Some California legislators are angry with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after he referred to them as “girlie-men” during a speech on Saturday. The movie star-turned-politican used the term to describe opposition Democrats he said who are too weak to stand up to unions and trial lawyers demanding changes in the governor’s state budget proposal. The phrase comes from an old television comedy routine where two Schwarzengger-like bodybuilders use it to mock

Some California legislators are angry with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after he referred to them as “girlie-men” during a speech on Saturday. The movie star-turned-politican used the term to describe opposition Democrats he said who are too weak to stand up to unions and trial lawyers demanding changes in the governor’s state budget proposal. The phrase comes from an old television comedy routine where two Schwarzengger-like bodybuilders use it to mock

Munny: “Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it.”

Writing in the Boston Globe, Cathy Young examines Michael Moore’s anti-US populism: So who, exactly, is this populist hero? Moore isn’t just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That’s a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore’s case, however, the label fits. Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of

Writing in the Boston Globe, Cathy Young examines Michael Moore’s anti-US populism: So who, exactly, is this populist hero? Moore isn’t just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That’s a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore’s case, however, the label fits. Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of

“I mean, I have academic degrees.  Doesn’t that mean anything to you filthy, twittering, easily-duped blogpeasants?” *Alex S. Jones is director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.  Not that that makes him better than you, just that—well, okay.  So maybe it does make him better than you… **** more:  from Matt Welch, uberhipster (h/t Beck)

Q: How many President Gloria Arroyos does it take to change a lightbulb? A: “Just go ahead and take the whole lamp.  And this $6,000,000.00.  Is there anything else we can get for you…?”*

Spent the weekend switching the site over to Expression Engine from Movable Type.  Please let me know if you find any bugs or oddities. Michael Moore?  Like a VW Bus in a baseball cap and a bib.  With barbecue sauce and rib meat smeared all over the grill. update:  Thanks for all the feedback.  We’ll work on that right column overlap problem that some of you are having in Netscape

Off to my wife’s company picnic — Mexican food, strangers, and 100-degree heat. Looking forward to my time on the john later this afternoon. Well then. Peace love and enchiladas grande.