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Archive of entries posted on August 2009

I wish more were like him

I wish more elected representatives had the, frankly, balls to stand up to wingnut constituents like this. It is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and absolutely fantastic. Well done Barney Frank, well done!

Well if it isn’t, it should be

Maybe Arizona should – and I’m just throwing this out there – consider regulating assault rifles? If a man shows up at a Presidential rally – hell, any rally for that matter – with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, perhaps, just perhaps, it’s not a simple carrying of arms but a statement about [...]

Don’t believe the hype

Please, PLEASE my American friends do not believe the hype on healthcare and the British NHS that the right-wing nutjobs are launching at you from every angle. The NHS does not put a price on life. It does not allow people to just die. It does not consider old people not worth saving. It has [...]

It’s Super Bill come to save the day

Hillary Clinton must be just a little bit irked with the fact that Bill was able to turn up in North Korea and negotiate the release of the journalists. She surely must be thinking ‘but that’s my job’ or ‘here we go again, I’m just the wife, my contributions mean nothing.’ I’d be very interested [...]