Three Code Words Used by Conservatives to Describe Obama, and What They Mean
People have been talking for a long time about the obsession with the supposed "otherness" of Barack Obama on the right. Talking with a friend yesterday, it occurred to me that the three main epithet...
View ArticleA Brief Rant on Voting Machine and "the Candidates Are All the Same"...
(rant on)*Here’s what I know about the conspiracy theories that “both candidates are controlled by the same Powers”, or that the elections will be stolen through mysterious machine tampering: to the...
View ArticleWinning the Invisible Vote
As always happens at the end of a high-profile election cycle, the world is a-Twitter (heh) with polls these days. Those of us who concern ourselves with such things breathlessly watch for each new...
View ArticlePredictably, the GOP is learning the wrong lessons
"We need Latinos".That's the only consensus conclusion being drawn by Republican talking heads after watching their candidates walloped on Tuesday. Seeing the Latino vote climbing steadily, GOPers...
View ArticleThe Republican Civil War is On
Months ago, when I first launched Green Dragon, I wrote a post about the implications for the future of the Republican Party of the effectiveness of the Obama campaign's critiques of Bain Capital and...
View ArticleNo, Dan Senor, it's not a "crisis in polling". It's you.
Remember when Karl Rove had "the real numbers"?Well, that was a long time ago. How about this?And honestly, who could forget this? That one was so delicious I had to watch it several times, until my...
View ArticleEVOLVE OR DIE: Environmentalism in the 21st Century
The environmental movement of the latter half of the 20th century is dying. And as a product and member of that movement, I say, not a minute too soon.Don't get me wrong. We have a lot for which to...
View ArticleObama Errs
So, those of you who have accused me of being nothing but a cheerleader for the President, hear this:I hate the proposed shift to chained CPI for federal inflation calculation. It's probably more...
View Article"Progressive"? Really?
Recently, what with all the Snowden/NSA mishegas, some of my friends have run with their prejudices to climb on the ZOMG! Spooks! Everywhere! bandwagon, and have accordingly become furious with me for...
View ArticleBob Casale of DEVO has died [CORRECTED]
I am sorry to report--having heard it through the press--that DEVO co-founder Bob Casale died suddenly yesterday.RIP, Bob. In answer to your Q, yes: you were a man.MTV online article
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