Archive for April 2010
Obama flunks Constitution 101
Posted by: bluelyon on: April 30, 2010
- In: Government | Obama | SCOTUS
- 20 Comments
We heard echoes of this in the primaries, so I shouldn’t really be surprised that Barack Obama thinks that the Brennan and Burger courts “overreached.” Greenwald: . . . given that the defining rulings of those decades have long formed the bedrock of the progressive understanding of the Constitution and the judiciary, that the dominant [...]
Feminist Friday: Land of the Free Market, Home of the Male
Posted by: madamab on: April 30, 2010
- In: Class Warfare | Economy | Feminism | Government | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Patriarchy
- 27 Comments
I went to the movies last week and saw “Clash of the Titans.” (One of the odd things about me is that I really enjoy cheesy action movies. That one was extra, extra cheesy, though.) Anyway, there was a commercial before the movie about a new History Channel documentary called “America: The Story of Us.” It promised [...]
Is it Friday yet?
Posted by: bluelyon on: April 29, 2010
- In: misogyny | Patriarchy | Women
- 30 Comments
It all started on Monday when my week got tossed upside down at work. Then Sweetie came home and told me that, yes, the ax had fallen on some guys in his departments at the school district. I finally understand how you were feeling last year, he said, referencing the three RIFs my company went [...]
MW: Blatant Sexism: Party On!
Posted by: chatblu on: April 29, 2010
- In: Civil Liberties | Feminism | Hillary Clinton | misogyny | Patriarchy | Politics | Uncategorized
- 48 Comments
We’re all familiar with this from the 2008 primaries. Yes, there was this male heckler, who apparently thought that he was being too cute for words, that interjected himself with the “Iron My Shirt” sign. (I’d almost enjoy that, son, if you promise to wear it at the time!) This type of heckling was terribly [...]
Activist Wednesday: No More Reaganomics. Ever!
Posted by: madamab on: April 28, 2010
- In: Class Warfare | Current Events | Economy | Government | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Politics | Propaganda
- 41 Comments
Well, maybe not EVER. But certainly, today’s fabulous event is getting quite a bit of attention and buzz. I’m speaking, of course, of the Fiscal Sustainability Counter-Conference today in Washington, D.C. The idea of holding a Fiscal Sustainability Counter-Conference arose because some very motivated bloggers at Corrente (and other lefty blogs) were horrified by the [...]
Dems don’t just have a “young voter” problem, they have an identity crisis
Posted by: bluelyon on: April 27, 2010
chatblu slices and dices (below) Chris Cilizza’s piece about unmotivated Democratic voters, Democrats’ young voter problem Obama and the Democrats have more than just a young voter problem, they have a base problem. chat notes: The article admits that the Republican base is markedly more enthused about the forthcoming election that the Democrats are, but [...]
MW: “The Fix” Is In
Posted by: chatblu on: April 27, 2010
- In: Democratic Values | Government | Obama | You Tube
- 9 Comments
Chris Cilliza of “The Fix” deconstructs Obama’s 2010 midterm victory plans. The President officially kicked off the election with a youtube video in which he announced his plan to replicate the now-historic 2008 sweep to victory. The President said: “You told us your first priority was to make sure the same people who were inspired [...]
MW: Immigration
Posted by: chatblu on: April 26, 2010
Immigration is a sensitive issue, but it’s one that will have to be resolved as quickly and cleanly as possible. No, I don’t mean the kind that got most of our ancestors here: through Ellis Island or other more regular channels. I mean the less legal method – get across the Southern border as best you can, [...]
How do you void what doesn’t exist?
Posted by: bluelyon on: April 25, 2010
- In: Civil Liberties | Gay Rights | Politics
- 27 Comments
On the one hand, one judge has ruled that a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts can be granted a divorce. Judge Scott Jenkins ruled in February that Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly, who were married in 2004 in Massachusetts, had the legal right to divorce in Texas. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott attempted to intervene [...]
Morning Widdershins: Oh, The Irony
Posted by: madamab on: April 25, 2010
- In: Class Warfare | Economy | Feminism | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy
- 31 Comments
As I was singing in temple yesterday morning, I glanced at the New York Times our organist had left on the floor in front of me. (We sit in a choir loft on Saturday mornings – no one can see what we’re doing, and believe me, that’s a good thing. ) The Business Day was [...]
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