Are you seriously defending that jerk and blaming her? Do you go out of your way to be a cliche, or does it come naturally?

If this were the only time, the only story. But there are mountains of stories like this. You willfully choose not to see that, know that, believe that. And that makes you the problem.

And if she gets a flat, it's covered:

Yeah, my thought was "Why is she wearing a summer outfit in the snow?"

Basic physics puppy - guess you need to repeat that science class, no?

My gay father, who failed at Eagle because of polio but excelled as an Explorer after he recovered, I suppose would be pleased a little. But until they fully renounce homophobia, I will keep my distance. He's in this photo. Good luck guessing which one is gay. Heck, they probably all were.

Funny how the right only seems to get excited about free speech when the speech in question is racist and homophobic (and otherwise bigoted).

I hate the "bless you" thing. But I smile lamely and keep my thoughts to myself.

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

Anytime? Any white person? OK - if someone is labeled a racist every time they talk about race, maybe the problem isn't everyone else.

Missed your coffee this morning?

Eh, not feeling it. These generation generalizations have their limits. If we all responded to history the same way, why do we disagree on so much?

The housing bubble was caused by some "clever" guys on Wall Street bamboozling the credit agencies into giving triple-A ratings to bonds built from crappy mortgages and then selling that stuff to unsuspecting investors around the world, giving them more money to lend to people who shouldn't have been loaned to. The…

When even the "sendible" conservatives kowtow to the Tea Party nutters, I know all I need to know about them.

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. If you are unaware of common conservative discourse in this country, you don't get out much.

Here's the thing - people disagree. Some of those disagreements are deep, profound. The idea that there is some perfect medium without politics is simply false - and by the way a false idea that plays into the hands of the authoritarians, who seek to shut down all debate.

I unfortunately just saw a right wing comment thread on this topic. Those loons were all "Obummer is weak. We should have vaporized the Chinese ship."

Well, she did get Army training for that:

That's......charming.

Add some hot pepper flakes and your pretty much have the cranberry chutney I make each year. Pretty sure I do it cheaper than WS.