Archive for August, 2009
Ted Kennedy is An Example to Us All
I got this note today from the anti-Obamacare group Conservatives for Patient Rights. It is suspending its television ads for a respectful period of time because of the death of Senator Kennedy. “With the sad news of Senator Kennedy’s passing, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights is immediately suspending our ad campaign for health care reform out [...]
R.I.P. Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne wasn’t a scion of one of American’s wealthiest families; she was just a girl from an average, middle class family, whose idealism led her to Birmingham, Alabama, during the Civil Rights era, then back north to Washington, D.C., where she eventually ended up as a staffer on Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Ms. [...]
Calling it Grassroots Doesn’t Make it Grassroots
My post at AIP today deals with another media misperception about grassroots movements, namely that they’re grassroots simply because the people organizing them say so. The Democrats are launching a big health careapalooza national tour with a big push from the Democratic National Committee and the biggest health care lobbying group in the country and, [...]
R.I.P. Senator Kennedy
Senator Ted Kennedy, the man nicknamed the Lion of the Senate, died today of brain cancer at the age of 77. His career as a politician spanned pretty much his entire adult life. Indeed, it was the only real job he had ever had (and pretty much the only job you could expect him to [...]
Gaze Upon the Blogger Booty and Marvel!
As you might remember, I recently guest-hosted an episode of Wendy Sullivan’s Brass Balls Radio. Well, during the show, Wendy mentioned that as a guest-host, I would receive a rare and coveted coffee mug. So, today, guess what arrived courtesy the UPS man? I hear you scoffers now. Surely anyone can get such a mug, [...]
What’s This? A Guest Blogger?
For the past few months, I’ve been mulling over ways to make The Sundries Shack a more interesting place to visit. One of the changes I’ve been considering is adding a couple few guest bloggers to the roster, to give you all a change of pace and to add more character to the place. Well, [...]
That’s What You Said