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Happy Independence Day, Howard Zinn Style versus Rick Monday Style!

Posted by WryMouth at 13 Jun 2010, 9:00 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks

A Year of Miracles: Remembering the Meaning of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Victims of Soviet Communism

Posted by WryMouth at 10 Nov 2009, 10:02 PM | Add Comment

Californianing: Big Hollywood: As CA goes, so Goes the Nation

Posted by WryMouth at 24 Oct 2009, 9:17 PM | Add Comment

A Hasty and Hopefully Inaccurate Impression of President Obama

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Sep 2009, 9:35 AM | Add Comment

Fun With Rates: The National Debt as Cross Country Trip ($/Yr = MPH)

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Aug 2009, 4:24 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Ex-Cop Story, Relevant to "Henrygate": The Arrest of Henry Gates, and Why Sometimes Investigators Want to Investigate

Posted by WryMouth at 1 Aug 2009, 5:00 PM | Add Comment

Another Reason You Want New York and California to Run the Country: New York State Senate Deadlock Over Party, Nothing Else

Posted by WryMouth at 24 Jun 2009, 10:56 AM | Add Comment

South Carolina's Governor Sanford: I'm Betting He Went to Rio de Janeiro With All the Money

Posted by WryMouth at 24 Jun 2009, 8:39 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Bush' D-Day: Speech Excerpt, 2004

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Jun 2009, 10:32 AM | Add Comment

What Are We Stimulating? by Mark Steyn

Posted by WryMouth at 29 May 2009, 12:59 PM | Add Comment

Californianing: Proposition 8 Redux: The Gathering Storm of Future Propositions Bumps Up Against a Basic Reasoning Flaw? Plus, an Explanatory Post-Script

Posted by WryMouth at 27 May 2009, 10:53 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Obama Goes to Georgetown: Looks Like One of My Ex-Students is Doing Well

Posted by WryMouth at 26 Apr 2009, 11:06 AM | Add Comment

Sec'y of State Pushes for Stronger USA-China Ties

Posted by WryMouth at 21 Feb 2009, 4:59 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Political Rorshach 1: Chimps and the New York Post

Posted by WryMouth at 20 Feb 2009, 9:22 AM | Add Comment

Quote of the Week

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Feb 2009, 9:13 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Overheard on a Website, Post-Inauguration

Posted by WryMouth at 21 Jan 2009, 4:59 AM | Add Comment

Karl Rove on Mr.-Elect Obama's Economic Team

Posted by WryMouth at 28 Nov 2008, 2:00 PM | Add Comment

The Famous Keith Olbermann Special Comment on California's Prop 8: Response , Part 3: Concluding Thoughts

Posted by WryMouth at 16 Nov 2008, 9:18 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The Famous Keith Olbermann Special Comment on California's Prop 8: Response , Part 2: RACE does not equal SEX

Posted by WryMouth at 12 Nov 2008, 7:46 PM | Add Comment

The Famous Keith Olbermann Special Comment on California's Prop 8: Response , Part 1: Are FEELINGS a Good Basis for Law?

Posted by WryMouth at 12 Nov 2008, 6:35 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The Famous Keith Olbermann Special Comment on California's Prop 8: Link by an Old Dinosaur Who, To Judge From the Outcome Nov. 4, Still Has Some Bite Left in Him Afterall

Posted by WryMouth at 11 Nov 2008, 9:14 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Election Aftermath 08: The Electorate’s Driving Lesson #01

Posted by WryMouth at 9 Nov 2008, 2:20 PM | Add Comment

Election 08: Bringing Change to Washington, Part 1: Administration Appointees!

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Nov 2008, 11:10 AM | Add Comment

Election 08: It's Nice to See So Many Happy People

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Nov 2008, 7:13 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Election 08: Some of the Immediate but Perhaps Less Obvious Benefits of an Obama Administration

Posted by WryMouth at 6 Nov 2008, 7:09 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Election 08: The Economy, Stupid -- We *Did* Decide That when the Dow Jones Goes Down, That's a Good Thing, Right?

Posted by WryMouth at 5 Nov 2008, 12:41 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Election 08: The Olympics of Democracy!

