Oh, Shut Up, Dick!
The architects of war are out in force again. John McCain and all the others may be contradicting themselves everywhere they spew their "if Obama's for it I'm against it" hypocrisy. But phony...
View ArticleKeep Your Hobby Lobby Away From My VaJayJay
What else is there to say, when a group of 5 misogynist, GOP-appointed, hypocritical, fact-denying male justices decide that companies are people with religious beliefs? Except if they really were...
View ArticleCorporations Are People (But Apparently Women Aren't)
Some news events are so jaw-droppingly unbelievable that I fully expect to see Allen Funt pop out from behind a potted plant, chortling, "You're on Candid Camera!" (my generation's version of...
View ArticleBeyonce Voters tell GOP - Put a lid on it!
Fox News host Jesse Watters may have coined the oh-so-patronizing phrase 'Beyonce Voters' to sum up the right's tone-deaf attitude toward women voters (if they don't have husbands, naturally they...
View ArticleBorder crisis: Statue of Liberty, updated
We are a nation of immigrants (other than descendants of Native Americans, who welcomed us with open arms or from whom we stole the land, depending on whose history books you read). We are also a...
View ArticleHow Do You Solve A Problem Like Putin?
Ronan Farrow posed the question on his show last week; pundit Glen Ruffle used it for the title to his recent article, other writers have started using the phrase, and naturally this musical theatre...
View ArticleAlice in Washingtonland (Curiouser & Curiouser!)
House leadership suing the President for delaying part of a law they tried to repeal? John Boehner calling him a tyrant for using executive action, then the next day telling him to solve the border...
View ArticleStand By Your Man, 2.0
It used to be enough for "The Good Wife" to stand by her philandering/embezzling/sexting/prostitute-patronizing husband while he acted contrite. But apparently these days, wives have to take the blame...
View ArticleIt's Been A Lousy Summer!
Usually we're sad when September rolls around - but not this year! After an endless series of bad news stories, it's a relief to see fall return. So here's a musical recap of all the stories that...
View ArticleI Wanna Be In Congress When I Grow Up
Just think, kids, you only have to work a few hours a day, you get re-elected even when you don't do your job, and you can always resign and make big bucks by working for one of those billionaires you...
View Article"Take The Stairs"??
Just when you think Fox News can't sink any lower, they do - like with last week's joking advice that women can avoid domestic abuse if they 'take the stairs' (and men should avoid elevators with...
View ArticleYikes - What Do The Polls Say Today?
Those of us old enough to remember rotary phones and cars without seatbelts are also likely to worry about memory loss when we misplace our car keys or forget someone's name. I say, we're not getting...
View ArticleA 21st Century Protest Song
As long as there have been wars, it seems there have been anti-war protest songs. (Even Sappho wrote 'make love not war' poetry, and I'm sure some early cave drawings were along those lines.) As a...
View ArticleThe Sound of Marriage Equality
Whatever you thought of the live 'Sound of Music' starring Carrie Underwood, it was still commendable for a number of reasons, including exposing country fans to musical theatre, and showing people...
View ArticleGOP Wins By Behaving Like A Toddler (No! No! No!)
(Here's a song from over a year ago, but it is even more relevant today, sadly enough!)
View ArticleAll About The Base (Midterms Song)
Maybe running AWAY from the Democratic Party, President Obama, and liberal causes wasn't the most effective strategy . . . .
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