August 14, 2012

There are certain advertising characters who I have long thought to be gay -

the Brawny Man, Mr. Clean and Mr. Peanut.

It's very heartening for me to see Mr. Peanut referred to in a new ad as one of the most manly peanuts:

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mr-peanut-gets-manly-after-mixing-it-mens-health-139632

and shown going about such manly pursuits as blowing shit up!

August 13, 2012

" people who got Medicaid coverage were less likely to die than people who didn't."

You'd think this'd be pretty obvious, but someone had to put together a study to prove it, because

"Republicans on Capitol Hill counter that Medicaid doesn't work very well."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/13/158666943/medicaid-fight-reinvigorated-with-political-light-on-health-care

August 13, 2012

You're stuck in a room for a while -

which option do you choose to amuse yourself.

August 13, 2012

What was that spot on Ryan's flag pin on 60 minutes?

It looked like some sort of membership badge printed over the flag.

August 12, 2012

Given the amount of flip-flopping they're all doing,

shouldn't the symbol of the Republican Party be a fish?


Bonus - like a fish, the Republican Party stinks from the head down!

August 12, 2012

I find it very hard to discuss politics these days -

especially when the topic is Paul Ryan.






Try as i might, I just can't pronounce Ayn Rand properly!

August 12, 2012

Convention dates

Republican National Convention begins Monday, August 27, 2012, and ends Thursday, August 30, 2012.

Here's the Web site:

http://www.gopconvention2012.com/

(Thanks to Ptah! )

Democratic National Convention begins Monday, September 3, 2012, and ends Thursday, September 6, 2012.


Here's the web site - it's gorgeous!

http://www.demconvention.com/

August 11, 2012

Nothing wrong with being a SAHM, but it'd be nice to recognize that

most American woman don't have that choice.

August 11, 2012

Paul Ryan is a flip-flopper, too!

In 2009:

In 2012:
"‘You know you’ve arrived in politics when you have an urban legend about you, and this one is mine,” chuckles Representative Paul Ryan, the Budget Committee chairman, as we discuss his purported obsession with author and philosopher Ayn Rand.

Paul Krugman, the New York Times columnist, recently called Ryan “an Ayn Rand devotee” who wants to “slash benefits for the poor.” New York magazine once alleged that Ryan “requires staffers to read Atlas Shrugged,” Rand’s gospel of capitalism. President Obama has blasted the Ryan budget as Republican “social Darwinism.”

These Rand-related slams, Ryan says, are inaccurate and part of an effort on the left to paint him as a cold-hearted Objectivist. Ryan’s actual philosophy, as reported by my colleague, Brian Bolduc, couldn’t be further from the caricature. As a practicing Roman Catholic, Ryan says, his faith and moral values shape his politics as much as his belief in freedom and capitalism does.
I reject her philosophy,” Ryan says firmly. “It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas,” who believed that man needs divine help in the pursuit of knowledge. “Don’t give me Ayn Rand,” he says.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/297023/ryan-shrugged-robert-costa?pg=1

August 10, 2012

LCWR will continue dialogue, but not compromise mission

Source: National Catholic Reporter

ST. LOUIS -- The organization which represents the majority of U.S. Catholic sisters said Friday afternoon it would continue discussions with church officials regarding a Vatican-ordered takeover, but “will reconsider” if it “is forced to compromise the integrity of its mission.”

The statement by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents some 80 percent of U.S. sisters, came at the end of the group’s annual assembly, held this week in St. Louis.

The sisters were responding to an April 18 mandate by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that ordered the group to revise and place itself under the authority of three U.S. bishops.

Reading aloud from a prepared statement, which came after approval from the 900 sisters gathered at the assembly, LCWR’s president, Franciscan Sr. Pat Farrell, said LCWR membership wanted to use the occasion of the Vatican order “to explain to church leaders LCWR’s mission, values and operating principles.”

Read more: http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/lcwr-will-continue-dialogue-not-compromise-mission