Frist Lied On Official Document

2:35 pm EST August 30th, 2006 | Republicans | 13 Comments

Can we stop calling him “Dr.” Frist now?

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist did not meet all the requirements needed to keep his medical license active — even though he gave paperwork to Tennessee officials indicating that he had, his office acknowledged Tuesday.

Tennessee requires its licensed physicians to complete 40 hours of continuing medical education every two years. Frist, a heart-lung surgeon who is considering a 2008 presidential run, submitted a license renewal with the Tennessee Health Department stating he has fulfilled that requirement.

How The Right Wing AFA Would Like People To Talk About 9/11

12:22 am EST August 30th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 15 Comments

Some sterling comments on how the American Family Association would prefer Americans to speak about the 9/11 attacks when they’re done censoring the 9/11 documentary:

“Oh [fudge] those [nasty men] are crashing their [darned] airplanes into the towers. Oh, [stink] the [mucking] building is coming down on me.”

I just want the righties to work it all out amongst themselves and get back to me. Am I supposed to think we’re fighting (islamo-) fascists but we’re not supposed to swear while we do it this time? It’s hard enough trying to grasp one of their nonsensical world-views without having to try and reconcile them with each other…

Topic: Religious Right

Not To Pat Myself On The Back Or Anything

12:16 am EST August 30th, 2006 | Media | 28 Comments

But I have not written a single word on that story that seized the entire press for the last two weeks only to fizzle into nothingness.

You know what? Pat. Pat.

George Allen Should Just Put On A Hood And Burn A Cross And Get It Over With

8:20 pm EST August 29th, 2006 | Republicans | 7 Comments

Even more proof that George Felix Allen Jr. is just another Republican racist.

Only a decade ago, as governor of Virginia, Allen personally initiated an association with the Council of Conservative Citizens, the successor organization to the segregationist White Citizens Council and among the largest white supremacist groups.

In 1996, when Governor Allen entered the Washington Hilton Hotel to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of conservative movement organizations, he strode to a booth at the entrance of the exhibition hall festooned with two large Confederate flags–a booth operated by the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), at the time a co-sponsor of CPAC. After speaking with CCC founder and former White Citizens Council organizer Gordon Lee Baum and two of his cohorts, Allen suggested that they pose for a photograph with then-National Rifle Association spokesman and actor Charlton Heston. The photo appeared in the Summer 1996 issue of the CCC’s newsletter, the Citizens Informer.

According to Baum, Allen had not naively stumbled into a chance meeting with unfamiliar people. He knew exactly who and what the CCC was about and, from Baum’s point of view, was engaged in a straightforward political transaction. “It helped us as much as it helped him,” Baum told me. “We got our bona fides.” And so did Allen.

Chuckwagon: Hold Up

3:57 pm EST August 29th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 25 Comments

When people start predicting 25-30 seat pickups it makes me want to stop joking around and get really pessimistic. Democrats have shown in the last 3 elections that they do not have the heart to fight Republicans. I haven’t seen anything that shows otherwise in this election.

Democratic gains have come thanks to Republicans screwing up, not any great tidal wave into the Democratic column.

Get giddy at your own peril.

Topic: 2006 Election

8/29

3:40 pm EST August 29th, 2006 | Politics | 8 Comments

Great roundup of Katrina stories. Don’t forget what happens to our people when the people in control hate our government.

Three Books

1:59 pm EST August 29th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The publisher just sent me these two books, which I think should be interesting.

Middle Church: Reclaiming the Moral Values of the Faithful Majority from the Religious Right

Applebee’s America: How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community

I’m also reading something I bought with my own dime:

One Party Country: The Republican Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century

Topic: Books

Steele Losing To Every Democrat In Maryland, Even The Long Shots

11:32 am EST August 29th, 2006 | News | Comments Off

Michael Steele, the republican Bush apologist who laughably is trying to run as a reform-minded outsider, is once again showing the “momentum” of those black Republicans.

Democrat Josh Rales, who began a multimillion-dollar TV advertising blitz last month, is leading Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in the race for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat, according to a poll released yesterday.

Mr. Rales, a Bethesda businessman and political newcomer, was favored by 45.7 percent of voters in a head-to-head matchup with Mr. Steele, the top Republican candidate, who had 42.2 percent, the poll conducted by Zogby International and distributed through the Wall Street Journal found.

“We’re very excited,” said Alyson Chadwick, a spokeswoman for Mr. Rales. “That’s a very reputable source, the Wall Street Journal.”

Two other Democrats had bigger leads on Mr. Steele, in separate head-to-head matchups.

Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, a 10-term congressman from Baltimore, had 50.3 percent to Mr. Steele’s 41.4 percent. Kweisi Mfume, past president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had 47.4 percent to Mr. Steele’s 42.7 percent, the poll shows.

Topic: 2006 Election, Maryland, Michael Steele

Why Must Mexico Always Beat Us?

11:30 pm EST August 28th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 13 Comments

Oh sure, we had big protests in Florida about the disputed (and fraudulent) results of a presidential election, but unlike Mexico we didn’t have freaking masked luchadores carrying coffins in the street.

This round goes to you, Mexico.

Topic: Humor

Fantasy Football

5:16 pm EST August 28th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments

I’ve got a ton of open spots still in the OW.com Fantasy Football League. If you haven’t gotten an invite you’re not in yet and somehow I missed your email. So send me an email at owillis@gmail.com with your email address if you want in. It’ll be fun!

Topic: Oliver's World