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Bush To Congress: ?Why don?t you try finding the emails on The Google??
2007-04-13 08:01:00 President Bush ’s aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, a powerful Senate chairman said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up. “They say they have not been preserved. I don’t believe that!” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy shouted ... More About: Google , Congress , Mail , Email
Stem Cell Research Does NOT Equal Slavery
2007-04-12 13:13:00 The Senate approved a measure that would roll back President Bush’s 2001 limits on embryonic stem-cell research Wednesday afternoon, but the margin was short of the two-thirds needed to override a promised veto.Bush used the only veto of his presidency to date to kill a 2006 effort to loosen his policy on stem-cell research, which ... More About: Research , Slavery , Cell , Search , Stem Cell Research
Caution: Gay Construction Ahead - Part 9 - And We Didn?t Use Glitter
2007-04-11 00:28:00 Break out the champagne. Release the doves. Strike up the band and alert the press. The first floor project is now, at long last, complete. Great Room, Dining Room and Foyer have all been given the face-lift, tummy tuck, chemical peels and botox treatments they’ve long deserved. We even threw in a ... More About: Construction , Part , Head , Const , Cons
Disney Says ?Yes? To Gays?Again
2007-04-09 13:58:00 Same-sex couples who want to exchange vows in front of Cinderella’s Castle now have the chance. This was bound to happen sooner or later, I suppose, but I can’t help feeling a bit torn over the issue at large. The Walt Disney Co. had limited its Fairy Tale Wedding program to couples with valid marriage licenses, but ... More About: Gays , Again
Sunday Funnies - Think Before You Speak
2007-04-08 08:01:00 Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak - the last one is great! Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back…or that you could crawl into a hole? Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did…. (sent to me by my Aunt Sue) FIRST TESTIMONY: I walked into ... More About: Fun , Funnies , Sunday , Think , Speak
I?m Aging Like A Fine Milk
2007-04-07 08:01:00 When did it happen? At what point did I suddenly realize that I’m no longer 25? When did I become the alta caca (Yiddish for “Very Old Person”)??? The other day, I was sitting back enjoying a back and forth IM session with my friend Cameron. Same topics du jour between us…Food; ... More About: Milk , Aging , Like , Fine
I Don?t Want To Tempt Fate?But?
2007-04-06 13:38:00 This is a true statement. I have debated even bringing this subject up at all, but I really think I may have finally gotten my wish. Ann Coulter, I think, has finally been sent packing by the GOP media cows. For now, that is. Have those on the Right finally seen the light? ... More About: Fate , Want , Temp
You?d THINK A Pig Like Cheney Would Know About Pork
2007-04-03 13:38:00 Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday blasted “self-appointed strategists” on Capitol Hill for trying to force the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, declaring the U.S. military answers to the president, not Congress.Speaking to a fundraising luncheon for Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, Cheney repeated President Bush’s promise to veto an upcoming emergency ... More About: About , Pork , Think , Know
Oh Christ?Here We Go Again
2007-03-31 16:56:00 A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Chris t was canceled Friday amid complaints from Catholics, including Cardinal Edward Egan.The “My Sweet Lord” display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in Manhattan, said Matt Semler, the gallery’s creative director. Semler said he resigned after ... More About: Again , Here
Weakend For The Weekend
2007-03-30 13:15:00 I know this one will probably come off looking like one of those ‘poor me’ or ‘woe is me’ types of posts…but really that isn’t my intension. Earlier this week, I went in for what is now the fourth CT and MRI scan on my head. The results were, in a manner of speaking, ... More About: Weekend , Week
?But How Do You REALLY Feel?
2007-03-28 04:38:00 The following is an exchange I thought needed to be posted. Using the Internet for prospects, Army recruiter Sargent Marcia Ramode, contacted and tried to sign up a Mr. Cory Andrew of Jersey City, New Jersey. He e-mailed back wondering if they want accept him since he?s gay. Sargent Ramode, using her military e-mail address, ... More About: Real , Feel , Really , Ally
OMFG?I?ve Been ?Inned?!!!
2007-03-26 20:53:00 Picture it…I’m sitting there, on a bench by the pool, talking on my cell phone with my friend Cameron. I’m taking this call while attending a bar-b-que over at our neighbor’s house (Hi Bev & Mel!!!). Let me back up just a bit here… I had just spent the previous hour or so ... More About: Been
Just Some Food For Thought
2007-03-23 07:01:00 1. If you’re too open-minded, your brains will fall out. 2. Don’t worry about what people think; they don’t do it very often. 3. Going to a church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 4. It isn’t the jeans that make your butt look fat. 5. ... More About: Food , Just , Thought , Some , Koban
The White House of Cards
2007-03-21 11:52:00 President Bush says he has put forward “a reasonable proposal” to allow Congress to learn how and why the Justice Department and the White House came to fire eight U.S. attorneys. Congressional Democrats should take him up on it, he said, rather than forcing “an avoidable confrontation” by issuing subpoenas for some of his key aides. “We ... More About: Card , White House , Cards
Last Night?s Dream?
