Monthly Archives: September 2009

A Political Joke (in more ways than one)

Here’s a riddle: Q: What’s the difference between Ronald Reagan and the modern Republicans? A: Reagan knew how to work with Democrats. Courage.

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The Racism Scandal That Really Was

Listen to this “man in the street” at today’s Glenn Beck rally in Seattle: “The race card being played by the left side of the aisle is wrong.” OK. I suppose to be fair, then, I ought to lead with … Continue reading

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Hate-mailing Health Ins. VP went to a segregated college in SC

Old habits die hard. Denny Flahault finally “apologized” to Kiwanis for emailing out the inchoate-with-hate cartoons and mashups that we reported on September 9th (Health Ins. VP sends Obama Hate-mail on Company Account). Well, sort of. The local newspaper, the Herald-Times … Continue reading

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Hart Williams Presents, Equinoctial Edition

T’was the night before Solstice when all through the Malls Teabaggers were stirring and scribbling on stalls While Ma with her crossword and I with my kat had just readjusted to sudden éclat … And now, the news from Planet … Continue reading

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If the Democrats had any more balls …

Then at least they’d have one. As I noted, the Washington DC Democrats remain the dominant invertebrate life-form in the district. Are the media so stooooopid that they don’t recognize a coordinated “hit” on ACORN? ACORN has been the GOP … Continue reading

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Racists? Us?!? We Ain’t No White Supremacists!

Suggest that there’s the slightest whiff of racism going on here, and they go apoplectic, calling anyone who suggests such a base canard “racist” and worse. Nobody’s yet topped Glenn Beck’s Gold Medal for Chutzpah performance — “Obama is a racist!” — but there’s still plenty of time. Continue reading

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September 11 – Lest We Forget

I’ve had heavy traffic on a post of mine from December of 2008, which, I realize, is an utterly appropriate remembrance of the Anniversary of “Nine-Lebbin.” Therefore, I reprint it here, from December 10, 2008, entitled … George W. Bush, … Continue reading

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The Two Lies No Republican Can Live Without

I was up late, and CSPAN played the tape of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s campaign finance case — a special hearing,  BEFORE the regular “First Monday in October” beginning of the Court’s session — this year on … Continue reading

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Health Ins. VP sends Obama Hate-mail on Company Account

Recently, while working on the insurance rider for a charitable event, officers of a national service organization received the following hate email from a Vice President of their insurance company, from his office in Bloomington, Indiana, on — as you will see — the company account. Continue reading

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Schizoid in Barbieland

Arose early to watch Venus (and Mars) in the dawn sky; took a minute to watch the vomitous “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Scarborough is quite a bit less obnoxious than he was back in the pre-Iraq-war launch, when he was … Continue reading

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Riffing on the Microencephalic Right that Writes

Well, the Weekly World News is gone now, replaced by WorldNutDaily. But the premise works so well with Rightie Blogs and their Headlines (the last time that a head is ever used in their composition) that I’m reviving it. So, the first installment in an occasional series: Hart Williams Presents. Continue reading

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