What Brown Has Done For You

You have probably been following the latest outrage on Bill O’Reilly’s part. If not, the Keith Olbermann segment below should get you caught up.

All just the usual wacko give and take between Olbermann and OReilly until you read this.
Since the launch of our Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign on [...]

Dim Bulb Award

Dusting off the award
Here we are  deep into the legislative session and I have resisted handing out the “Dim Bulb”  award to anyone this year. This hesitancy was not because there hasn’t been the usual amount of stupidity on display, because, of course there has been.
But you must remember to win the award run-of-the-mill [...]

Bloated Floaters and Snouted Sappers

Starting today and running through the end of the month, the Boise Art Musuem features a wonderful exhibit by Idaho artist, Garth Claassen.  The exhibit consists of 85 drawings and is entitled “Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of the Empire.”  The title alone ought to be enough to induce you to see the exhibit. Read [...]

Who Do I Shoot?

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck’s brilliant novel about the Great Depression, should be required reading for anyone hoping to understand our current economic crisis. Although it lacks the complexity of the novel, the movie adaptation by John Ford is a classic in its own right.  Ford was able to distill Steinbeck’s message in any [...]

Dead End Meets North End

This from the Idaho Statesman this morning. “The future of Idaho is not contained in the North End.”
Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, elicited that response from Gov. Butch Otter’s budget chief Wayne Hammon after asking about the lack of bike paths in the governor’s transportation funding package.
“I know it sounds frivolous,” LeFavour said, “but this [...]

Bushvilles

During the Great Depression shantytowns sprouted up all over America. Thousands of families, unable to pay their mortgages, lost their homes and were forced  to find alternate forms of shelter. These encampments made of cardboard, canvas and any other materials that could be scavenged were originally thought to be temporary, but, in many cases, existed [...]

House Republicans- A Confederacy of Dunces

Just  when you think it is impossible for the Republicans to be anymore irrelevant, clownish and childish,  you read the following:
The top Republican in the House is seizing on the latest spike in unemployment to call for a freeze on government spending and to urge President Barack Obama to veto a $410 billion spending bill. [...]