2007-03-19 12:30:00 That’s it…no more salami slices as a “just-before-bed” snack!! More About: Night , Last , Dream
Playing God for Dummies
2007-03-18 07:01:00 If it looks like we’re on a theme lately, then I guess that could be true. The Evangelicals, a group with something so pure as “angel” in their name, continue to spew complete and utter bullshit AND continue to use the gay community as their favorite voodoo doll to stick pins in. This ... More About: God , Dummies , Play
Happy St Patrick?s Day!
2007-03-17 07:00:00 “May your troubles be less ... More About: Rick , Trick , Patrick , Happy , St Patrick
Kansas De-Evolves Even More?Thanks Senator Brownback
2007-03-16 17:55:00 Republican presidential candidate Sam Brown back is backing the nation’s top general over his remarks that homosexual acts are immoral. The Kansas senator planned to send a letter on Thursday to President Bush supporting Marine Gen. Peter Pace, who earlier this week likened homosexuality to adultery and said the military should not condone it by allowing ... More About: Back , Brownback , Nato
Hypochristianity
2007-03-15 07:01:00 WARNING: The video contained in this post might be found to be offensive to some. If you are easily offended by blue language and religion mixedinto a music video, please put your fingers in your ears and start saying, “LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA…” very loudly. Thank you. We’ll be here all week. ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Christ , Chris
The Last Gay Man to Know?is Me
2007-03-14 07:00:00 I was going to write a post about General Peter-Pecker Pace, but as my adept better half has already adroitly assessed the incendiary remarks of the General, I am free to explore the other story I had on my mind. That story: Thomas Roberts, formerly an anchor on (the industry joke that ... More About: Last , Know , The Last
And HIS Name is PETER!!!
2007-03-14 00:35:00 The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Pete r Pace, said Tuesday he should have focused more on military policy and less on his own opinion when he told a newspaper homosexual acts are immoral.His remarks drew opposition from some lawmakers and an advocacy group. Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Chicago Tribune on ... More About: Name , Peter
Caution: Gay Construction Ahead - Part 8 - Clean-Up On The Vacuum Isle, Ple
2007-03-12 13:40:00 It was bound to happen, really. Somebody got injured by us during our weekly spree at WalMart. And if you ask me, it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. I’m convinced that both Steve and I are just gluttons for punishment. I mean, who the hell in their right minds (that ... More About: Vacuum , Construction , Lean , Clean , Part
Sunday Funnies - The Last Picture I Ever Took
2007-03-11 17:18:00 You have to wonder what was going through the photographers’ mind at the time… More About: Fun , Funnies , Picture , Sunday , Last
From Sow?s Ear to Silk Purse
2007-03-10 22:06:00 One room down…6 to go… Back Of Great Room - Before Transformation Stripped to the bare wood…And Steve Well…One DOES need a hint of color… Textured stucco (lower half) walls…New tiles… And because of the cats, the UGLIEST cover for the couch!!! More About: Silk
And The Walls Came Tumblin? Down
2007-03-10 00:26:00 I am such an asshole. Okay, that seemed rather harsh. But what would you call someone who brain-farted their mother’s birthday? No, I didn’t forget her big day…I just wrote it down wrong. I know it’s March 7th, but for some reason I put a 1 in front of the 7 when I ... More About: Wall , Down , The wall , Walls
It?s The Magic That Is Me?
2007-03-08 03:50:00 Hi. My name is Daniel…and I’m a “reactionist”. Group: “Hiiii, Danielllll.” I know that this 12-step program is supposed to teach me how not to get all testy and heated up during a discussion. And I thought I was doing pretty good…but I fell off the wagon again. Group: “Awwwww!!!” Tawannah (my sponsor): “Oh, honey!! What happened? Here, have ... More About: Magic , Hat , That
Fat Lady Sings?Eats Skinny Freak
2007-03-06 13:42:00 Could it be? Have people finally had enough? Is this the beginning of an avalanche of disgust?? Eh…probably not…but it sure is nice to dream. At least three major companies want their ads pulled from Ann Coulter’s Web site, following customer complaints about the right-wing commentator referring to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as ... More About: Skin , Lady , Skinny , Sing , Freak
MoreOn Ann
2007-03-05 07:01:00 Nope, the title wasn’t misspelled. Or like John McCain and Barack Obama…”misspoke”. I was SO going to write another post on the insipid muckraker that is mAnn Coulter, but it seems Henry Rollins has dipped into my mind, yet again, and done it for me. So I’ll just let this serve as a guest ... More About: More , Oreo
The Art Of ?I Misspoke?
2007-03-04 17:54:04 Another day, another politician misspeaks. Yesterday, not one but two candidates for President let “slip” that the deaths of Americans in Iraq were “wasted”. First, Senator Obama (D-IL) and then later Senator McCain (R-AZ). Both later corrected themselves by saying they misspoke and didn’t mean to imply such a thing. I don’t buy ... More About: Miss , The A , The Art , Poke , Spoke
Ann Coulter - Giving Transexuals Everywhere A Bad Name
More articles from this author:2007-03-04 17:54:04 This is a “co-post” from both Daniel (The Tempest) and Steve (Revel): From The Tempest… Okay…is there ANYONE out there who thinks Ann Coulter doesn’t deserve a good old fashioned public caning?? In yet another public showing of that compassionate conservative love thy neighbor moral high ground, Coulter has, yet again, taken her head out of her ... More About: Name , Everywhere , Giving , Here , Ever 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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