During last Friday’s Vox Populi, we were discussing how the GOP/Tea Party, assisted hugely by Fox, the MSM and corporations, has foisted this fraudulent series of racist and hateful “issues” on the nation and into our politics. Pres. Obama, being a thoughtful man of reason, responds earnestly to accusations about mosques near Ground Zero, his being a secret Muslim, etc. We arrived at a consensus that instead of this accomplishing anything, Obama’s responses merely validate... (more...)

One of Arizona’s most famous son’s is Barry Goldwater, a five term Senator known as “Mr. Conservative”. Republican Senator Goldwater launched a bid for President of the United States against Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and Goldwater was portrayed as reactionary, too right-wing and bat-shit crazy for his fights against the New Deal, unions and liberalism. He lost the election to Johnson by one of the largest landslides in history, taking down several Republicans with him. Goldwater... (more...)

It is a given that the party out of power picks up seats in the off year election. Why is that? The logic would seem simple. American voters have the patience and vision of a nearsighted 3 year old. Every two years after they have decided that they want a particular party to run the country, they conclude, “Where’s the unicorn I wanted?” and decide that the other party might have a better unicorn ranch…even though the very reason they elected the current party was their dissatisfaction... (more...)

On Saturday, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and spoke to tens of thousands of blindingly white, patriotically obese, special needs Walmart shoppers, claiming to speak for God and urging a return to the halcyon days of religious domination of our democracy which brought America such historic hits as morally justifiable slavery, the slaughter of “heathen” Native Americans, Manifest Destiny, women as second class citizens without the right to vote,... (more...)

Hi Folks, Quwhellyicquid here. Some of you may have met me over at the Huffpo. Apparently some mawd didn’t like my snark so I got canned. Hell, I had a great fan to comment ratio going too: 700 comments and 103 fans. Ef it anyway. It seemed obvious that the Huffpo had sold out to the right wing MSM right? Like how stupid is it to put up an article about Dickhead Cheney being in the hospital and not let anyone post even a passive comment about how happy that made them feel. Seriously, the sooner... (more...)

My trip in April had initially been planned as a D.C. trip, and a predominant amount of time was spent in our nation’s capital and traditionally defined Mid-Atlantic states. In a loop around these states I did make a jaunt through the Commonwealth of Virginia. When I started this series, I had not yet decided if I would do the whole thing, so if there be any lingering criticism of my title, know the following. I could have gone straight from Charlottesville to the Historic Triangle. ... (more...)

My neighbor asked me if I watched Glenn Beck. I told him I didn’t because I don’t have cable or satellite TV. Lucky for me he didn’t ask me if I wanted to come over to his house to watch Glenn Beck. If you really think about it, why would anybody want to listen to a mountebank? So today, Beck and Osarah bin Palin are in Washington at their “Restoring Honor” rally. Just whose honor are they restoring? It isn’t mine. I never lost my honor. Do they mean “National Honor?” Did the nation... (more...)

Our invaluable friend and colleague, Bitohistory, clued me into a new plugin we can use at The Planet to make posting easier and add more content to your posts. It’s now installed on a trial basis for our members to explore and for me to make sure there are no software conflicts. Giving credit where credit is due (in addition to Bitohistory!), the new software is called Zemanta and adds pictures, turns words in your posts into links, offers links to topical articles at other sites and tags... (more...)

All ye who failed to believe my last blog concerning the REAL political leanings of Arianna Huffington, please take a look at the picture she recently tweeted below. She’s on holiday in Italy, and whilst in Amalfi, just “happened” to run into an old friend and his wife. Guess who? Unexpected encounters: in Amalfi, running into Newt Gingrich and his wife (even invited him to blog about his new book) What’s the old Rod Stewart song say – every picture tells a story? She’s... (more...)

Saturday marks the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Beck and Palin may hope to hijack it but they haven’t a “prayer”. So, to celebrate the man and his powerful, historic speech, today’s theme is about hope, dreams and caring about things that matter. What else could I lead with than this? Imagine – John Lennon All you Need is Love – The Beatles Peace Train – Cat Stevens Teach Your Children Well – CSN In... (more...)