I don’t want to sound like an advertisement, but I am sick and tired of the folks in Washington that so blithely throw away our liberties and rights, including the right to redress when the government via corporations invades your privacy through illegal wiretapping. But, I’m not the only one. Some of the brightest bloggers [...]
Archive for August 8th, 2008
Strange Bedfellows/Accountability Now Money Bomb
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Criminality, Government, tagged Accountability Now, Criminality, FISA, illegal wiretapping, Washington on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Real People Think Things Through
Posted in Energy, Government, tagged Energy, GOP, offshore drilling, oil, party of stupid on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m crediting Krugman for that title. His column today has given any number of great post titles, such as The Party of Stupid, The (GOP) Politics of Stupidity to name a couple of others. But, let’s not get stuck on the great ideas for post-titles. The actual column has a lot to say on the [...]
A Few Notes on TN’s Voting Results
Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged general election, pathetic, primary, Tennessee, voting on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
n local and statewide election news, yesterday was TN’s primary/general election for a number of seats. One of the most nasty races took place in TN’s 9th district, Steve Cohen v Nikki Tinker for US Representative, which Cohen won handily.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) overwhelmingly defeated attorney Nikki Tinker in a racially-charged Democratic primary in Memphis [...]





