Alternate Brain

This is a delightful song about cowboys "going rogue" and yes, I said that on purpose! Did I mention that choices have consequence...

Emmylou cuts loose a little toward the end of this one. Be still my heart! Hello Stranger by Emmylou Harris w/ Nash Ramblers Thanks to sanjo...

Pretty good post on the parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam by Ray McGovern . He starts off with a little Kipling . I'm surprised ...

Whoda thought it ? So it may turn out that Harry Reid was the hero in the public option after all.

Thanks to DrStranglove .

Back before the flood when I was one horny young Jarhead amongst many, we were given to hyperbole concerning the for all practical purposes ...

This is the first I've heard of this. AfterDowningStreet Lies, damn lies, and promises from Democrats. An amendment allowing states to c...

The World's Best News Source Claiming that the president was preying on the public's fear of contracting a fatal disease last week w...

Duh. It wasn't very hard for them to do, either, given that Bush/Cheney played right into their hands. Robert Parry As security worsens ...

Harvey Wasserman The Iraq war's chief New York Times cheerleader has reversed field on Afghanistan. Does it mean there will be no escala...

If you missed this last night, DO NOT miss it now! Fox News defends itself against an attack by the Obama administration by explaining t...

The Rude One on Obama's visit to Dover AFB: ... Or, to put it simply, the images of Obama at Dover show a young president nutting up to...

Kudos to President Obama for attempting to kill this policy . This was a bone thrown to the 'god people' by Bush and his Rethug Con...

Athenae on the Republicans' attempt to mess with AARP : ... I have traveled with seniors, I have traveled near seniors, and I have known...

Robert Parry The American mainstream media is in another snit, having misjudged the prospects for the public option on health care almost as...

I present this with a minimum of comment. There's plenty more. WaPo Matthew Hoh, a former Foreign Service officer and former Marine Corp...

This is an excellent speech by Larry Wilkerson. Take 40 minutes and watch it. It won't make you particularly happy, but you'll be gl...

When I say that Osama bin Laden is still on the payroll : KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a ...

The Dems have shown their willingness to be played. Joe Liberman's vote ain't worth the tsurrus he's given us. Shoulda kicked...

That's how big a percentage of our health care dollars are wasted : In the wake of its shocking assessment that employer-provided health...