Hominid Views

My first reaction upon hearing the news that Republican Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava dropped out of the race for NY-23’s special election was one of annoyance—Democrat Bill Owens would now almost certainly lose. But I thought about it while raking leaves this afternoon and changed my mind. I now think the advantages greatly [...]

Maddow: The F-22 debacle.
Young Turks: Pat Robertson want to kill with extreme prejudice.
Obama comments on Matthew Shepard/James Bryd Jr. Hate Crimes Act.
The Week in Health Care:

Billions for Wealthcare: Public Option Annie.
Maddow: On the Public Option.
Jon: It’s alive (via The Political Carnival).
Olbermann goes after Holy Joe.
Maddow goes after Holy Joe.
Marcos on Countdown: Health care reform (via [...]

Townhall wingnut media critic Greg Hengler comes off as a little indignant with the headline “MSNBC Airs Uncensored Breast Self-Exam”. It was on a mid-day medical show called, Dr. Nancy.
Oh! The humanity!
Indignation didn’t, however, prevent Mr. Hengler from embedding the offending video.
An awful lot of Townhall readers [...]

I have no idea what the Reverend Pat Robertson is getting at when he says:

The noose has tightened around the necks of Christians to keep them from speaking out on certain moral issues. And it all was embodied in something called the Hate crimes bill that President Obama said was a major victory for [...]

Via The Washington Independent:

Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett et al v. Obama et al, Orly Taitz’s most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding proof of the president’s citizenship. The entire decision is here, and it’s devastating to Taitz.

A [...]

Washington state Initiative 1033 is anti-tax initiative huckster Tim Eyman’s latest attempt to starve state, county and local governments of the revenue needed to be effective. If approved by voters next week, the initiative would enact laws that would re-index government revenue caps to the worst economic years and prevent any type [...]

President Barack Obama has honored the war dead in a way that George W. Bush could never bring himself to do: He attend the arrival of military and governmental personal killed in Afghanistan:

The trip was a symbolic one for Mr. Obama – intended to convey the gravity of his decision as he moves [...]

There were some polls released today that should be of interest for Washington state folks.
The Washington Poll released some key results for the upcoming ongoing election. Initiative 1033 and Referendum 71 were polled statewide on a sample of 724 individuals. They also polled the King County Executive race [...]

Susan Hutchison is running against Dow Constantine for King County Executive here in Washington state. One of the odd things about this race is that it is called a “non-partisan” race. That’s simply nonsense.
The Democratic candidate, Dow Constantine, is a self-avowed progressive.
Susan Hutchison? [...]

The latest anti-government initiative, I-1033, from professional initiative huckster Tim Eyman would, if passed, cause severe damage to the state of Washington and our way of life:

Vote “NO” on I-1033. Seriously…this is very important.

How odd is that. Something over a month ago, Iran announced that they were 1.5 years away from completing a uranium enrichment plant near Qom that they claimed was for producing reactor-grade nuclear fuel. Now, seemingly instantaneously, IAEA has been granted access to the facility.
But notice the inaccurate and [...]

Olbermann: Going Rogue versus Going Rouge.
Maddow: Federal hate crimes bill passes! (Via Crooks and Liars.)
Countdown: Richard Lewis (via Crooks and Liars).
Newsy: Feds will limit prosecution for medical pot.
Olbermann goes after Dick Cheney.
Headzup: Glenn Beck on net neutrality.
Wingding Frank Gaffney gets demolished by Tweety and Ron Reagan (via Crooks and Liars).
Young Turks: Dick Cheney is [...]

Dick Cheney closed his big “foreign policy” speech before an audience of Wingnuts yesterday saying:

We cannot protect this country by putting politics over security, and turning the guns on our own guys.

He’s right. But he obviously learned both lessons the hard way!
Leaving aside my juvenile attack on Cheney turning his gun to [...]