This blog consists primarily of links to news stories, columns, or other items I've found interesting.

 
How weird: I just came to this blog for the first time in quite a while and discovered that April 21 was the date of both the first entry (21 April 2003) and the last one (21 April 2009) -- last before this one, I mean.
posted by Natalie at 8:37 PM

 

This Blog:

As is no doubt obvious, I rarely come here anymore. I post links via Facebook instead.
posted by Natalie at 2:51 PM

 

Health Care:

"We face one of the most important decisions in our Nation's history--how to address the insolvency of our health care system that threatens to decimate our country's budget, stability, and overall wellbeing." -- Rep. John D. Dingell

http://tinyurl.com/bd2tgd

posted by Natalie at 6:58 AM

 

Bush:

"Bush failed because in the end it was all about him." -- Frank Rich


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04rich.html


(I rarely post anything here anymore. I'm using Facebook most of the time for sharing links.)
posted by Natalie at 2:31 PM

 

Home Depot:

I hate to think about the huge amount of money I've spent supporting Democrat-haters the past few years! No more.

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1872

posted by Natalie at 7:50 AM

 

Michael Moore on the Auto Industry:

Larry King interviews Michael Moore, whose father worked for GM for thirty-five years:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/20/lkl.michael.moore/

posted by Natalie at 8:37 AM

 

"The Fourth Republic":

"The election of Barack Obama to the presidency may signal more than the end of an era of Republican presidential dominance and conservative ideology. It may mark the beginning of a Fourth Republic of the United States." -- Michael Lind

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/07/fourth_republic/

posted by Natalie at 5:51 PM

 

Obama:

"[Obama] won because at a very dangerous moment in the life of a still young country, more people than have ever spoken before came together to try to save it. And that was a victory all its own." -- Nancy Gibbs

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856914,00.html

posted by Natalie at 5:58 AM

 

Happy Days Are Here Again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESr9D5Gd7A
posted by Natalie at 10:24 PM

 

"Sometimes":

The poet has given permission to quote the poem but has asked that her name be removed:

Sometimes

Sometimes things don't go, after all,

from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel

faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail,

sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.

A people sometimes will step back from war;

elect an honest man; decide they care

enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor.

Some men become what they were born for.

Sometimes our best efforts do not go

amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.

The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow

that seemed hard frozen: may it happen for you.

posted by Natalie at 10:45 AM

 

Sarah Palin and Science:

"On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity." -- Christopher Hitchens

http://www.slate.com/id/2203120/

posted by Natalie at 7:49 AM

 

Keillor on Palin:

"Anybody who got whacked last week and still thinks McCain-Palin is going to lead us out of the swamp and not into a war with Iran is beyond persuasion in the English language. They'll need to lose their homes and be out on the street in a cold hard rain before they connect the dots." -- Garrison Keillor

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/382133_keilloronline08.html

posted by Natalie at 11:55 AM

 

McCain and ACORN:

On ACORN and voter registration:

http://tinyurl.com/5hu6tu

posted by Natalie at 9:35 PM

 

The Supreme Court:

Tom Head on the presidential election and the Supreme Court:

http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2008/10/18/endorsement-barack-obama.htm

posted by Natalie at 7:37 AM

 

A First-Time Democrat:

William F. Buckley's son to vote for Obama -- his first time ever to vote for a Democrat:

http://tinyurl.com/3ll6e4

posted by Natalie at 7:35 AM

 

McCain's Insurance Plan:

"If you think that 'The Market' —whatever market— always works for the best, you'll love John McCain's version of health insurance reform. It uses the tax code to shove you toward individual policies (more 'choice!') and away from comprehensive, employersupported plans." -- Jane Bryant Quinn

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162335

posted by Natalie at 8:15 AM

 

Voter Caging:

"Given the track record of the GOP in Florida in 2000 there is no reason to give McCain and the Republicans the benefit of the doubt this time around."


http://tinyurl.com/3usoqm

posted by Natalie at 6:59 AM

 

Palin and Power:

"Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday." -- AP


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOTk11gvqDAgD0cY3i4WjI_2YOxwD93NVI6O0

posted by Natalie at 6:56 AM

 

Maverick:

"'I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,' said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants." -- John Schwartz

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html

posted by Natalie at 8:32 PM

 

Pictures from Alaska:

Women against Palin:

http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article5893-alaska-women-reject-sarah-palin.aspx

posted by Natalie at 9:16 AM