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March 18, 2009

Today’s imaginary conversation between a boy and his black Lab, Petey: installment 2

boy: “You know, I really do apologize to you, little guy.” dog: … boy: “I certainly never meant to offend you. I hope you know that.” dog: … boy: “I mean, heck — who knew that my being white and using the word ‘boy’ would create a contextual dynamic wherein the entire history of past abuses of that signifier by others who happened to share my skin color would mean

Reasonable people beg to differ: another OUTLAW’s lament

This time, courtesy of dicentra, who has “transcribed a bit of Andrew Breitbart’s journey in to the maw of hell (from the top video) as a first-class demonstration of what it looks like when someone else decides what you mean.” As dicentra observes, as as I’ve observed of Dyson for years, note how Dyson runs out the clock by refusing to let his opponent get a word in edgewise. This

“President Obama: Geithner Making ‘All the Right Moves’ With a Bad Hand”

And yes, that says “bad hand,” not “bad head,” “bad cold,” “bad hearing,” or “early onset dementia”. From the Campaign Spot: President Obama may have set a new record for disingenuousness moments ago, when he asked where those who are objecting to AIG bonuses were several years ago when Wall Street was handing out larger bonuses, and claiming that they believed, not long ago, that the government should never get