From the realm of the radical right...
Here it is...it's now offical (kinda).From those wonderful folks that brought you Swift Boating (or how to hate your (then) favorite Democratic candidate...and like it), we have word of the first 'soon...
View ArticleIt had to happen (sooner or later)....
...although I would have preferred later.So...this is how it ends -- a victim of an economic downturn. Should I rant and rave? Probably not. Accept my fate as a matter of circumstance? Sounds...
View ArticleLooking for that bonus check?
You might wanna start here...Merrill Lynch & Co Chief Executive John Thain has suggested to directors that he get a 2008 bonus of as much as $10 million, but the battered company’s compensation...
View ArticleMy House just burned....
Well this just sucks...Got home this evening thinking that I would be spending a quiet rest of night with the Mrs...but I guess not.Electrical fires will do that...
View ArticleFReeper Follies : ZOMG!! Rush just challenged Obama to a debate!
I was doing my usual "needing a good laugh" surfing this morning, and I came across this little nugget this information.Apparently, the FReepers are jumping all over themselves at the prospect that the...
View ArticleRepublicans to GM: Declare Bankruptcy and get it over with.
Now here's the way to gain the support of the American people.Have members of the Minority Party tell the largest auto maker in the world to forget about trying to survive, and just walk into...
View ArticleMortgage modifications fail to gain traction with large banks
Large banks in America had always been resistant to change - especially change that doesn't result in an increase to the bank's bottom line (read, increasing of profits for executives and...
View ArticleForays into FReeperville (Late Night Edition)
Late nights - when all is quiet in the Dingo family household.The perfect time to spend some (quality) time looking through Red State, Free Republic, and (yes, even) Little Green Footballs. Trying in...
View ArticleGUS: AM East Coast / Midwestern Edition - My wagon needs rails.
GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting or...
View ArticleFReep-O-Rama: Reaction from the right...
Well...now that the shock factor has set in, it's a chance to see what the folks in the land of Wingnuttia are talking about on this day where Chicago lost the bid for the 2016 Olympics.THe wife and I...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Orly Taitz: Pay up.
This is one I've been following for a bit - and now we have the resolution.Orly's been trying to dodge this bullet like a large fish on a hook, stating on numerous occasions that she won't pay the...
View ArticleEgypt Liveblog - Sub Diary #24
You are in the the 24th Child Diary of the Liveblog of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising and other uprisings spreading throughout the Mideast. We stand with our Egyptian friends and their courageous struggle...
View ArticleACA under fire: The upcoming House vote to abolish the IPAB
I didn't see this diaried anywhere else on the site, so I figured I'd take a crack at it and pass the information on.Apparently this week House GOP members are scheduled to push a bill that will...
View ArticleTo have insurance, and yet have no insurance...
A few days ago, I began receiving phone calls from a collections company here locally about a doctor's visit I had to a local hospital ER back in June. Allow me to set this one up for you, if I...
View ArticleAn Obamacare conversion
I've met a lot of stout and stubborn Republicans in my travels, some of whom I am pleased to call friends. They are vehemently against Obamacare, defenders of the First and Second Amendments, and...
View ArticleStory from a shutdown
Well, here it is...the morning after "the shutdown". Our 'colleagues' on the other side of the aisle have decided that what is best for the country is to try to hold us hostage, send out ransom...
View ArticleA New Day....a new path
I'm trying to figure out how to start this diary, but I have no clue where to go. Unemployment will do that to a person. No cash in the pocket to do anything with is a serious hindrance to getting...
View ArticleWhere have we seen this before?
It was only a matter of time before the subject came up again. We all knew it would. The dog whistles are screaming; voter fraud, electioneering, ballot security. Yup, you guessed it - the...
View Article"Exclusively for White People" - Racism on display in Texas
For those of you that thought he days of Jim Crow and Segregation were dead back in the '60's with the signing of the CRA, you could be excused for not seeing this one coming.Racism has always been...
View ArticleThe Duel: An argument on the Constitution at 5 paces
After the debacle with the #47Traitors, it would seem that Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Xenophobe) has yet to learn his lesson on how not to channel Benedict Arnold.Apparently, the Senator would like everyone to...
View ArticleI am so through with MSNBC
It’s a common thread that we see running through the media during ‘silly season’; the media picks their ‘darling’ candidates, and then do everything they can to discredit others that they think don’t...
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