Low IQ connection

I found this post interesting, although the lack of citation means that it’s potentially meaningless. But the graphic somehow explains a lot:

What I really identified with, though, is not the fancy chart that shows how red states tend to have lower IQs, but some of the comments posted by other readers. The fact that the majority [...]

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Hear hear

“This isn’t about yelling, this isn’t about politics, this isn’t really just about proposition 8.” This is about humanity, and those of us who don’t have enough of it.

Hear hear, Mr. Olbermann.

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Defending elitism

Oh my god, I haven’t been writing much lately. My apologies. I promise to amend the situation in the near future, but in the meantime here’s some excellent writing from Sam Harris published in Newseek:

…You can learn something about a person by the company [Palin] keeps. In the churches where Palin has worshiped for decades, [...]

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Save the Constitution

I wish there was more I could do to support Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s recent motion to impeach our so-called President. I understand why Speaker Nancy Pelosi would rather not support any action to impeach. She’s dead wrong. Mr. Bush has violated so many laws (35 by Kucinich’s account) and broken our Constitution. Do we really [...]

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Unheeded warnings: Bush knew war in Iraq was a bad idea

According to a recently disclosed report offered up by the Senate Intelligence Committee, everything that has gone wrong in Iraq — insurgency, economic chaos, the rise of Al-Qaeda — was anticipated by the CIA in 2003 and Bush knew it. Bush’s claim that he is a credible messenger because he reads the intelligence once again [...]

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Halfway between the gutter and the stars

Within mere hours of of Kenya Airways Flight 507 going down, the world knew about it. My own dashboard showed me an alarmingly large red circle in my Buzztracker, noting a major event of world news.
It’s truly amazing that we’ve reached a level of technology and information sharing that we have a near consensus-awareness of [...]

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Nobody did anything wrong…

In the latest scandalous developments from our current Presidential administration (it’s important to note the latest since so much comes so fast these days), we learn that nearly five million email messages have now gone missing. Normally that might be a nuisance but once the missing messages become the focus of an intense search [...]

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Satire worthy of Colbert

This is simply one of the most well-written tongue-in-cheek works of satire I’ve found in some time… truly worthy of The Colbert Report.
[George Bush] has worked to change his strategy and listen to all voices… We should commend George Bush not only for his courageous leadership abroad, but also here at home.
Or… is it? Could [...]

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Bush is making a better nation

I haven’t been truly excited to vote in this country’s Presidential elections since… Well, before I was born. I imagine I would have been very excited to vote for Kennedy. Unfortunately, that was before my time. Since then my strategy has been a simple one: Vote against. There is always someone that we should vote [...]

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Bush couldn’t care less…

President Bush, facing opposition from both parties over his plan to send more troops to Iraq, said he has the authority to act no matter what Congress wants. “I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I’ve made my decision. And we’re going forward,” Bush told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in [...]

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Where we stand today

Before the “war on terror” America was well regarded. We actually had an advantage in the global economy — as a global superpower that had not abused our power (at least not too blatantly) we were by and large looked upon favorably. We had a big stick, and as long as we didn’t use it, [...]

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I don’t understand…

We need to give up some of our freedoms in order to keep democracy alive and preserve our safety.
Much to my dismay, some people actually believe this (as evidenced by a conversation I had recently, from whence I borrowed this quote). It doesn’t seem to matter that “giving up our freedom” is essentially at odds [...]

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