Daisy has posted something you really ought to read: on Abu Ghraib, on our national nightmares, and even with some commentary on radical feminism thrown in the mix. When I read that, all I could think was “I just want to go back.” But to what, exactly? Has there even been a time in thisContinue reading “Abu Ghraib should damn well haunt us…”
Category Archives: America
Did Colin Powell just give me goosebumps (the inspirational kind)?
Yes he did. Watch the entire thing: That part about the Muslim kid from Jersey who was killed while serving in Iraq? Yeah, I think it might give you goosebumps too. Hat-tip to Vanessa.
Well, well, a reporter is attacked at a McCain-Palin rally in my very own North Carolina
At Elon, no less. For all I know, the asshole in question used to be my neighbour. The same sort who’d yell “go back to Russia!” after I resisted a boozy, grabby attempt at so-called flirting. Am I surprised that this happened in my state? Not really. But I am dismayed. North Carolina was andContinue reading “Well, well, a reporter is attacked at a McCain-Palin rally in my very own North Carolina”
Joe the Plumber’s address published – stay classy, internet!
Why do I, or Jill, even need to say that publishing his address is beyond uncool? The fact that the McCain campaign is using this man as a prop (much as they have done with Trig Palin), doesn’t excuse burrowing into his personal life in this manner. This goes for anyone, Republican or Democrat. TheContinue reading “Joe the Plumber’s address published – stay classy, internet!”
Lipstick and Lynch Mobs
… Is my take on the ungodly mess that the McCain campaign is right now. I don’t really write about U.S. politics for GlobalComment anymore, but this evil BS in the form of “kill him!” (in reference to Obama) and “sit down, boy!” (in reference to a black press member) and how it has goneContinue reading “Lipstick and Lynch Mobs”
Natalia A. 