Conversation in Foolery: Qaddafi’s Quest to Tent in NY

Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi had quite a time trying to pitch his Bedouin tent in NY this week during his first visit to the United States to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. According to The Christian Science Monitor:
When traveling internationally, Qaddafi prefers to stay in his traditional Bedouin-style tent, supposedly to honor his [...]

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How Was Rep. Wilson To Know?

Cross posted from my fictional blog: Relax.Relate.Release.

After Republican Rep. Joe Wilson made his outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last night, he came out with an apology.
Because I felt like partaking in some pure foolery, my version of the night’s events are in bold. The rest is straight from CNN’s Political Ticker.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — [...]

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President Obama Doesn’t Need Anyone’s Permission to Lead

For some reason I just got extra ticked off today. It started off with the coverage of President Obama’s Back to School speech and then ended with the mainstream media’s coverage of what he “must” say during his speech to Congress on health care this week. I don’t know what’s more frustrating – President Obama [...]

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P.A.S.S. Does Not Equal National Work Skip Day

Cross-posted from my fictional blog: Relax.Relate.Release.

To: Staff
From: If You Don’t Know Who I Am By Now You Shouldn’t Be Working Here
Subject: P.A.S.S. or Parentally Approved Skip School Day
Staff:
I’ve heard rumblings that some of you are planning to keep your children home from school on September 8th because you don’t want them viewing the live feed [...]

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Why Are People Bringing Guns to Town Hall Meetings?

The presence of guns has entered the health care debate. This could easily get out of hand. And what’s crazy, is so far, the media is acting like this is OK. How do health care reform and gun rights correlate? This is disturbing in so many ways and shouldn’t just be seen as people exercising [...]

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The Public Option Is On Shaky Ground

President Obama is now saying that the public option is only a sliver of health reform. The administration is suggesting some type of co-op option instead. Err??? Where did this come from? Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the public option is “not the essential element” for reform.  Then the [...]

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Lost in Translation: Tell ‘Em Why You’re Mad Hillary!

While in the Congo this week, this moment – instead of her speaking on the sexual violence in the country – has pushed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton back into the spotlight:

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Health Care Gets Hot

In the week since the House began its break, several town hall-style meetings have been disrupted by demonstrators. These episodes have drawn widespread media attention, and Republicans have seized on them as well as polls showing a decline in support for Obama and his agenda as evidence that public support is lacking for his signature [...]

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A Teachable Moment Indeed

 

Below is a list of things I’ve learned and observed since the Henry Louis Gates Jr.* story broke last week. In no particular order:

Just as some black people are prone to call out racism without knowing the facts, so are some non-blacks to quickly ignore inequity or injustice and dismiss something as not racism or [...]

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I’d Rather Go To Canada

The commercial below was shown over and over again during CNN’s BIA2:

Puh-leaze. The United States is not even one of the best countries for health care. If some Canadians do want to go somewhere else for better treatment, the U.S. is not the better option. (See World Health Report).
“..Patients are denied [...]

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