That letter a couple of posts down? I really sent it. And this evening, I got a reply: Dear Peony, President Bush’s disastrous plan to escalate the war is no longer just a plan: it’s a reality. While the Senate was tied up in knots…. No response to what I actually wrote the guy about.… Continue reading I heard from the Edwards campaign!
Author: Peony Moss
For Lincoln’s Birthday: the Second Inaugural Address
The Second Inaugural Address: Fondly do we hope–fervently do we pray–that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the… Continue reading For Lincoln’s Birthday: the Second Inaugural Address
Dear Senator Edwards….
re: the Marcotte and McEwan issue I am a voter who is astonished at your choice to hire and retain Ms Marcotte and Ms McEwan. In your statement, you wrote, they have both assured me that it was never their intention to malign anyone’s faith…. Then what precisely was their intention? Phrases such as “Christofascist… Continue reading Dear Senator Edwards….
There are two types of people….
…the kind of people who like to sand and patch and prime and tape and put down dropcloths and lovingly wash the brushes, and those who think painting is nothing more than opening the paint can and going to it. If you are a type 2 painter and are married to a type 1, may… Continue reading There are two types of people….
Want to laugh yourself sick?
Bob the Trousered Ape can help you out: How do you solve a problem like Godzilla?
Family life begins in the womb
A twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home. Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new ‘four-dimensional’ ultrasound scan of the womb. Via the Daily Eudemon.
Celebrate Diversity! Exterminate Retards!
George Will, on his son who has Down’s syndrome: What did Jon Will and the more than 350,000 American citizens like him do to tick off the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists? It seems to want to help eliminate from America almost all of a category of citizens, a category that includes Jon. I… Continue reading Celebrate Diversity! Exterminate Retards!
TV alert
Dr Bruchalski’s going to be on EWTN tonight! (On Raymond Arroyo’s show.) If you don’t know who Dr Bruchalski is, you really ought to watch the show.