Have you heard? The Democratic Party has split into two: the Clintonites and the Barackers. The Clintonites consist mostly of people without a college education, Catholics, white women, regular church attendees, union members and those "blue-collar workers" with whom she loves to drink beer. The Barackers are those who curse Hillary Clinton for sticking Barack Obama in two parallel universes: first, in the final primaries against Clinton, and then in the battleground states against John McCain. Meanwhile, the Republicans have proven how smart they are by keeping with tradition.
Have you ever had a crabby old person in your life who tried to make you feel guilty by telling you Great Depression anecdotes like "I used to walk 15 miles in the snow to go to school!" and "Back in my day, we didn't have color TVs with the ‘Mary-o' Brothers—we mined for coal in our spare time, and we liked it!"? Well, according to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute, it may be time to dig deep and prepare for lean times like Gramps oh-so-bravely did.
Get out the teriyaki sauce because I am ready to marinate a lame duck. I must apologize; I could not resist making a pun about a duck. Once again, the George W. Bush administration is partaking in ludicrous shenanigans that will tarnish its already filthy reputation.
Sergeant Matthis Chiroux, a 24-year-old army veteran who has served in Afghanistan, Japan, Germany and the Philippines, recently refused to be deployed to Iraq, citing his belief that the conflict is an "illegal war."
