This is a reprint from last year that seemed timely. Enjoy! Mrs. E and I are putting up our Christmas tree and decorations today so I thought a blog entry on the “greening of Christmas” might be a fun idea. This blog entry will talk extensively about “Christmas” trees and decorations because the celebration of Christmas is one that most […]

First the Metrodome, then this Our hoophouses. Just like the Metrodome. Just a bit smaller. I’m just sayin’…

Terry Jones is the bigoted anti-Muslim troglodyte that wanted to burn the Quran to demonstrate his utter fail as a Christian. He wants to take his hatred and shame to the United Kingdom. They’re thinking about banning Terry Jones from coming to England: Britain’s interior minister said Sunday she will consider barring from the country a Florida pastor who threatened […]

Found this beauty while we were getting our Christmas tree. It has a little bare spot but we’ll make it work. Maybe fill in with some ornaments or something… I’m just sayin’…

Yesterday I drove by the nativity scene in the village square and my dog growled at the baby Jesus. I think she’s probably going to Hell. I’m just sayin’…

I posted this last year but I thought I’d do it a bit earlier this year in case folks are in the market for some cool Christmas albums. Enjoy! I have an iTunes playlist of over 250 Christmas/holiday songs and some of my favorites are what I consider to be “out of the ordinary” — songs you won’t likely hear […]

On my way to work I pass by a town called Hell, Michigan. This morning it was frosty, frozen and snow-covered. Now I know why. Charles Krauthammer points out what so many on both sides of the political divide seem to have missed: the tax cut/unemployment extension deal negotiated by the Obama administration achieves more progressive goals than it does […]

Surprise, surprise, my representative here in MI-07, Tim Walberg, is already on the GOPocrisy train. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reported earlier this week that Tim Walberg will opt out of federal health-care coverage. But it’s a nice bit of bait and switch because — wait for it — he already RECEIVES state health-care coverage!!! “The question is — will they […]

First of all, a big welcome to folks coming in from Blackwaterdog’s most-excellent blog “The only adult in the room”. My blog entry yesterday certainly got some attention. I got over 1,100 hits on my website. It was shared on Facebook almost 1,000 times. The Daily Kos version was the #2 diary of the day, getting over 1,500 comments and […]

Like so many other progressives, I’ve been pretty politically-existentially angsty about the recent tax cut deal President Obama struck with the hostage takers Republicans. However, after listening to his press conference yesterday and learning more about it, I’ve come to realize that, not only did he really have no choice but to cut a deal, the deal he got is […]

My wife’s photomosaic of Barack Obama (which appeared in Time magazine) was recently used in a TED talk by Sylvain Zimmer. Check it out. Tres cool. I’m just sayin’…