Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
Fiscal conservatism is explained here.

I remember my more right-wing days – meaning, even pre-blogging days, like the 1990s. So I remember “anti-anti-racism” from the inside. Anti-anti-racism was delicious fun! It was a way for a white person to formally acknowledge the seriousness of racism while dodging any need to inconvenience himself over it.
a) You called me a racist! b) [...]

By Thoreau
Say what you will about the tenets of the Bush doctrine, dude. At least it was Congressionally authorized.
Yes, I agree that the case for war was presented in a shitty way, and there’s room for a Kerry-esque “They didn’t actually authorize the use of force, what they authorized was the option of force…” [...]

by Thoreau
It ought to be possible for little kids to play sports without first pledging their allegiance to a goddamn piece of cloth.

By Thoreau
Iran has withdrawn its ambassador to Bahrain in protest over the slaughter of Shia protesters. I realize that geographical, ethnic, religious, and resource factors underpinning many divides in the region will not vanish when/if reformists seize control of more Middle Eastern countries. No doubt a Shia government in Bahrain would be friendlier to [...]

By Thoreau
So, the first strikes for enforcement of the no-fly zone will supposedly be by the British and French, with support from Arab allies.  I don’t believe that the US will stay out of this.  I can believe that that the first bombs will be dropped from planes that don’t have US markings on them, [...]

By Thoreau
Why does Barry O’Bama have enough time to fill out NCAA brackets but not enough time to denounce the Irish Republican Army?  The fountain of all knowledge reports that his mother has some Irish ancestry.  Is he a secret papist planning to impose Canon Law?

Find out. iO9’s March Movie Madness bracket has, right now, The Matrix beating Brazil. That shit ain’t right. I’d also pick the Stargate movie over Star Wars, but I can’t insist that you follow me there. On the controversial Serenity vs Spider-Man match, it’s a quandary: Serenity is not Firefly, but Spider-Man is not Spider-Man [...]

By Thoreau
1)  I’m busy screaming as I grade final exams.  The students are juniors.  Though, to be fair, some of them are actually in their 4th year because they failed a few classes, or because they had to take high school math in their freshman year of college.  Anyway, the fact that I’m screaming should [...]

By Thoreau
To be honest, I don’t know the extent to which Teabaggers in Congress really matter.  The real power is in the executive branch, through the security services and the network of contractors entangled with them.  Radicals in Congress may fancy themselves to be important, but their ultimate power is questionable at this point.  And [...]