Wouldn’t it be nice if the president of the Senate actually presided over more than three sessions?

It’s sad that journalists and pundits can’t seem to do basic fact-checking the way an ordinary citizen can. How about, instead of allowing a public figure to lie, you actually tell the truth: Dick Cheney presided over Senate sessions three times in the four years he’s been Vice President. And how about pointing out that Edwards actually presided over the Senate seven?

The wonderful thing about the public record is that it’s PUBLIC (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html). And, dude, if The Daily Show can get to it, then why can't our media?? What a joke.

The point isn’t a prayer breakfast. It is yet one more piece of evidence that this administration just can’t seem to tell the truth about any matter, large (Iraq) or small (truancy.)

yay. we won a new client.
boo. we won a new client.

sophmoric moment of the day: mooning over the Lorelei-'Hot Lunch' Luke kiss clip from Gilmore Girls. sad sad sad.

it's discombobulated all of us.

my old guy boyfriend

James Wolcott

next to jon stewart i think james wolcott is my next new boyfriend. he's sharp and more bitchy than a queen at a circuit party.

target: chris matthews: "Matthews, hopped up on Cheetos and Nehi orange, crowned Cheney the victor in the debate..." heh.

target: dennis miller: "[his] soul has sprouted tumors...Miller not only sounds like Michael Savage, he's beginning to look like him, too, an oily stain possessing the power of speech."

dang.

whatever happened to answering the question?
listening to cheney makes me tired.

edwards looked a little shaky for a bit and i'm so glad it's almost over. 4 minutes.

oooh, got ugly for a while there...

'a long resume doesn't mean good judgment'

heh.

kerry doesn't have what it takes to come after terrorists?
didn't he go after and shut down the terrorist bank?

i blanked out there for a minute.
cheney is a total snooze.

i'm sorry but edwards is SO CUTE . i'm totally distracted. his complexion is so...blooming. and cheney looks like used toilet paper.

what established relationship with al-qaeda? didn't some report come out recently that totally debunked that? and what exactly does he mean by 'safer'?

and so it begins...

god, 90 minutes of this...

instead of a stupid debate like this, i wish they had to do something like the subject test for the GRE - two hour multiple choice test on domestic and foreign policy and then two essay questions.

then we'd see who the real man was. huh!

edwards v. cheney

if the universe was just, cheney would ignite and explode into a million bad-tempered chunks. but since it isn't i can only cross my fingers and hope edwards doesn't fall down in a faint, stammer, stumble, or stagger into a giant stanky cheney trap. (and we all know what the cheney trap smells like: stale spit, old whiskey, toothpaste, sweat and halitosis.)

now look what i've done. totally skeeved myself out.

diaprax

word to the wise:
tearing down the paranoiac ravings of a christian fundamentalist who has it in for hegel is not a good way to spend the work day. especially when there's work to do.

but, for fun, go here and see what he has to say about the evils of consensus building.

sigh. my dad knows weird people.

Pre debate prep for post debate spin!!

Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.

this is a list of swing state media outlets/papers the bush campaign wants to flood with letters and emails - truly extensive list!

wouldn't it be great if kerry supporters got there first??

(happy birthday james and lee!!)

so i'm back.

i had to take a quick mini-holiday to los angeles and now i'm back feeling refreshed and totally rested.

of course, the day has just begun and i look forward to being my crabby, stressed out self in just a couple of hours.

The New York Times > Books > A Windfall of Modern Poetry for Scholars

The New York Times > Books > A Windfall of Modern Poetry for Scholars

wow. this makes my dorky toes tingle.

sigh. the fall always makes me think of school - crossing the Diag at 7.30 am, holding a cup of coffee, running through a lesson plan, my face tingling from the cold ann arbor air.

(hoping for a glimpse of knightley, but whatever.)

i'm postponing packing for my trip to la (please don't let anything weird happen on my flight).

so that means A-- and i are watching the bachelor. already it's pissing us off. he asked 4 women to set up his room - and they actually did it. like, no one actually had the presence of mind to refuse. jeezus. (A-- just farted.) what's an A-game and whoever thinks a date to a private brandy concert has been watching too much WB.

A's word to the nekkid bachelorette in the kitchen: don't be near my food naked. (A-- farted again. 'hey, i'm sorry, i'm sorry!! i had two cups of steamed broccoli, cauliflower - rabe!!')

[commercial break] you know what's so maddening about this stupid show? it's like the women on it haven't learned anything from past seasons. they're still stupid. they're still giving women everywhere a bad name. they are still as empty as socks on a floor. they are utterly useless...wow...crazy filipina girl confession. what's with the tears?? their little rustic cabin looks like something on the General Hospital set. hee.

i can't take it anymore. i gotta pack.

Brainy Wednesday: Why do we still fall for Mr Darcy?

was he domineering?
remote?
cold?
rigid?
patriarchal?

yes to all of these.

but he was also *discerning.* yes yes yes, there was all of that hating eliza's mother, but didn't elizabeth, as well? it's not as if eliza and darcy are so very different - both are acutely aware of the bennet's shortcomings.

what's hot about darcy is that he discerns how *exceptional* eliza is over all women of his acquaintance. she is the wit, she is the sparkle in an otherwise dull setting.

we love darcy because he had the sense to really see elizabeth. if i had to say what it is women really want it's to be seen, to be recognized. not looked at. SEEN. see us, see what's really there - the nuts, the craziness, the hardness, the bitter, the sweet. the creamy nougat center inside the dark chocolate and chile powder shell.

and really, who's our choice here? frank? (that limp noodle) wickham? (please - 19th century baby daddy.)

preferable to darcy would be the captain in 'persuasion' - oh, that letter he writes after nursing a broken, throbbing heart for over 10 years!! geez. i watch that film just for that one scene and i just dissolve. give me words!! lots and lots of heaving, throbbing words!

for my taste, though, i prefer knightley from 'emma'. he administers discipline (badly done, emma, badly done!) but then sacrifices his patriarchal seat to live with emma and her doddering old dad. love me, spank me - but then adore me. heh heh heh.

sick, but totally hot.

WASHINGTONIAN - Best & Worst of Congress '04

WASHINGTONIAN - Best & Worst of Congress '04

i love they ask assistants. heh - we know all your secrets.

t r u t h o u t - FOCUS: Al Gore | How to Debate George Bush

t r u t h o u t - FOCUS: Al Gore | How to Debate George Bush

the bitter al gore is a lot more fun than the righteous al gore.