Well said, sir

"America cares about the fact that you can get all the health care you need as long as you don't need any."
--Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)

If this isn't the healthcare reform soundbite the Dems have been looking for, I don't know what is.



Now someone get that man a white shirt and a better tie.

Fuck.

FISA passed the Senate.

Not only that, but Dear Leader Obama didn't even SHOW UP TO VOTE. His previous lukewarm statements about how he would allow the bill to go through but fight against telecom immunity specifically mentioned filibusters. There was a filibuster.

HE DIDN'T SHOW HIS SORRY ASS TO EVEN VOTE YES AND TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES.

I am also disappointed with Hillary Clinton, who didn't go to the vote even though she's already returned to the Senate, but given that she's not the de facto party leader OR the person parading around like I owe him a vote, my wrath goes mostly elsewhere.


Obama: Get disappointed by someone NEW in 2008!

Fuck.

Congress rolled on FISA and telecom immunity.


You know how bad things are? I opened the paper today and saw multiple rah-rah headlines about the U.S. military's performance in the GWOT (Global War On Terror), along the lines of "Taliban forces routed in Northern Pakistan" and something about Iraq, and my immediate instinct was not to believe the headlines. It was like those newspaper montages in movies about dictators. (Call me paranoid, but even if those headlines did refer to actual victories, I'm pretty sure those victories were tiny drops in the massive bucket of fail indicated by the larger trend of all the news coming out of GWOT theaters.)


And now the government can wiretap whoever it wants, citizens included, and we can't even sue.

I would love to think that Obama will overturn this the second he gets into office, but I have very little faith in that happening.