R e a l i t y F i s h

Okay, guys, it’s time for a call to arms: Call your representative and tell them, in no uncertain terms, that you want health care reform passed. We all know the bill is incredibly flawed, but keep your eyes on the prize: removal of the pre-existing condition clause.
This is going to be a really, really close [...]

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“Pelosi Pulls The Plug.”
Pardon my language, but MOTHERFUCKING CHICKENSHITS. Do they really think they’re going to get another shot at this in the next 20 years? Or that they’ll keep their majorities? No. No, no, no, no. We are SO fucked. I, for one, welcome my Teabagger overlords.
To use a baseball analogy: I hate losing [...]

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I truly think the Democrats have come up with a sterling new standard for “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.”
I’m not complaining so much about Coakley losing in Massachusetts. Well, I am — she was an awful, awful, awful candidate and should be sued for political malpractice. When I say the Democrats are made [...]

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Okay, I know, I really, really ought to be paying more attention to the new Afghanistan surge, and the various implications thereof. But you know what? I got nothin’. Obama is saying all the right things — and Lord knows I trust him more than I trust Bush, if for no other reason than he’s [...]

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As an American female who pays attention to politics, I’m more or less required by law to have thoughts on the subject of the Divacuda (so many hattips to Balloon Juice for that name, because it is awesome).
A year ago, The Pierogi and I watched the VP debate, and agreed to take a drink each [...]

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I went on a thing about The Dark Knight over on Balloon Juice today, in response to the stupid, stupid, stupid Best Conservative Movies NRO bullshit from earlier this year. For the record, here’s what the morans say about Batman:
This film gives us a portrait of the hero as a man reviled. In his fight [...]

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