what kind of liberal are you?

February 21, 2008 at 10:23 am · Filed under politics

and if you’re not one, what the hell is wrong with you?!

there’s a fun quiz over at www.fightingconservatives.com. my results are below. and a very interesting excerpt (the “liberal manifesto”) from daniel’s book is here in this post over at dkos.

My Liberal Identity:

You are a Peace Patroller, also known as an anti-war liberal or neo-hippie. You believe in putting an end to American imperial conquest, stopping wars that have already been lost, and supporting our troops by bringing them home.

Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com

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george and his radical islamic pals

February 21, 2008 at 10:18 am · Filed under politics

you want to talk about radical islam? try this.

and yet, saudi arabia was a key stop on little george’s recent trip abroad. by all accounts it was a reasonably successful one for him personally, replete with sword dances and expensive gifts. of course, it wasn’t quite like the old days when the saudis needed the americans and not vice versa. so when george started begging for a little break on the oil prices, the house of saud probably laughed and said “just be thankful we still funnel all of that money to the carlyle group, junior. now shut up, hold my hand and look like you’re enjoying yourself.”

because all this talk about bringing democracy to the middle east might be the dream of the neoconservatives, but to silver-spoon scum like dubya, it’s all about the benjamins. or should we say riyals.

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crossing the divide for s***s and giggles

January 10, 2008 at 5:12 pm · Filed under politics

i love this idea.

know anybody in michigan? spread the word.

help make another loser—just one of the pack—winner for a day.

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the light at the end of the nightmare

November 16, 2007 at 4:33 pm · Filed under politics

sometimes i forget just how great mark morford’s columns can be. and then he reminds me with a paragraph like this one:

It is now less than one calendar year until the next presidential election. It is less than one year until the country finally takes a deep breath and flexes its atrophied muscles and opens its bloody, Cheney-punched mouth and lets it be known to the world, to the universe, to its own numb and dejected soul just exactly how unwell it has felt, how much pain has raked its heart, lo, these past seven (eight, by then) years, by ushering in an entirely new political era, as we all exhale a massive sigh of long overdue relief that — praise Jesus, Allah, Buddha and the devil all at once — the long national nightmare of George W. Bush is finally over.

read the whole column. it’s just wonderful. what a great way to start the weekend.

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elvis has left the building

November 13, 2007 at 5:36 pm · Filed under music

but before he did, man did he put on an amazing show.

i’m talking about the once-in-a-lifetime (okay, twice. there was an early and a late show) event that happened last thursday night here in san francisco. elvis costello played live with the now-defunct band, clover, for the first time ever. why is that significant? because clover was his backing band on what is arguably one of the finest debut albums ever made, “my aim is true.” i won’t clutter this post with the details of how that all came to be; it’s documented many places, including here.

for those of us lucky enough to have been in attendance (luck plus $100), the show was nothing short of revelatory. you didn’t even have to be an elvis fan (i am) to have appreciated what was going down that night. elvis was so clearly moved by both the opportunity to rekindle a magical musical relationship after 30 years (30 years!) and to help out a dear friend’s charitable organization (the richard delone special housing project), that he gave what must have been one of the most heartfelt performances of his long and illustrious career. Read the rest of this entry »

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