Not My Mother’s Blog

There are some things I hear repeated day after day that just drive me nuts. These little nuggets of “everybody knows it’s true” misinformation form the building blocks of really really huge lies that are getting sold to us as THE TRUTH. They get repeated so often that people simply accept them as fact and [...]

…that we’re going to see more comments like this one in response to a post by Matt Springer over at BlogCritics: My “knee jerk” reaction, from what I’ve learned so far, is that this woman breaks the mold in almost every conceivable way. I like women the way they are, and think they should continue [...]

Earlier, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., told FOX News: “Many of us speaking on the floor today, including the Republican leadership, believe the president of the United States should call this congress back into session immediately under Article II of the Constitution, and demand that this Congress deal with the issue of energy independence.” Energy independence? [...]

McCain announced Tuesday that he favors lifting the ban on offshore drilling and allowing states to decide whether or not to allow oil drilling offshore. Bush is expected to ask Congress today to lift the offshore drilling ban. Quotable quotes from both sides of the issue from the CNN.com story: ¥McCain said: “I’m all for [...]