Somehow, the story about the Texas woman suing the Transportation Security Agency for being forced to remove her nipple rings with a pair of pliers at airport security seems like a story that should not passed unremarked here at Protein Wisdom. Although I share the overwhelming consensus opinion that the TSA seems to have gone overboard in this case, I will briefly play Devil’s Advocate, just for the sake of
March 28, 2008
Dems 2008: The “nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah” phase of the campaign [Karl]
I have to credit Jim Angle for that title, as it is entirely apt to describe the silly spectacle of Hillary Clinton’s fundraisers writing a nasty note to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her suggestions that superdelegates should support the winner of the pledged delegate count, being met with a petition from OpenLeft.com and MoveOn.org supporting Pelosi, followed by the donors complaining to DNC chair Howard Dean about the Michigan and Florida delegations,
Dems 2008: Can Obama disown Rev. Wright? Yes, he can! [Karl]
On today’s episode of the ABC talk show The View, Barack Obama does the modified limited hang-out on his spiritual advisor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Had the reverend not retired, and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable staying at the
