Rachel Maddow weighed in today after the passage of the bill to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. First there was this tweet: Then there was this statement: This is a difficult promise kept. It’s not just a promise that was kept. It was one that was hard to keep, that cost a lot of political capital and a lot of […]

Seriously. He loves this. Well, kinda… I’m just sayin’…

Fer cryin’ out loud, was that so hard? Rachel Maddow tweeted it second best: Who tweeted it best? Lt. Dan Choi of course: What’s he talking about? At Netroots Nation last year in Las Vegas, I was privileged to watch history being made when Lt. Choi gave Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid his Westpoint ring along with his discharge papers, […]

I’ve have some news that I thought I’d share with y’all. First, as I mentioned previously, I have added Google AdSense ads to the blog for which I receive a small sum when they are clicked. While I hate having ads as much you probably hate seeing them, bringing in a little revenue helps me to keep doing this and […]

So, let’s get this straight. This week Republicans: Filibustered to death a bill that would “would provide medical benefits and compensation for emergency workers who were first on the scene of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks”. The 911 responders, aka “heroes”, were thereby denied this essential compensation. Republicans also voted down the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage […]

The annual unveiling of the black velvet (with pink glitter) Christmas elk. I’m just sayin’…

You’ve probably read Sam Graham-Felsen’s Washington Post op-ed, a friendly fire-filled piece suggesting that Organizing for America (OFA) volunteers have been put on the sidelines by the Obama administration for the past year. I am a Community Organizer (CO) for OFA. Mine is a volunteer position that is the equivalent of the Field Directors during the 2008 Campaign for Change. […]

How cute is this? (from my email): Tea Party Nation, along with our friends at Tea Party Express, FreedomWorks and other “we the people” groups are putting on the National Appropriations Bill Read-in. We need your help. Starting this afternoon at around 6pm, in Washington, we will be reading the Omnibus Appropriations Bill in its entirety. We will be doing […]

How weird have things gotten when, in the same day, I get emails from Firedoglake, the Tea Party Nation and MoveOn.org all asking me to to the same thing: call my member of Congress and demand they vote against the tax deal negotiated between the Republicans and President Obama? I’m going to go with “very” weird. I’m just sayin’… If […]

Spooky just loves getting dressed up for the holidays… Photo by Anne C. Savage. Don’t worry. He loves this. Well, kinda. I’m just sayin’…

Remember when Ronald Reagan pulled down the solar panels installed on the White House by Jimmy Carter under the guise of routine maintenance and cleaning and then never put them back up? Well a similar effort may be underway. When she took over as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi initiated the “Green the Capitol” initiative. Incoming Republicans are eyeing […]