Archive for November 2005

The monthlies.

• Big East Sheds Dead Weight

  Upon hearing the so-called “devastating” news that the University of Miami, Boston College and hodunk-community college Virginia Tech were leaving the Big East for the likes of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim stated that the Big East had shed dead weight. And have they ever. Yes, the Big East football [...]

• Has The West Wing Screwed Us All?

  Last night’s episode of the West Wing, titled the “Live Debate,” may have screwed the cause of many liberal (and/or conservative) bloggers. Why? Because the “fake” live debate was so real, all of our talking points from here on in will just be reflections of that one West Wing debate episode. I had originally cringed [...]

• A Poem For Grandma

  I wrote this the evening of Tuesday, May 24, 2005, in a Holiday Inn Express in Santa Rosa, Calif., on a Holiday Inn Express complimentary notepad. (I used a Holiday Inn Express complimentary pen, as well.) I am posting this now as I have just recently found the (long lost) notepad… Grandma…You’ve lived throughthe Depression;You’ve [...]

• Bush Is Following LBJ/Vietnam Path

  ABC News has published some very interesting poll data contrasting Bush’s poor approval numbers with recent presidents and the apt comparison of Bush to Lyndon Johnson during the rise of the Vietnam conflict. (Unfortunately for us, our “accountability moment” has already passed; talk about an intelligence failure…) Images: ABC News

• Bush Continues To Fall In Polls

  CBS News’ John Roberts reported today that only Richard Nixon, who resigned from office in the face of certain impeachment, has suffered worse numbers at this point in their administration than George W. Bush. (Nixon’s approval was at 27%.) Image: CBSNews.com

• GOP Resorts To Priceless Tactics

  The GOP is looking at ways to cut the deficit and the first item they have come up with to cut… (no, not rolling back the wealthy-man tax cuts or a review of the defense department accounting, but…) food stamps for legal immigrants. A priceless move by an amoral diminishing majority. As reported in the [...]

• Bay Area Voter Guide

  Thanks to Governor Schwarzenegger (among others), we have a chance to celebrate (non-ceremoniously) another annual reyonthehill tradition… the Bay Area Voter Guide. Ballot Measures73 – Parental Notification – NO74 – School Teacher Tenure – YES75 – Union Political Contributions – NO76 – School Spending Limits – NO77 – Redistricting – NO78 – Voluntary Prescription Discounts [...]

• No Litmus Test Needed

  A “litmus test” is only used if a judicial nominee is pro-choice. If the nominee is pro-life, there is no need to ask for their views, therefore no litmus test is needed. The religious right wants the federal government to be involved in our daily lives. Mainstream republicans (well, most of them) claim that they [...]

• The Miers Ploy

  Immediately fllowing the news that Bush was “reluctantly” accepting Harriet Miers’ request to withdrawal her nomination to the Supreme Court, Andrew Cohen of CBS instantly opined that a great political episode had just unfolded before our eyes. Was Harriet Miers ever a legitimate Supreme Court judicial nominee, or did she step up to the plate [...]

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