Impeachment Insurance Clause
President Agnew (1974-1985) I don’t think there’s any question that the founders would consider impeachment more than justified in the current case — they’d probably be horrified that the Congress...
View ArticleBudapest
I decided on Budapest and — because we’re already going to three other countries before we get there — to leave it at that and not try to throw in Prague or Vienna. It just worked out with the flights...
View ArticleHave You Been Impacted?
Phyllofix bought up a good topic last night. Have you ever been directly affected by who is president? Personally, I think the last six and a half years have been great in various ways, and the only...
View ArticleHistorical Imaginary Friend
If you could take any American out of history and show him the modern world — who would it be? If you could take someone out of history and ask him or her to pronounce on the state of the country — and...
View ArticleBush Cries on God’s Shoulder
The president says he cries a lot, on God’s shoulder. Interesting, this attempt to reassure people that the president cares about the havoc he has wreaked while reasserting his primacy, his...
View ArticleKicking Ass in Iraq
President Bush says we’re “kicking ass” in Iraq. He said this to the Deputy Prime Minister of Austria — that is, Australia. It was a dumb thing to say for a number of reasons, so many reasons they have...
View ArticleThis Century Began . . . When?
The beginning of about 12 good years. The calendar is arbitrary. Epochs begin and end on their own time. The twentieth century began with the assassination of William McKinley and the inauguration of...
View ArticleHow Would This Go Over Today? and Update
The other day I was filling out my expenses for the year, which took hours to do, but as it was basically a mindless thing, I was able to amuse myself with a string of youtube videos. (Did you know...
View ArticleWhose Presidential Portraits Would You Put Up?
I like this one. Meteor Blades on Daily Kos asks which presidential portraits would you put up if you became president. Nixon put up Woodrow Wilson and similarly went to hell in his second term. Reagan...
View ArticleI Am a Donut — an Urban Legend
A reader informs me today that the “I am a donut” thing, with regard to Kennedy’s 1963 Berliner speech, is an urban legend. Happy to hear it.
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