Posted by WryMouth at 4 Nov 2008, 6:46 AM | Add Comment

Election '08: The Breakdown in Azeroth -- Don't Bug Me; It's Therapy

Posted by WryMouth at 1 Nov 2008, 4:22 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

And Today's Heller Award Goes to: House Leader Nancy Pelosi

Posted by WryMouth at 29 Oct 2008, 4:59 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Election 08: A Dialogue Concerning the Presidential Campaign -- 4 Guys Sit Around the Table and Think

Posted by WryMouth at 27 Oct 2008, 6:15 PM | View Comments (12) | Add Comment

Election 08: The Dirty Little Secret of Citizens Like Me

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Oct 2008, 8:20 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Economic Meltdown: Poor Ron Paul

Posted by WryMouth at 3 Oct 2008, 2:02 PM | Add Comment

The Vice Presidential Debates: Overall Good Theater, Barring A Couple of Mis-steps The Campaign Staff Hope Will Be Forgotten

Posted by WryMouth at 3 Oct 2008, 1:47 PM | Add Comment

The Sin of Sarah Palin (cf. The Sins of Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Elaine Chao, Mary Peters, Margaret Spellings, Carlos Gutierrez, et. al.)

Posted by WryMouth at 1 Oct 2008, 4:28 PM | Add Comment

"No American soldier has ever died in vain..."

Posted by Raymurgy at 27 Sep 2008, 4:59 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Californianing: The Inherent Inefficacy of the Text of Proposition 8: A Game of "Spot the Flaw!"

Posted by WryMouth at 25 Sep 2008, 8:21 PM | Add Comment

A Quick Sketch of John McCain and Sarah Palin

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Sep 2008, 4:59 AM | Add Comment

Sarah Palin Confounds the Provincial: The Only Thing Worse Than Being Talked About, Is Not Being Talked About

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Sep 2008, 6:03 AM | Add Comment

One for the Missus and Her Sisters

Posted by WryMouth at 3 Sep 2008, 5:11 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

How Do You Spell "Too-Shay" Again? (Sarah Palin Links)

Posted by WryMouth at 29 Aug 2008, 4:02 PM | Add Comment

Transcript, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech versus Martin Luther King, Jr.: Take the "I Have a Dream" Speech Challenge!

Posted by WryMouth at 28 Aug 2008, 6:19 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Name That Source: Democratic Convention 2008

Posted by WryMouth at 26 Aug 2008, 6:42 AM | Add Comment

Relax, John

Posted by WryMouth at 24 Aug 2008, 7:13 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Greatest Argument for a longer Primary Season and Shorter Campaign

Posted by Raymurgy at 7 Aug 2008, 3:16 PM | Add Comment

House of Representatives Apologizes for Slavery, Jim Crow

Posted by WryMouth at 29 Jul 2008, 5:50 PM | Add Comment

Summer Break: National Enquirer versus John Edwards

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Jul 2008, 9:11 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

The Rise of the Third party: The Greens Throw Their Hat Out of the Ring and Into the Dustbin of History

Posted by WryMouth at 14 Jul 2008, 12:36 PM | Add Comment

The Surprising Reason I am Disappointed in VP Gore

Posted by Raymurgy at 7 Jul 2008, 8:52 PM | Add Comment

Infinite Monkeys: A nice introductory discussion about one type of libertarianism

Posted by WryMouth at 18 Jun 2008, 4:59 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Punking the Pundits: Jason Linkins' Blog on the Sunday Talk Shows

Posted by Cogito Ergo Dem at 8 Jun 2008, 7:30 PM | Add Comment

Are We Lumberjacks Photoshop re: Barack Obama's View of Them Pennsavanians

Posted by WryMouth at 13 Apr 2008, 9:03 AM

Voting Day

Posted by WryMouth at 5 Feb 2008, 5:49 PM | Add Comment

State of the Union

Posted by WryMouth at 28 Jan 2008, 11:03 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

We Report; You Decide! GOP Delegate Counts, as of Jan 27th

Posted by WryMouth at 27 Jan 2008, 8:24 PM | Add Comment

Kung Fu Election! YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME?!!

Posted by WryMouth at 4 Jan 2008, 9:14 PM | Add Comment

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

Posted by WryMouth at 27 Dec 2007, 11:31 AM | Add Comment

Death to America: "Eminent Domain" when used to transfer private property to other private parties

Posted by WryMouth at 20 Dec 2007, 8:59 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

New Game: Spot the "Huh?"

Posted by WryMouth at 20 Nov 2007, 7:19 PM

WRYMATH 002: CodePink Protester Ali-Fairooz Demonstrates Grasp of Calculus Concepts

Posted by WryMouth at 25 Oct 2007, 8:13 AM | Add Comment

Way, Way Better than a Grilled Cheese Sandwich with an Image of Jesus on It

Posted by WryMouth at 19 Oct 2007, 10:26 PM | Add Comment

Proto-President Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Global Climate Change Awareness Promotion

Posted by WryMouth at 13 Oct 2007, 7:17 AM | Add Comment

YouTube Grudge Match: U of F guy at Kerry Speech versus Dennis and the Woman

Posted by WryMouth at 18 Sep 2007, 9:14 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Californianing: The Golden State Sues Automakers for Present & Future 'Global Warming' Damages

