oh those whacky elitists who care about being right

You go, Rachel.

The Republicans are playing to win big or lose big. As Americans, are we comfortable with that?

244 to 188

Not one House Republican voted for the stimulus package. Not one. Seriously, this is how you want to welcome a new era for America as we slide towards a second great depression? In further news, most Republicans also voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

no on 8

Supporters of Proposition 8 should take a moment to reread John Stuart Mill's essay, "On Liberty."  Particularly his thoughts on the tyranny of the majority.

Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself.

Please remember to vote Tuesday!

oath of office

When you join the United States military, you take the oath of office. This oath states:

I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

Like me, John McCain took this oath upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy. Each year, McCain takes the oath again as a member of Congress.

I would like him to square that oath with a campaign that encourages this:





These people are not all crazy or stupid. Instead -- worse -- they are normal people, worried about the future for themselves, their families, and their children, being willfully mislead, distracted, scared by a campaign more focused on winning at all costs than remembering the oath Senator McCain took.

While Senator McCain is not responsible for the behavior of every one of his friends or supporters, to encourage this kind of mob mentality is reprehensible and irresponsible.

He should be ashamed of himself.

wait a minute

So, how come people who get excited about faces on Mars


or a Martian bigfoot


fail to get as worked up about clear evidence that the universe has a sense of humor?


At the least the other Cory will get properly annoyed when he learns that Mercury is copyrighted...


Of course, if we get over our northern hemispheric bias, maybe RMS has already been to Mercury...
Thanks, Phil!