Goodbye, George (III)

by | Jul 10, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Let’s all celebrate independence from a man who wouldn’t listen to his people, who put profit and empire above the well-being of citizens, who thought he ruled by divine right and was above any law. The colonials were self-sufficient people who took rule...

As the Bush falls

by | Jul 12, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Watching the demise of this sad excuse for a leader is finally providing some entertainment, and at least that’s something. Having returned from a nice long weekend, I was pleased to see that Bush continues to plunge yet lower in approval numbers. This has...

Welcome to the PDR-USA (TM)

by | Jul 17, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I’ve spent plenty of time writing about the excesses of the fundamentalists, particularly the Baptist variety I was exposed to as a child. I recall that, at the time of my first long article on the convergence of Bush and the Baptists, I had some dim notion that...

Filibusted

by | Jul 19, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Where did the word "filibuster" go? Not the idea, the word. Remember when Republicans were crowing about allowing "up or down votes" on Bush’s maniac Supreme Court appointees? Remember how they were threatening the "nuclear option"...

Copyright this, coppah!

by | Jul 20, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

It would be the most brilliant prison break ever, had the plan worked. Instead, we now know copyright law is not the ticket out of the hoosegow. Courtesy of a UK newspaper, we have word of the elaborate scheme, carried out in Louisiana. It’s my favorite story of...