Category Archives: Political

October 11, 2009

Posted on 10/11/2009 by laocoon

Harry Truman integrated the armed forces with a stroke of the pen and Obama could do the same for gays in the military. Instead, he gave his 2007 campaign speech to the Human Rights Campaign dinner last night, once more … Continue reading →

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01Sept09

Posted on 8/31/2009 by laocoon

Dick Cheney says Obama has politicized Justice Dept. Say what? Dick Cheney, who abused the Justice Dept. into a illegal firing of U.S. Attorneys scandal and got Bybee and Yoo to write those stupid OLC memos? OMFG! The irony is … Continue reading →

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July 8, 2009

Posted on 7/8/2009 by laocoon

Andrew Sullivan won’t give up the Palin story and I’m such a political junkie, I’m rivited. I wonder if the transplanted Brit knows the US has seen this before in the 30s? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Semple_McPherson Because I’m posting remotely the above is … Continue reading →

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July 4, 2009

Posted on 7/4/2009 by laocoon

A local Twitter meme has it that l’Sarah is quitting in AK to come here and be Rep. Sally Kern’s lover. A meanspirited if darkly funny remark. Of course Gretta Van Sustern has been kissing that flag-draped ass for so … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2009

Posted on 6/12/2009 by laocoon

On the DOJ’s gay-hostile brief filed in a Defense of Marriage Act case, Andrew Sullivan and his readers/cohorts seem baffled. What was Obama Thinking? Is it a Bush-era holdover brief? Is he playing some game with eliminating “don’t ask, don’t … Continue reading →

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