President Obama will sign the bill that repeals the odious, discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy tomorrow (Wednesday.) The White House says President Barack Obama will sign the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay service members on Wednesday morning at a Department of Interior auditorium. With a stroke of his pen, the president will end the Pentagon’s 17-year, […]

Daily Kos diarist, RenaRF, has a fascinating diary up right now (Read ‘Em and [insert emotion here]) that brings out some of the results of a new CNN/Time poll. The results are gratifying to those of us who don’t hate the President. I won’t reprint her entire diary but here are a couple of choice bits: Overall Approval:Do you approve […]

Think Progress reported this past week that the so-called “Shutdown Caucus” expanded to seven members when Representative-elect Steve Womack (R-AR) joined their ranks. Some Republicans, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, look back at the 1995 government shutdown debacle as a cautionary tale of the practical and political costs of shutting down the federal government. Others view it as a […]

There’s a move afoot to build a skateboard park in Ann Arbor (a2skatepark.org). If you’d like to help, you can vote in Pepsi’s “Refresh Everything contest where the A2 Skatepark is in the running for a $250,000 grant. They are currently in 20th place but that could change. With YOUR help. How? Simply text 104839 to Pepsi (73774) (standard text […]

He doesn’t appear to have any justified objections. He’s just being a dick when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t vote to ratify the START Treaty. Hours earlier, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., dealt a blow to the administration’s hopes for strong bipartisan support, criticizing the treaty’s verification system and expressing concern that the pact would limit U.S. […]

This weekend was all about jammin’ in the Eclectahouse. This past summer we spent time picking Michigan blueberries, Michigan tart cherries and wild blackberries. Yesterday, we made about 100 jars of jam including a magnificent blend of cherry/blackberry. Earthy, tart and sweet, it’s one of the best blended jams we’ve ever made. Photos by Anne Savage. Please do not reproduce […]

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 […]