Isn’t it funny how the names of conservative and fundamentalist right-wing organizations evoke this image of freedom? The Florida-based group “Liberty Counsel” took their bigoted opinions to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that Massachusetts shouldn’t allow gay marriages. The Supreme Court today refused to intervene.
Wouldn’t you expect a group with “liberty” in its name to go to bat for liberty?
Oh, man. This CNN report focuses on the fact that George Bush, when meeting with Republican senators yesterday, wasn’t even asked about Iraq. I think most people reading this story focus on Trent Lott’s [more...]
With the first anniversary of the start of the Iraq war this week, the White House is all set to make a spectacle of it, much the same way they made political hay with the September 11 anniversary: The White House will [more...]
I was just watching tonight’s episode of Friends, and was somewhat annoyed to hear them talk about taking a visitor to walk up the steps inside the Statue of Liberty. The statue has been closed since September 11 [more...]
