The Liberal Doomsayer

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My blog deals primarily with political matters and current events in the region where I live, my country, and the world (with other stuff thrown in from time to time), and I will comment on all of this as intelligently as I can.

Latest Blog Posts

  • Friday Mashup (11/20/09) on Nov 20, 2009

    (And I also posted here about a political matter close to home.)As I noted yesterday, “Holy Joe” Lieberman decided to hold his Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Fort Hood shootings.And as noted here, he had a hard time getting peo...

  • Thursday Mashup (11/19/09) on Nov 20, 2009

    (And I also more or less posted over here – one of these days I’ll come up with something without the word “mashup” in the post title, but this is all I got for now.)This story tells us the following…RALEIGH, N.C. – The U.S. Army plans to...

  • Thursday Stuff on Nov 20, 2009

    "Worst Persons" (Rupert The Pirate now tells us that he doesn't think Obama made a racist comment after he said that he thought Obama did just that - huh? - I think I need Ibuprofen at this point; that idiot U.S. House Rep Louie Gohmert of Texas (of...

  • Wednesday Stuff on Nov 19, 2009

    In response to this (and all of it is needed, and more), all I can point out is that "elections have consequences"......and happy birthday to Graham Parker (I can't believe this year is the 30th anniversary of "Squeezing Out Sparks," one of the great...

  • Tuesday Stuff on Nov 18, 2009

    I keep telling myself that people get Stephen Colbert's jokes, and nobody thinks he's actually serious - hope I'm right...The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Skeletons in the Closethttp://www.colbertnation.com/Colbert Report Full...

  • Wednesday Mashup (11/18/09) on Nov 18, 2009

    (And I also posted here.)This story tells us the following…WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-pro...

  • Monday Mashup (11/16/09) on Nov 17, 2009

    (And I also posted here - also, posting may be on or off for the next few days.)So the wingnutosphere has worked itself into a froth over President Obama’s bow to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace, have they?And why am I no...