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Ok, so I’m not trying to steal Mediaverse:Memphis’ gig or anything. If I’m going to get in the hang of writing more about Memphis politics from locales hither and fro (I’m in Columbus, OH today) I’m gonna need to read the local fishwrap and comment. So, sorry if I’m pissing on your Cheerios guys. There…

It seems Brother Bill had him some lunch with wing-nut/vast right wing conspiracy financier Richard Mellon Scaife and it didn’t end up on WWE Smackdown. Newsweek has the story.

This morning was my first post in nearly 3 weeks. It’s seemed like an eternity to me. Writing is something I do, not because I’m particularly good, or because I have anything new or different to say but because it’s some thing I like. I write because it makes me feel connected to the community,…

Imagine, if you will, 200+ years of history gone. America in it’s infancy in our present day. The Constitution, in it’s current manifestation has just been ratified, and George Washington, our first President, is at the helm. What would George Washington do? The man, who steadfastly worked to reject the idea of a constitutional monarchy,…

I find myself suffering from outrage fatigue. Seems that I’m not the only one. With all the shenanigans that are currently going on in the national and local political sphere, finding something to focus my outrage on has been difficult, dishearteningly difficult. FISA, the Mukasey nomination, Torture, the DOJ scandal, SCHIP, Iraq, the local election…

I saw this video on Wonkette. It was too intriguing to ignore. Then I actually watched it. And oh my God. Brilliant. Go on, do it, go to Draft Katherine Harris.com. The site is run by the Florida Democratic Party, and Kudos to them for having the stones to pull something like the off in…