Readers of this blog: I assume you have huge fans of this thing called “music.” Nearly everybody is, so, statistically, you are too. So, it is with great astonishment and pride that I make the following announcement. Every decade, if we the unwashed masses are lucky, a group of the preeminent musicians of the day gather for a kind of super music festival, the kind that is remembered and gets spoken of for generations. Festivals like Woodstock, Lollapalooza in the 90s, and Bonnaroo, which seems to have taken its place in the aughts. Now, our newly christened...
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Morning Constitutional – Thursday, 25 March 2010
Good morning folks. We got a lot of news to get through, so sit down and shut up. Here’s your morning constitutional: Republicans overnight have forced the Senate to adopt changes to at least two provisions in the health care reform fix bill, citing parliamentary issues, which would require it to be sent back to the House for approval before passage. The two provisions both are related to higher education funding. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry Skinner pending a decision to take up his appeal, which would allow his defense access to...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day – 24 March 2010
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today’s is from Thomas Friedman’s utterly uninteresting column “A Tea Party Without Nuts.” He’s wistful for centrism and smashing the two-party system. Or something. To...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Good morning, everybody. Jesse’s hoping for a reconciliation with Sandra, and James “The Anti-Christ” Cameron wants to debate Glenn “f—ing a–hole” Beck. And here’s your morning constitutional: The Senate begins a 20-hour debate over fixes to the the the health care reform bill today as Republicans try one last time to make arguments against the fixes. One often overlooked, but possibly very important, piece of the health care bill requires chain restaurants nationwide to post calorie counts for all menu items. Christian Science Monitor has an excellent series detailing the provisions of the health care reform bill....
Continue reading...Sarah Palin's late, great planet earth
The Awl yesterday had an enormously important piece by Maud Newton, “Sarah Palin’s ‘Planet Earth’ and the End Times,” in which she (Ms. Newton) uses her own experiences with the Pentecostal and Evangelical movements to decipher Sarah Palin’s recent moves, from running for vice president, resigning the governorship, to her coming documentary series, which is likely coming to the Discovery Channel. Now, perhaps Sarah’s become (or should have become, at least) irrelevant at this stage, but she likely isn’t. If nothing else, it’s a way to see other fundamentalist/Pentecostal public figures and their motivations. When Sarah Palin...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day – 23 March 2010
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today’s is from Bob Hebert’s visceral column, “An Absence of Class,” in which he laments the lack of decorum in the past year’s debate over...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Good morning, folks. Sarah has a reality show she wants to tell you about, Reese has a new beau, and Joan Jett has some advice for Lady Gaga. And we have a morning constitutional: President Obama signing the health care reform bill into law today, as Republicans vow to continue doing everything they can to kill it. Sen. Judd Gregg hopes to bring back some of that town hall anger. Tories in Britain struggle with appearances of elitism with election coming up. Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup causes rats to gain more weight, and show...
Continue reading...Photoblogging the Revolution
It was a really nice day on Saturday here in D.C, so Estes and I decided to take a jaunt around town and enjoy the sun. Apparently, a number of Tea Party activists had the same idea, so we decided to take some pictures. Below is a photo-journal of sorts of our walk around the Capitol building, where the Tea Partiers had decided to scream about the government. Approaching the rally. Estes gets a little hesitant. I say, “We didn’t bring the ring to Mordor to not enter.” I appreciate this man’s work in defending our freedoms....
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day – 22 March 2010
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today’s comes from Paul Krugman’s excellent column entitled “Fear Strikes Out,” in which he compares the opposition to health care reform to its advocates. Instead,...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Monday, 22 March 2010
Good morning, everybody. Borat got married, Rosie wants to come back, and there’s going to be a new Shel Silverstein book. Now, on to your morning constitutional: “We proved that this government—a government of the people and by the people—still works for the people,” President Obama said last night, as the House of Representatives, in a 219-212 vote, passed the Senate health care reform bill. In a separate 220-211 vote, they additionally sent a package of changes to the Senate. The Times has some details on the contents of the bill. Reuters weighs in as well. The...
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