Archive for 'General' Category
Delays, delays. Monday’s Op/Ed to appear Thursday.
A brief note to weekly readers of Mugsy’s Rap Sheet: Due to circumstances beyond my control, Monday’s Op/Ed will not be released until Thursday as I will be away from my desk all weekend. My apologies for the delay. And as usual: a reminder to Sign my Green Jobs petition:
Egypt in danger of becoming Obama’s Iran.
Republicans LOVE to bash Jimmy Carter. Ridiculing him as an “abject failure” has become sport on the Right. So much so that I took the time last year to write a column clearly demonstrating that, when you look at the numbers, NO ONE holds a candle to the abysmal failure that was the George W. Bush Administration. The [...]
The Mind of a Conservative: a personal aside
I am pleased to announce that there are no more “Republicans” in the state of Texas. None. Nada. Zip… at least, not among the general public. The governor, Rick “Good Hair” Perry is a Teabagger that has become a national embarrassment every time he opens his mouth with talk of “succession”, and the Texas state Legislature [...]
Moral Imperatives
This past week saw the passage of two historic pieces of legislation: the repeal on the ban on openly gay people serving in the military (aka: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – DADT), and extension/expansion of the 2002 Bush Tax Cuts. But just because these bills have now passed, doesn’t mean there isn’t still work to [...]
Conservatives just discovering concerns Democrats had for decades
Living in Texas (a purpleish red-state), I talk to a lot of Conservatives… be they friends or family… on a near daily basis. And while I know I’m on solid footing when it comes to my positions, the Conservatives in my life certainly do a great job of keeping me honest. Over Thanksgiving, one could [...]
Remembering the (REAL) world after 9/11 (with photos).
Special 9/11 Edition (Breaking News: This update is also now in question. More information as it develops: It is now being reported that the Florida pastor threatening to burn 200 Kor’ans on the anniversary of 9/11 has agreed to cancel his offensive stunt after meeting with the leader of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” in NYC, [...]
Anatomy of a One-term President. A cautionary tale.
A litany of dumb moves, failures of leadership, kowtowing to Conservatives while fighting with his base, a military situation with no end in sight, a stalled economy, high unemployment where no ones job feels safe, and an inability to convince people of the urgency to get off foreign oil. A good man elected to replace [...]
The sudden acceptability of racism on the American Right, part 2
Back during the 2008 Presidential campaign, one couldn’t help but notice the sudden surge in racist attacks/jokes/slurs against presidential candidate Barack Obama without a hint of shame. It seemed I would receive about three racist emails a week over the last few months before the election. Suddenly, there was no shame in being a mouth-breathing racist [...]
GOP to Steele: Don’t give our war away to Democrats!
Last week we heard from a parade of Republicans denouncing RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s absurd suggestions that Afghanistan is “a war of Obama’s choosing”, that the majority of the country is now opposed to the war there, and that “Obama’s decision” to send “ground troops” into a region known as “where empires go to die” [...]
VIDEO: Sen. Robert Byrd on Iraq invasion – Mar. 13, 2003
Senator Robert Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92. Here is Sen. Byrd’s prescient speech warning against the invasion of Iraq on March 13, 2003… six days before the invasion (40 min): While I highly encourage you to watch the entire 40 minute speech, here are a few highlights: “The [...]
The Official “the LOST finale sucked” thread. Seriously.
I just finished watching the series finally of ABC’s “Lost”, and was seriously disappointed… disappointed to the point where I must break from the usual topic of politics to rant about it (and provide a place for all of you to share your own thoughts.) After watching every episode of the entire six-year series, the [...]
Freepers, Birthers, Morons of all stripe, You didn’t get mad…
The following excellent viral email has been making the rounds for a few weeks now and deserves a link you can direct your friends to. The source of the original message is unknown. I have revised it slightly, corrected a few mistakes, added a couple of lines of my own, and added supporting links. Freepers, [...]
