O, it was a painful year
So why do I revisit this clip? Because I can't look away. It's just funny. To hear George Allen defend the "macaca" incident, you'd think he was one of the original Freedom Riders. Happily, Allen paid for his bigotry. The opponents of Harold Ford, down in my native Tennessee, did not pay for theirs.
Neither did the promoters of Wisconsin's hateful same-sex marriage ban. Now that a little time has passed, I find myself feeling more angry about it, not less. Except when I feel simply hurt and humiliated.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Good word
"Republicans should feel relieved: Considering that in November 1942, 11 months after war was thrust upon America, President Franklin Roosevelt's party lost 45 House and nine Senate seats (there were then just 96 senators), Tuesday's losses were not excessive punishment for the party that has presided over what is arguably the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history."
-- George Will
"Republicans should feel relieved: Considering that in November 1942, 11 months after war was thrust upon America, President Franklin Roosevelt's party lost 45 House and nine Senate seats (there were then just 96 senators), Tuesday's losses were not excessive punishment for the party that has presided over what is arguably the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history."
-- George Will
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Good word
"While once all the best gay men were closeted, now the only adults you find in the closet are the fearful, the pathetic and the hypocritical."
-- Dan Savage
"While once all the best gay men were closeted, now the only adults you find in the closet are the fearful, the pathetic and the hypocritical."
-- Dan Savage
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Well, that was close
Or not. Look at how Wisconsinites voted on the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Thanks for the love, Wisconsinites!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/WI/I/01/map.html
Or not. Look at how Wisconsinites voted on the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Thanks for the love, Wisconsinites!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/WI/I/01/map.html
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Sweet tunes
As I have noted before, dining at the local outlet of the Cracker Barrel fills me with guilt and dread. But we were in the neighborhood last night, and it was suppertime, and salt-cured country ham is, well, it's really good. So in we went.
And I wanted to mention: One thing I didn't note in that previous blog entry is that the house music at Cracker Barrel is excellent, if old-school country is your thing. Over our biscuits and gravy we heard: Bill Monroe, "Uncle Pen"; Jim Reeves, "He'll Have to Go"; Faron Young, "Occasional Wife"; Patsy Cline, "San Antonio Rose"; and many others I am forgetting.
We also heard Martina McBride's 1995 hit "Wild Angels," about which I was less excited.
As I have noted before, dining at the local outlet of the Cracker Barrel fills me with guilt and dread. But we were in the neighborhood last night, and it was suppertime, and salt-cured country ham is, well, it's really good. So in we went.
And I wanted to mention: One thing I didn't note in that previous blog entry is that the house music at Cracker Barrel is excellent, if old-school country is your thing. Over our biscuits and gravy we heard: Bill Monroe, "Uncle Pen"; Jim Reeves, "He'll Have to Go"; Faron Young, "Occasional Wife"; Patsy Cline, "San Antonio Rose"; and many others I am forgetting.
We also heard Martina McBride's 1995 hit "Wild Angels," about which I was less excited.
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