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Dixies Political Blog

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:32:58 -0700

FROM THE PAGE: "Welcome to my political blog. What you'll find here are the musings of a somewhat curmudgeonly, cynical observer of the political process and the resultant theater. I do love irony and you really can't discuss politics too long before you're in over your waders in burlesque."

This blogger is off to a great start. Check it out. It seems to just get better. Good luck Dixie!

Thinking conservatives: MIAs of the GOP -- latimes.com

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:09:37 -0700

From the page: "But enjoyable as it's been to watch conservatives flee from the GOP, something about all this leaves me feeling a little down. Because as the more respectable, literate conservatives distance themselves from the GOP, increasingly, the only ones left on the right are paranoid, rage-driven, xenophobic nuts. Bitter? You betcha! Twisted too!

Even for a liberal, it's painful to watch. Once, the GOP proudly claimed to be the "party of ideas." They weren't generally good ideas, it's true -- but they were ideas eloquently defended by men and women who believed it was their duty to study history, philosophy, science, economics and international relations and to do the intellectual heavy lifting needed to try to persuade smart people with different views to come around to their way of thinking. That was the GOP nurtured by conservative intellectuals such as William Buckley. Buckley was many things liberals didn't admire, but he wasn't ignorant, savage or stupid by choice.

But today, as the last few sober grown-ups leave the party, the visible face of the GOP increasingly looks like that of the people who shout "kill him!" when Obama's name comes up, who speak of black men they don't like as "uppity" or as "boys," who think you can't trust a Muslim or an Arab, who think talking about "Barack Hussein Osama" is witty and (I'm talking to you, Sarah Palin and John McCain) who claim Obama "pals around with terrorists."

This isn't really that funny anymore. "

dimimplosions favorite web sites - StumbleUpon

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:58 -0800

these are the eclectic pages of a thought-full stumbler....go see.

debsys blog - StumbleUpon

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:28:43 -0800

the superlatives have all been used, for good reason. these are special pages to be savored at length.

MOCA: the Museum of Computer Art

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:26:59 -0800

i found a lot to like on this site....

Google Music: Alvin Lee

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:48:24 -0800

new today on music player....

ALVIN LEE

from alvin lee and ten years after, "slow blues in c"

and

alvin lee with jerry lee lewis, albert lee, and rory gallagher: "johnny b. good"

Steve Miller (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:46:49 -0800

also added to music player today....

STEVE MILLER

from the steve miller band: "abracacabra," "gangster of love," and "old time rock and roll"

and

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION

from ars: "imaginary lover," outside woman blues," and "so into you"

CURRENTLY FEATURED ON MY MUSIC PLAYER:

aerosmith, luther allison, american minor, atlanta rhythm section, jeff beck, dickie betts, elvin bishop, buckwheat zydeco, paul butterfield, capercaillie, tracy chapman, eric clapton, shemekia copeland, james cotton, robert cray, delerium, bob dylan, enigma, melissa etheridge, fabulous thunderbirds, rory gallagher, macy gray, buddy guy, scott holt, lena horne, etta james, jethro tull, jewel, janis joplin, journey, albert king, b.b. king, kiss, alison krauss, jonny lang, led zeppelin, albert lee, alvin lee, annie lennox, jerry lee lewis, yo-yo ma, magic sam, bob marley, edgar meyer, steve miller band, moody blues, john mooney, gary moore, ace moreland, me'shell ndegeocello, neville brothers, mark o'connor, rod & honey piazza, pink floyd, jean-luc ponty, prince, finley quaye, bonnie raitt, the rolling stones, rush, carlos santana, diane schuur, mem shannon, sibeba, nina simone, steely dan, joss stone, barbra streisand, taj mahal, paul thorn, z.z. top, traffic, robin trower, van halen, jimmie vaughn, stevie ray vaughn, joe walsh, the who, cassandra wilson, edgar winter, yes, dwight yoakam.

curioustumblers favorites - StumbleUpon

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:51:21 -0800

this stumbler always rox.....

Doomsday clock ticks closer to Armageddon | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:50:11 -0800

DOOMSDAY CLOCK TICKS CLOSER TO ARMAGEDDON

from page...."The Nobel laureate scientist Stephen Hawking today warned that the world is on the brink of a second nuclear age and a period of unprecedented climate change.

The University of Cambridge mathematician's comments came as the time on the doomsday clock, which counts down to nuclear Armageddon, was moved two minutes closer to midnight, reflecting concerns among scientists over the rise of new nuclear powers.

Climate change was also increasing the threat of catastrophic damage to the planet, academics at the Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists (BAS) said."