Monthly Archives: April 2011

Nonverbal communication on the House floor

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

A little nonverbal communication from  Joe Crowley (D-NY) , who delivered a one-minute on the House floor. Thanks to Skewriter for posting this on her blog, November Fifth.

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Friday Night Concert Clip: Glenn Hughes/Joe Bonomassa “Medusa”

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Former child prodigy Joe Bonomassa cut his teeth on blues/rock, playing Stevie Ray Vaughn licks by age 7. B.B. King heard him early and was bowled over. By the time he was 12, Bonomassa was opening B.B. King shows, subsequently touring with Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Robert Cray, Stephen Stills, Joe Cocker, Gregg Allman and in 2009 played a stunner of a show at London’s Royal Albert Hall with special guest Eric Clapton. Continue reading →

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Priestly Pedophiles: The Devil didn’t make them do it, it was the ‘homos’

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Catholic Priests accused of pedophilia were lured into their immoral acts by gays who now accuse them of deviant behavior. The victims weren’t victimized at all. In fact, they were the aggressors. _______________ Oh, and the reason the Catholic Church … Continue reading →

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Despite Deep Cuts, Defense Spending Deepens

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Many of us watched in disgust the ministrations of our lawmakers as they preened, lied, cried, threatened, insulted one another and worst of all, showed their unbridled contempt for America as conservatives promised to shut down its government. The Tea … Continue reading →

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Poll: Nearly half of Mississippi Republicans would outlaw interracial marriage

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Mississippi first etched itself into my psyche as a focal point of the American Civil Rights Movement, in which racist whites fought long and hard to thwart progress, seemingly denying the outcome of the American Civil War; terrorizing, murdering and blocking any and all effort to drag it, scratching and clawing into compliance with national law, including America’s founding documents. Continue reading →

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American Exceptionalism: Manifest Destiny for Shitbirds

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

National elitism is a crock of shit. We are no better than the best and no worse than the worst among us. The same is true across the planet. The thing about exceptionalism that few of its adherents recognize is that when one is truly exceptional, he or she need not announce it to the rest of the world. Continue reading →

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Friday Night Concert Clip: Clark Terry, “Mumbles,” etc.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I love rock music. Raised on symphonic, classical and big band, my musical rebellion was fueled by rock. Like most of my generation, upon reaching my teens, I eschewed “serious” music for the sorcery of simpler composition; loud, amplified guitars, … Continue reading →

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Dr. West changes opinion of President Obama

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Disregard most of the comments in reaction to this clip. I doubt that many of the posters have read Dr. West or know much of his work. Suffice to say that Cornel West is worth listening to…and as usual, I … Continue reading →

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Potty-mouth Democrat says ‘uterus’ on state House floor, creating GOP scandal

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Republican tongues are wagging over “coarse” language a Democratic colleague used on Florida’s House floor.  As sunshine state rep Scott Randolph (D) debated a bill’s provisions to draw union membership fees from Floridian paychecks, he criticized his conservative counterparts by … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire GOP hate merchant (aka legislator) tags bishop as ‘pedophile pimp’

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

As a practicing Catholic, I excoriate Mr. Bettencourt for his disgraceful attempt to change focus by intentionally exploiting and churning up convenient negative public sentiment regarding a tragic scandal to assassinate the character of an opponent–hardly behavior one can accurately describe as Christ-like Continue reading →

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