Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • Ohh Gonzo, you should have been gone sooo long ago…

    If you’re not at work today, let me suggest you break out the bubbly, and raise a glass to the departure of the WORST USAG EVAH! That’s right, unless you’ve been living under a rock, or trying to avoid the media, you know that Gonzo resigned. And there was much rejoicing. Don’t get too excited…

  • Bush Dogs

    On Wednesday, Matt Stoller of Open Left posted a list of the 41 Democratic Congresscritters that voted for the Iraq capitulation bill and the more recent “temporary” FISA update requested by the White House. The post can be found here. Six of the 41 “members” of this illustrious group are Representatives in Tennessee and Arkansas.…

  • Bush Dog – Mike Ross AR-04 (Revised and Extended)

    Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post. This post is in response to, and support of the “Bush Dog” project at Open Left. This, like all the other profiles, is a work in progress. If you have any insight or information to add to this profile, please do so in the comments.…

  • Bush Dog – Vic Snyder AR-02 (Revised and Extended)

    Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post. This post is in response to, and support of the “Bush Dog” project at Open Left. This, like all the other profiles, is a work in progress. If you have any insight or information to add to this profile, please do so in the comments.…

  • Talent be Damned, Vick Should be Banned

    So I’m watching Monday Night Football tonight, and they just won’t shut up about Michael Vick. For the 3 of you that have been living under a rock and don’t know, Vick, the Quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, has been indicted for dogfighting charges, and will plead guilty on Monday. The charges could put him…

  • I Can't Take Much More of This

    My frustration level with the Congress has been building for months now. It started back in December, right after the election, when Speaker Pelosi took impeachment off the table, a move that yanked the teeth out of the body, without a sufficient denture order. In May, I was very annoyed with the big chicken-out on…