Update from Miami Herald: GOP delays convention business due to Isaac Be careful what you pray for. Remember back in August, 2008 when Focus on the Family's Stuart Shepard asked people to pray that Barack Obama's Democratic nominee … [Read more...]
Archives for August 23, 2012
Message From God — The Sequel?
Since the GOP has so openly, loudly, and brazenly aligned itself with the most extreme, most fundamentalist, and most conservative religious elements in America, isn't it fair to ask whether the apparent targeting of Tampa during the … [Read more...]
Your moment of Zen, via Mark Halperin
From Time's Mark Halperin's imagined To-Do List for Mitt Romney (See Mitt Run By Mark Halperin - TIME): Fight Medicare to a draw--carefully. Never has a Republican campaign been as well positioned to become the preserver of health care … [Read more...]
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor “Goodwin Procter, LLP”
Hello potential clients. This is Crazy Ernie coming at you with the best representation money can buy. Do you have a pesky multi-million dollar legal problem in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? You know what I mean, the usual … [Read more...]
Pillow Talk according to Scott Brown
The Huffington Post shares the essence of our junior senator, his truck, his wife, and his ego. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/scott-brown-todd-akin_n_1824847.html?utm_hp_ref=politics … [Read more...]
Shaddowbosses: Union Swift Boating
I'm sure many of you watch Morning Joe but this morning was a foreshadowing of the Republican Noise Machine's future efforts to Swift Boat unions. Mallory Factor, a major supporter of George W. Bush and other Republicans was allowed to … [Read more...]
Trial in DDS abuse case caps two years of frustration
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Sheila Paquette's two-year quest to obtain justice in the alleged assault of her intellectually disabled brother came to a crushing end on July 30 as a jury in Falmouth District Court took less than … [Read more...]
Bloggers and Activism – Myth and Reality – BMG Canvass #DemDoors
Four years ago we did a BMG canvass. There was a discussion at the time that I thought to be worth recalling. I invited a friend, who regularly reads, and occasionally blogs on, BMG to join the BMG canvass on Sunday. This person had … [Read more...]