He Chose…Poorly

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Some further reflections on this comment I posted at The Lake this morning, vamping off Blue Texan‘s analysis of the disaster that John McCain‘s pick of Sarah Palin is proving to be: “He chose…poorly.” Great line, delivered by the ancient guardian knight in the second Indiana Jones movie about the holy grail. The greedy …

Hey St. Louis!

You Kick Ass!! Join the crowd. . . Pull your browser window as big as it will go and click it. • •

Don’t It Make Your Red Eyes Blue

It was late; my eyes were bloody red tired; I needed some music to get me focused for one last paragraph. But the debul must be fuckin’ with me. Who else could slip Wayne Newton‘s “Dake Shaen” into my iTunes?! Anyway. I put it in the trash, and played this. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQpWmKoB4g[/youtube] A little out of sync maybe.  Maybe insipid to …

Michelle Obama At C.U.

BOULDER — Michelle Obama was at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Wednesday, and told a huge crowd of students that today was the day they needed to register to vote if they were going to join their fellow students in being the deciding factor in winning Colorado for Barack.  Estimates say there are still roughly 170,000 students and other …

Dispatches From The Religious Left

Shai Sachs: Dispatches from the Religious Left will be released in about a week, on Oct. 1, 2008.  The book, edited by Frederick Clarkson, contains a wide variety of thoughtful essays on what the Religious Left is and how it should move forward, including a brief chapter on new media that my wife and I co-write.  If you happen to …

I Got Other Things To Do

Wow. The word “veterans” never made it into McPOW’s acceptance speech; our next “Commander-in-Chief”? But thanks anyway, GI’s— we support the troops! Until you become “veterans” with “problems.” Remember, you’re just damned lucky you get to fight for a country with free speech! But now you’re on your own.  Deal with it. The Commander-in-Chief has other things to do. • …

Up Yur Snoot With A Leather Boot

Don’t worry, Sarah Palin stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.