The Liberal Doomsayer

Just A Song Before I Go

Published on 2012-02-13 13:04:00

Yep, the hiatus starts now – I may pop up from time to time with a video, but I’m not sure at this point. I’ll make a note of developments about this blog as warranted by events.In the meantime, I’ve been looking for a way to work this in, and I think this is as good a time as any, describing what I’ve tried to be about here, though I know I’ve fallen short at times (I’d prefer the original by John Wesley Harding, but since I can’t, I’ll settle for this, which is a pretty good

Sunday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-12 22:59:00

Minnesota Dem Governor Mark Dayton might as well be talking about our beloved commonwealth (here)……and I dedicate this to David Frei and the Westminster Kennel Club for dropping Pedigree as a sponsor to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, apparently because Westminster had a problem with Pedigree’s ads encouraging adoption of non-pedigreed dogs (here) – what, do you think your audience will object to non-pampered pooches? Are they all supposed to be Disney characters or something?“Sh

More Saturday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-11 22:38:00

Kudos to Dem U.S. House Rep Luis Gutierrez for this; nothing like speaking truth to stupid, is there……and all this business with the Catholic Church up in arms over contraception coverage made me recall this item from The Eternal George Carlin (bad word alert)……and here is my response to the latest Breitbart meltdown (hey, we lefties can play the “let’s doctor the videotape to make it look as incriminating as possible” game too)……and this is awful news – my sympathies to the

Saturday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-11 15:18:00

Do we? Sometimes I wonder (here)……and the whole “Cal Thomas saying something typically stupid and full of red meat for the CPAC wingnuts against Rachel Maddow” thing ended up moving a little faster than I could comment on it in real time, but I’m going to say something now anyway (here).To begin, I give Thomas credit for being enough of a man to stand up and admit that he made a pretty childish mistake, though I wonder if he would have done that if Greta Van Susteren of Fix Noise hadn�

Thursday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-09 21:31:00

This combines Black History Month with more bad conduct from the banksters, though we can do something about it……and kudos to Ron Johnson (the good one) of J.C. Penney for standing up here (along with Ellen DeGeneres)……and in a related story, I’d been so preoccupied with the utterly manufactured “issue” of contraception offered in health insurance for Catholic institutions (I’m sure more screeching drivel on this subject from Christine Flowers will attack our sensibilities on thi

Wednesday PM Stuff

Published on 2012-02-08 23:03:00

I know I called Florida the Land of Duh a little while ago, and after this whole dustup over the Catholic Church and contraception, I realize that I was being waay too limited in my geographic scope.In an attempt to dispatch with this idiocy as soon as possible, I give you the following:This tells us that Charles Chaput, head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is of course speaking out in protest, desperate for any opportunity to move the spotlight from the hideous recent school closings.This,

Mikey's "TRAIN In Vain" And Other Follies, Part 3

Published on 2012-02-08 11:47:00

(Part One including the setup is here, and Part Two is here...this may be the last regular post before the hiatus, or at best the next-to-last one.)So, how about if we move on with Mikey’s mailer from last month…Serving Our VeteransHR 2433, Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act of 2011HR 1392, Introduced the Fairness to Veterans Act of 2011HR 178, Military Surviving Spouses Equity ActHR 333, Disabled Veterans Tax Termination ActHR 2534, Ensuring America’s Promises Act of 2011HR 2349, Vete

Wednesday AM Stuff

Published on 2012-02-08 09:28:00

See what you’re voting for, all you nitwits in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota (here)? God, are parts of this country stoo-pid……and I know I praised the Eastwood Super Bowl ad the other day, and I stand by that, but I think the following should be noted from here too……“Worst Persons” (Uber-lobbyist and wingnut Rick Berman tries to pass himself off as a “union member” in one of his anti-union ads – once again, you’d have to be a stone cold moron to trust these people; Tim W

Monday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-06 21:47:00

“Worst Persons” (K.O. is back to tell us of Charles Payne somehow trying to claim that, well, y’know, poor people really aren’t poor because they get gout…OK, genius, let me clue you in on something – this hits me where I live because, in addition to the causes for the affliction that Keith mentions, namely diet and hypertension, there is also a hereditary component to it, and as someone who has suffered with it from time to time, I can testify that it can attack ANYONE regardless of

More Sunday Stuff

Published on 2012-02-05 22:49:00

God, is Pete Hoekstra a moron...Update 2/6/12: I guess I was so pissed off by the stupidity of Hoekstra's ad that I didn't pick up on the contradiction of someone who claims to be a fiscally prudent Repug running the most expensive possible ad that he could - fortunately, mcjoan did here.…and by the way, here is more Hoekstra stupidity (a response is here)……and after viewing the ridiculous, I now give you the sublime (from here – apparently, both these ads aired during that football game