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The Birtherism of a Nation
Posted on August 24, 2012 | 1 CommentMitt Romney is now and has always been running the “I’m the white guy” campaign. The strategy’s not his alone. The GOP’s four-year approach to the 2012 election has been,... -
Rick Perry and Race
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsIn the aftermath of revelations about the ugly name of Gov. Rick Perry’s hunting lease, some Democrats and pundits, including some friends of mine, are pardoning Gov. Rick Perry on... -
Tea Partiers, Keep Your Damned Authoritarian Hands off of Thomas Jefferson
Posted on April 20, 2010 | 4 CommentsI got an email from the conservative website, Texas Insider, pointing me to a blog by one Bernie Quigley. It’s all about how the Tea Party movement is all about... -
Democrats and the Rise of the New Confederacy
Posted on April 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsIt’s hard to ignore the irony. The wannabe Republican heirs of George W. Bush gather in New Orleans, the city Bush’s callousness and ineptitude all but destroyed, to advance a... -
Republicans Reserve the Right to Deny Service
Posted on March 3, 2010 | 3 CommentsThere used to be signs in Texas cafes that said, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.” It represented post-integration segregation. “It’s not because you’re black (or Hispanic)... -
Gotcha
Posted on January 12, 2010 | 13 CommentsHarry Reid is the latest hapless officeholder to fall into the trapdoor of Gotchaville as Republicans turn suddenly anti-racist and demand he resign because of his remarks about Barack Obama’s... -
Officeholders Flee Bigfoot in East Texas!
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 6 CommentsDescribed as “enormous and black” on the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy web site, Bigfoot is stalking East Texans. And their elected officials are retreating to the Republican Party. Coincidence? I... -
Little Red Riding Hood Lied About Her Age!
Posted on September 19, 2009 | 10 CommentsWell, she didn’t lie, exactly. But a British anthropologist has suggested the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, is far older than previously known. The Telegraph has the details: Dr... -
Did GOP know Joe Wilson Scream Was Coming?
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 8 CommentsThere’s something mighty strange about the immediate reaction of those listening as U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” at President Barack Obama. Look at these pictures. Now, all of... -
Texas Political Guidebook — Chapter Two
Posted on September 13, 2009 | 3 CommentsTexas is a place bursting at the stock-pens with proud and determined individualists who live by the motto: conform, or I shoot. To those not fortunate enough to have lived...