Posted by WryMouth at 17 Sep 2007, 8:24 PM | Add Comment

... And You Thought This Administration Was "Bad" in the Science Thing

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Aug 2007, 9:56 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Wry-Mart: Like 7-11, Too Much Good Stuff: Lohan, YouTube debate, Global Warming Alarums, Fish Die-Off, Ward Churchill Axed

Posted by WryMouth at 24 Jul 2007, 8:00 PM | Add Comment

Newspaper belonging to Richard Scaife, the Soros of the Right, calls for troop withdrawal

Posted by Cogito Ergo Dem at 16 Jul 2007, 4:49 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Libby Pardon: Presidential Mercy v. Justice Through History

Posted by WryMouth at 3 Jul 2007, 6:05 AM | Add Comment

Out of Town

Posted by WryMouth at 30 Jun 2007, 1:12 PM | Add Comment

S 1639, CIRA: Off the Books -- A Consequence of the Amnesty Act of 1986 Fun Fact

Posted by WryMouth at 28 Jun 2007, 12:01 AM | Add Comment

S 1639, CIRA: Senator DeMint, S. Carolina Speaks Up

Posted by WryMouth at 27 Jun 2007, 2:38 PM | Add Comment

S 1639, CIRA Re-animated: A 373-page AMENDMENT

Posted by WryMouth at 27 Jun 2007, 4:59 AM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by "C" Students, Part 8

Posted by WryMouth at 26 Jun 2007, 3:26 PM | Add Comment

AIEEEE! It's Back!

Posted by WryMouth at 25 Jun 2007, 4:06 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 7

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Jun 2007, 3:01 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 6

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Jun 2007, 2:01 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 5

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Jun 2007, 12:01 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 4

Posted by WryMouth at 23 Jun 2007, 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 3

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Jun 2007, 11:59 PM | Add Comment

An "A" Student in Journalism Goes Tilt

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Jun 2007, 6:33 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students 2

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Jun 2007, 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia; The World *Is* Run by C Students

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Jun 2007, 12:08 PM | Add Comment

Note to Cheney: The title is 'Vice President', not 'Viceroy'

Posted by Cogito Ergo Dem at 22 Jun 2007, 4:08 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Awaiting CIRA, pt. 3: Dawn of the Dead Immigration "Reform"

Posted by WryMouth at 20 Jun 2007, 6:18 PM | Add Comment

Blinded Me With Science: Special UN Politician Edition

Posted by WryMouth at 18 Jun 2007, 1:43 PM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

CIRA S.2611: Part 2

Posted by WryMouth at 8 Jun 2007, 4:59 AM | Add Comment

CIRA S.2611, Part One: Staring Into the Abyss

Posted by WryMouth at 7 Jun 2007, 6:07 PM | Add Comment

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em 005: Special ALL-CALIFORNIA Edition!

Posted by WryMouth at 7 Jun 2007, 6:04 AM | Add Comment

Foggy Analogy Breakdown

Posted by WryMouth at 31 May 2007, 5:01 AM

Iraq: Vietnam All Over Again? Let's See How Congress is Acting...

Posted by WryMouth at 18 Feb 2007, 10:37 PM | Add Comment

Cogito's Blue Dog Riff Re-mixed: All Your Base Are Belong to Us

Posted by WryMouth at 15 Feb 2007, 5:36 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

So Let's Talk. Let's Chat! Let's Start the "No More Bushes or Clintons" Campaign!

Posted by WryMouth at 22 Jan 2007, 8:00 PM | View Comments (12) | Add Comment

Multiple Threads: The Gaying of America, Curb Your Spanking, Venezuela Plays "Hugo Says"

Posted by WryMouth at 19 Jan 2007, 10:09 PM | View Comments (8)

Miscellany: Potato Chip Review, Faux-Klingons, 24, Dibs

Posted by WryMouth at 14 Jan 2007, 6:29 PM | Add Comment

In Praise of Article VI

Posted by Cogito Ergo Dem at 5 Jan 2007, 5:59 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Welcome to North Korea

Posted by WryMouth at 30 Dec 2006, 2:36 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Saddam Angles for Media Exposure During Period of Mourning for President Ford

Posted by WryMouth at 29 Dec 2006, 9:34 AM | Add Comment

"Body Count! Body Count!"

Posted by WryMouth at 26 Dec 2006, 8:15 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Rep. Ellison Used to Emphasize my Point, Below

Posted by WryMouth at 26 Dec 2006, 6:00 PM | Add Comment

Reflections on 2006: True Quagmires

Posted by WryMouth at 21 Dec 2006, 6:51 PM | Add Comment

I've got an alibi! Really!

Posted by Cogito Ergo Dem at 21 Dec 2006, 12:21 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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