Bush may have done something good

by | Jan 5, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Interesting how on the day Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode’s worst nightmare happens–Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) gets sworn in with the Koran (see earlier post "Dem busts a move?")–it’s breaking news that Bush has chosen to send as...

the rest of the axis of evil

by | Jan 8, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

While Bush is planning to "surge" us into oblivion Iraqi-style, the North Koreans are looking for a little love, too–according to ABC News, there’s activity at a nuclear test site. That’s the problem George has never gotten used to: the...

Hogzilla

by | Jan 8, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I really don’t care for politics. I’ve been up to my widow’s peak in it since 2000, but it’s only because it’s seemed necessary in a way it never was before. The whole Gore-Bush election-stealing bit woke me from my slumber, and since...

Napoleon could learn a thing or two

by | Jan 9, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

A few days ago, I wrote about the multi-step process that kicks in every time I read of a new example of Bush hubris. At that point, it was Bush’s desire to read anybody’s mail he’d like to, given "exigent circumstances," a term so vague...

Texas pigotry

by | Jan 10, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Sometimes the best you can say of my home state is that it’s got a flamboyant sense of style like few other places. In this case, even the anti-Muslim push in Katy, Texas is utterly Texan: the guy who lives next to a proposed mosque site is throwing pig races on...