Yup… just as there’s a boat for the wicked, there’s also a boat for the good. Coming up with the list for the “good boat” just isn’t as much fun in general, but if I ever do set up such a boat, I will have to remember to save a seat for Ken Burns. Just [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Ken Burns gets a seat on the good boat
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Media, Politics, tagged Ayn Rand, Bedford Falls, FDR, Frank Capra, Ken Burns, Mr. Potter, New Deal, Norman Rockwell on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The coming extinction of protests
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Politics, tagged 1960s, Cindy Sheehan, extremists, Fox News, International ANSWER, Iraq war, protests, tea party on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tens of thousands of conservative activists, assembled loonies, birthers, deathers, tenthers, conspiracy theorists, Confederates, libertarians, militia members, haters, and opportunistic Right-wing politicians gathered on the National Mall and around the country for Saturday’s “tea party” protests, and – aside from the freak-show quality of the whole thing – one fact stood out: they were so [...]
The 86th Congress Project
Posted in History, Politics, Top, tagged Al Gore Sr, Chris Dodd, Claire McCaskill, Dick Durbin, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, New Left, Olympia Snowe, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Shirley Chisholm, Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I watched most of the coverage surrounding the death of Ted Kennedy over the past couple of weeks, and was really taken with one particular point that was repeated several times by many commentators and reporters – Are there any “giants” left in the Senate? Politico even ran a top story contemplating which sitting Senators [...]
