Plunderbund

In the ol’ mailbag yesterday:
Just months after beginning his inventory of underused state properties, Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray joined Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and City Council members to cross a significant site off the list and help bring nearly $200,000 dollars into state coffers.
A […]

Our boys over at RABid (HT BSB) had a cow yesterday afternoon… Quoting from a “Patton Revisited” video they posted…
Thank god, I really wonder where we’d be today if some of our current members of Congress were residing during World War II. I think we’d all be speaking German right now and the world […]

Maria Bartiromo: Would you consider a position in business or on Wall Street?
Condi Rice: I don’t know what I’ll do long-term. I’m a terrible long-term planner.
You’re kidding me, right? Our Secretary of State - the person in charge or coordinating and directing our overseas government activities - is such a terrible long-term planner she […]

Bill Sloat over at The Daily Bellweather has challenged the Ohio blogosphere to post something positive about Ohio, to help pull us out of the blues, as diagnosed by Gov. Strickland.
Piece of cake.
You might not be aware of it, but Ohio hosts quite a diversity of cultures. Many of the immigrant communities are older […]

Rep. George Miller (D-CA) talking about why the College Cost Reduction Act is a good thing, and why the GOP shouldn’t have tried to kill the bill. Got the chamber pretty fired up.

The bill passed the House yesterday, despite the best efforts of Pryce, Tiberi, Chabot, Gillmor, Jordon, Hobson, and Schmidt. Nancy Pelosi’s […]

I’m not exactly sure what Matt Naugle’s problem is, but he seems unable to resist implying that Ted Strickland is gay, and prefers younger men. Let’s not forget the innuendos about Strickland’s vacation with a staffer, and that his wife may not even live with him. Of course, all of these “allegations” are […]

A new Gallop poll came out yesterday about belief in evolution in America, and in some ways the poll results are stunning. In earlier polls, answers to the question “Now thinking about how human beings came to exist on Earth, do you, personally, believe in evolution, or not?” were split virtually down-the-middle; 49% yes, […]

This speech is a thing of beauty. It’s funny, poignant, touching, and powerful. If you only ever follow one link from Plunderbund, make this one it.

Originally from here. Be sure to read the extended…
Why I Don’t Believe in the GOP’s God
By Nancy Greggs
“It is the favorite taunt of the right-wing: As a Liberal and a Democrat, I am a godless heathen who does not accept the word of God. And they are right.
It’s not that I don’t believe in […]

Ben Franklin: “We must hang together, gentlemen…else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.”
RABid: “Eww, collectivism!”
This was RABid’s response to a speech by Hillary Clinton where she said this:
“There is no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all people […]

So, the Ohio GOP (and the right-wing blogosphere) is apoplectic over SoS Brunner’s plan to encourage HS graduates to register to vote, and specifically, the counties targeted for the pilot test run of the program. The gist of the complaint is that of the 5 pilot counties (Knox, Lucas, Montgomery, Scioto, and Trumbull), only […]

The late Rev. Jerry Falwell? He was exactly like a Hummer H2. Oh yes he was. Bloated, arrogant, offensive to millions and deeply wrong in a thousand ways and yet blindly worshipped by a shockingly large and happily uninformed throng of devout minions for no other reason than he was, well, bloated, arrogant and wrong.
Mark […]

I’ve struggled a long time to write a good capsule to introduce this bit, but I can’t. Joss Whedon is about a billion times the writer I am. This is a tremendous rant, and I encourage you to read it. I was unable to edit it down to something concise; unable to […]

Fox News gives Michael Moore’s new film, SiCKO, a positive review.
Filmmaker Michael Moore’s brilliant and uplifting new documentary, “Sicko,” deals with the failings of the U.S. healthcare system, both real and perceived. But this time around, the controversial documentarian seems to be letting the subject matter do the talking, and in the process shows […]

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