher or Jim Inhofe that is the stupidest man in congress? Evidence from this Conservative Political Action Conference (where Coulter went off the deep end as usual), is that it might be Inhofe: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) got the crowd cheering early in the day. "I have been called -- my kids are all aware of

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-57765695557000573272007-03-05T09:49:00.000-05:002007-03-05T10:00:05.826-05:00

The NYT this weekend describes why those durn imgrants taking our jurrrbs again probably aren't causing economic harm. Without them, farmers need to find prisoners to do the labor. Maybe that's a sign they really aren't taking our jurrrbs? What's really pathetic is that Dana Rohrabacher (the stupidest man in congress) originally proposed this as a solution to the immigration non-problem. This

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-90029620111470235092007-03-05T09:45:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:48:58.831-05:00

Does Ashcroft's behavior as a lobbyist seem crooked to you? First we hear that he thinks the XM/Sirius merger is the worst thing ever, (I think it probably should be forbidden too). But then we hear Ashcroft offered his services to XM and Sirius first and only after he was turned down went to the National Association of Broadcasters to attack the merger. Is this actually unethical or just

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-55432325011578097512007-03-05T09:43:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:44:45.690-05:00

I love those cartoons.

Rev. Dr.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953587.post-27832773873473051122007-03-03T02:04:00.000-05:002007-03-03T02:06:39.537-05:00

Ann Coulter's intolerant quote of the year, "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I - so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards." Wow. I mean, just, wow.

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