“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
— Message in the fortune cookie in my take-out tonight

Bush takes a few — and we do mean few — minutes on Thanksgiving for the troops
In 2003, with his re-election campaign going into high gear, Bush hopped a plane and spent a little over two hours at the Baghdad Airport pretending to celebrate Thanksgiving with the troops.
That was the last time he made […]

Two years ago, the leaders of the United Methodist Church, of which George Bush claims to be a member, called for a timeline to withdraw from Iraq. Now — unlike Congress — they’re upping the ante.
Maybe Bush should join a church whose principles he actually shares. You know, like the Church of Cynical Greed?
Bishops of […]

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is giving thanks that he won’t have to testify next Wednesday in the D.C. Madam trial. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler canceled his testimony today because it was immaterial to the case.
Vitter has admitted he was a customer of Pamela Martin and Associates, the out-call service operated by Deborah Palfrey, the […]

Updated Nov. 23, 2007
On Tuesday, an excerpt from former Bush Press Sec. Scott McClellan’s upcoming book was released in which he accused George Bush, Dick Cheney and their three top advisors of conspiring to cover up their roles in the leaking of the covert identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.
Martha Stewart went to […]

Although the notion of inviting a presidential candidate to Thanksgiving dinner gives me acid reflux, apparently there are people out there in America who would actually consider inviting Rudy Giuliani to sit down and pass the cranberry sauce.
According to a Qinnipiac poll, it appears Democrats are considered to be preferred dinner guests over their […]

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.
— Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States

Photo from the Independent Florida Alligator
It’s not going that well for disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales out on the lecture circuit. Although he collected a hefty $40,000 fee for his recent appearance at the University of Florida, students made sure Gonzo earned every penny.
Early in his speech, two people climbed on the stage in […]

The statistics for Conservapedia’s “most viewed pages,” as of Nov. 20, 2007, are truly shocking:
Conservapedia statistics
There are 44,984 total pages in the database. This includes “talk” pages, pages about Conservapedia, minimal “stub” pages, redirects, and others that probably don’t qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 19,552 pages that are probably legitimate content […]