Author: pygalgia

Birthday Wishes

Happy 83’d birthday to President Jimmy Carter:     “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the     world, this administration has been the worst in history…The overt...

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A Side Note on SCHIP

One interesting side of the SCHIP bill is its funding source (yeah, shrub plans to veto it, so this post is mostly irrelevant). The bill would pay for children’s health care by raising the tax on cigarettes by $.61 per...

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AZ-01 Putting the Party back in Politics

Last night I flat out had fun while working toward a “better” Democrat. The event was “Rock the Peaks” for congressional candidate Howard Shanker (http://www.howardshankerforcongress.com/...

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Intervention

I didn’t watch our shrub’s speech (see post below), but I’ve read the transcript (painful enough on it’s own), and something struck me: our shrub is an addict in denial. The rationalizations, denials of...

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AZ-01 Howard Shanker

I’ve officially volunteered for Howard Shanker’s campaign for the AZ-01 congressional seat http://www.howardshankerforcongress.com/ , and looking forward to a really interesting campaign. This doesn’t mean that...

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