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Glenn Washington - He Cannot Tell A Lie

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:08:49 -0400

"I have been going to Mt. Vernon," Beck explained. Holding out his hands for emphasis, he declared with emotion, "I went to the National Archives, and I held the first inaugural address written in his own hand by George Washington."

"Yeah right", says the National Archives.

Read about it here.

Muslims Welcome At 9/11 Site

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:58:01 -0400

While politicians and others across the country in an election year debate the propriety of building a Muslim center, including a mosque, two blocks from the former World Trade Center site in New York, there's no sign of such debate at the Pentagon.

Instead, about 400 worshipers, including Muslims, attend prayer services every week in the chapel, a non-denominational facility built over the rubble left behind when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon.

Opponents of the New York mosque say it would be disrespectful of those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, to allow Muslims to pray near the World Trade Center site.

That's never been an issue at the Pentagon, where 125 people who worked there died that day.

Read the entire Washington Post article.

Bigot starts ground zero church: Where's the outrage?

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:25:16 -0400

		Anti-Muslim, Anti-Gay '9/11 Christians' Plan Church Near Ground Zero
	So, what if, in addition to the Park51 interfaith cultural center and basketball courts that are not at Ground Zero, we had a bigoted kook-church...

Rethink Afghanistan

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:06:33 -0400

OK ... now that we're (finally) doing the right thing by getting the hell out of Iraq, let's extend that sanity to Afghanistan. We should never have been in either place, so to stop pouring more billions and American lives down yet another rat hole is sensible, prudent, and simple common sense. We've been there and done that, so let's leave ASAP before we do even more damage.

Still unconvinced? Take a look at this video, then visit "Rethink Afghanistan" for common-sense facts.

Bloomberg Gets It Right

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:56:09 -0400

In a rousing address before a predominantly Muslim audience Tuesday night, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reaffirmed his commitment to the controversial Islamic cultural center near the former site of the World Trade Center. Central to his speech are these quotable statements:

"Islam did not attack the World Trade Center -- Al-Qaeda did. To implicate all of Islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair and un-American. Today we are not at war with Islam -- we are at war with Al-Qaeda and other extremists who hate freedom." ... "But if we do not practice here at home what we preach abroad -- if we do not lead by example - we undermine our soldiers. We undermine our foreign policy objectives. And we undermine our national security."

Factory Farms Are Killing You

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:46:31 -0400

Factory livestock farms are slowly, really, and truly killing us. But it doesn't have to be that way. All it takes to end it is Senators and Representatives with spines. If you don't believe it, please read this:

		Why Factory Farms Threaten Your Health
	Only 30 percent of antibiotics used in the U.S. are administered to people. The other 70 percent are administered to U.S. livestock to compensate for the unhealthy conditions of factory farms.

Hilarious! Teabaggers' Guide To Washington DC

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:33:02 -0400

Alas, if those attending the upcoming teabaggers rally this coming Saturday in DC follow these "safety" guidelines recently published by a bloggger in Maine, they're not really going to have much to do during their off hours. It pretty much warns them away from everywhere anything interesting is happening and from the horrors of a chance encounter with anyone not exactly like themselves.

But then again, hey ... they probably have no interest in nor understanding of such mundane things as The Constitution or the other founding principles of our great diverse democracy, so they should be happy just hanging out in their hotel coffee shops chatting with and stroking the egos of fellow baggers.

Click here to view a Google map of their "safe areas", and try not to hurt yourself with laughter.

Roadside Chuckles

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:22:21 -0400

And now ... another in our series of "Shockingly Wasteful Government Projects" - a road sign absolutely nobody believes.

It's common knowledge that the cost of flying even the smallest aircraft (even a dirigible) long enough to actually monitor the speeds of vehicles passing below would be vastly greater than any income from speeding tickets generated by such a silly notion.

Sorry guys, no rational driver is naive enough to risk rear-ending that tractor-trailer ahead by actually looking up to see if there's a plane overhead. But thanks for the laughs.

Angels In America

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:55:29 -0400

From a recent New York Times editorial by Frank Rich:

As a young black man working as a nurse in a 1980s AIDS clinic memorably says in Tony Kushner's epic drama "Angels in America": "The white cracker who wrote the national anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word 'free' to a note so high nobody can reach it." ... But sometimes we do hit that note, however tentatively.

Amen.

The Dahntahn Song

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:37:40 -0400

If you're from the Pittsburgh area (like I am) or you know anyone from there, this song says it all ...

Comedian Mark Eddie sings about Pittsburgh in "The Dahntahn Song", the title being a reference to the thick Pittsburgh slang and great traditions of the city.

And for those of you who may not speak Pittsgurghese, the lyrics (sung to the tune of "Downtown" by Petula Clark):

When Joe Gruschecky and The Clarks ain't around and you feel all alone ...
Dahn Tahn!
The Box office lost your reservations for B.E. Taylors Christmas Show.
Dahn Than!

Go down to the Edison, the girls are really pretty,
The 31st Street Pub serves up the coldest Iron City!
Mt. Washington ...
They got a cool view up 'ere.
Then you can hop on the incline, down to Station Square and go ...

Dahn Tahn, yenz can get eggs 'n 'at
Dahn Tahn, Shadyside chicks are phat!
Dahn Tahn, sumpin is waitin for yenz!

Don't hang around in the wrong parts of town, where all the jag-offs go ...
Dahn Tahn!
Go see the Buckos, the Penguins or the Donnie Iris Show!
Dahn Tahn!

Go to Charlie Murdocks you can check out the Granatis.
Or head over to Matrix, you can look at all the hotties!
Liberty Avenue ...
You don't know what you'll find 'ere,
Maybe hookers or trannys with high heels and big hair! Just go ...

Dahn Tahn, a sammich at Primantis!
Dahn Tahn, happy endings at Silkys!
Dahn Tahn, sumpin's waiting for yenz!

Tailgatin, drinkin and dancin the polka at the Stillers game.
Dahn Tahn!
Don't make fun of the way we talk, don't call our Mayor Opey.
Pittsburgh's home of Myron, Mr. Rodgers and Sophie.
Squirrel Hill!
Homewood / Wilkinsburg if you dare,
And then we'll ride on The "T"and have lunch at Market Square, and go ...

Dahn Tahn! French fries at the O.
Dahn Tahn! Southside is where we go!
Dahn Tahn! cause sumpin is waitin for yenz!