It is better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corp... ....Teddy Kennedy -----------------------
“Evolution is a fact. Beyond reasonable doubt, beyond serious doubt, beyond sane, informed, intelligent doubt, beyond doubt evolution is a fact” ....Richard Dawkins
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You campaigned for them, voted for them, got them into office. Now hold their feet to the fire

Congratulations, Eugene Robinson! Well done and well deserved!

Eugene Robinson Wins Pulitzer

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Christian vs. Christianist: Oh, what a difference 3 little letters make!

Gary G. is a Christian. He is very involved in his church, reads his bible religiously (so to speak), and believes to the core of his soul that he is “saved” and will one day go to heaven and be filled with joy for all eternity.

Gary’s religious beliefs bring him a sort of peace [...]

Have you had enough?

racaulk’s brilliant idea for a 2006 Democratic campaign theme. It’s a message that can address local issues without losing its unifying qualities. Have you had enough

record gas prices while oil companies rake in record profits?
death in Iraq with no end in sight?
being treated like a criminal because you’re government has been so bad [...]

Latest Dirty Political Trick – WikiRoving

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd has been WikiRoved. So has Democratic Rep Jim Marshall.

It’s the latest – and arguably the most juvenile – trick to come out of the GOP’s bottomless bag. So contemptibly childish, it needs a new word. We hereby coin “WikiRove.”

WikiRove (v)
To stain or attempt to ridicule, defame, or destroy the [...]

New Orleans tells GOP to stick it where the hurricanes don’t blow

Saturday’s mayoral election in the Big Easy didn’t give any one candidate enough votes to win. But it sent a message loud and clear to the Republican Party.

After all precincts and absentee ballots were reported, the result will be a two-man runoff between high vote getter, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and runner up, [...]