Decrepit Old Fool shares this video setting the record straight about ACORN, and the Republican Party’s history of attacking voter registration drives among the working classes with the admitted purpose of discouraging large voter turnouts: DOF concludes with this paragraph containing links worth checking out: The GOP tries to discredit ACORN every election cycle. The [...]

To riff off Bush/McCain’s mantra until they woke up last week: The fundamentalisms of our economy are strong. So here’s to some economic heresy. With Bush, Obama, McCain, and most of the media all urging us not to think there are alternatives to Main Street paying taxes for Wall Street – being economic fundamentalists spouting [...]

A little ice-breaker after my fear-frozen last post: CollegeHumor.com also found noteworthy Matt Damon’s comments about Palin leading the US government and military. But they had fun with it, bless ‘em. Enjoy (and h/t to Crooks and Liars). See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. (And on an educational note, if any of [...]

[Update: To learn more about Palin's ties to a disturbingly extreme, theocratic wing of Christianity, see these articles from the Christian website, "Talk to Action: Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith." They substantiate all claims with sources, and are very fair. This article is a good, comprehensive start.] From CNN: A Feature on Palin’s Church: From [...]

1. Pew News IQ Quiz: America’s college graduates score a D- (61%) on basic news knowledge. (click for larger image) Take the Pew quiz here. It’s only 12 questions.  It raises a few questions, among which these interest me most: a)  I haven’t lived in the States since ’98, and haven’t consumed any mainstream US [...]