The Audacity of a New Hope

The Audacity of a New Hope

The Audacity of a New Hope
This post is more just a general clearinghouse of some of the more interesting articles I’ve come across lately, and a bit of a call for a ray of hope, somewhere along down the line.
First up is this diatribe by Camille Paglia [bio].  She takes [...]

Charles Darwin biopic having trouble finding American distributor

Charles Darwin biopic having trouble finding American distributor

Paul Bettany plays Charles Darwin in Creation
The next round of the war on culture is coming soon (or not) to a theatre near you.
From the Telegraph:
Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin’s “struggle between faith and reason” as he wrote On The Origin of Species. [...]

Dick Army led by Dick Armey marches on Washington

The Dick Army At Work.
All those folks that don’t want to pay taxes unless it is for torture and war marched on Washington, D.C. today.
The protests, organized by Fox News and FreedomWorks.org (Dick Armey’s lobbying firm) focused on how U.S. taxes should be cut to increase the deficit by even more than the $5,000,000,000,000 added [...]

“Roy, wake up. A plane has hit the World Trade Center”

“Roy, wake up. A plane has hit the World Trade Center”

Calmly calling the President a liar.
I was sleeping when I heard those words.  I don’t remember what my dream was that day, as I lay all comfy in my bed.
I had recently left a job in Colorado and was planning on moving to New York [...]

Let’s Talk about Socialism (and the sub-text Totalitarianism)

Let’s Talk about Socialism (and the sub-text Totalitarianism)

Wow, where to start with this one.  I’ve been reading a lot, as per, regarding what used to be a debate about much needed health care reform in this country.  That debate has since devolved into mad, crazy fear-mongering and nutjobbery about the creeping tide of communism/fascism/LOUD NOISES [...]

McCarthyism ‘09 Claims Its First Victim

McCarthyism ‘09 Claims Its First Victim

Sen. Joe McCarthy
Over the weekend and under the cover of darkness, we had the first casualty of the new Red Scare.
Van Jones, Obama’s pick to help build the U.S.’s green job economy, resigned after the constant attacks by the right wing media.
For those that don’t know who Jones is, here’s [...]

Fox News Goes Full Retard

Corrected Fox News Logo
I’ve been watching a lot of the townhall debates lately on C-Span regarding the current attempt in Congress to overhaul the health insurance industry in this country.   One of the better ones I watched recently was Representative Jim Moran’s (D-VI) trying to communicate to his constituents what is in the bill, what [...]

Morality and the Health Care Debate

Last week, after it became apparent that the GOP campaign of disinformation regarding the health care legislation was working wonderfully [1] President Obama shifted gears a bit to talk about *why* this change is necessary.
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a [...]

Ending the Heath Care debate

It’s been more than a few days since I shared my wondrous insights with my legions of fans here at RPN (does two people count as a legion?), and there’s been a bunch of back and forth on the health care debate so far, so instead of doing some massive fact-laden post, we’ll pick up this thing [...]

Paging Palin, Petroleum Pundit (Cap’n Trade Dissection)

To catch you up *real* quick, I’ve been away and Sarah Palin quit as Governor of Alaska.
A number of other big things have happened since I last wrote, and we’ll be addressing a number of those in short order, but as I like to talk a bit about policy and big things from time to [...]

Let’s Clear the Desktop First.

I’ve been a bit lax (ha!) in keeping up the blog lately.  My apologies for withholding from you.
As mentioned previously, the saving the world bit is on the tiring side, and the writing stuff is on the high energy side, and seldom did the ‘twain meet.
When one is pouring all of one’s emotional energy into [...]

Holy Shit, I Still Have a Website.

My lord, I’ve been spending too much time on Facebook.
I’ve neglected my role here, as RPN. My deepest apologies.
To catch you up to the story quickly (this would be Chapter 12 for those reading at home), our hero in the story has taken to walking the Earth in order to save it.
Which sounds all [...]