I’ve waited 3 days to write this post to make sure that if you’re reading this, you’ve already watched Scandal’s season 2 finale. But, if you still haven’t, then stop before the first heading. However, whether you’ve watched it or not, know that I thought that what was good was excellent, what was bad was terrible, and that I’m left with some questions. The Good 1. Nothing can tear Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant apart, not the fact that she had sex with Jake, nor the fact that he killed Verna. How refreshing that the writers did not have Fitz reject Olivia in a jealous, drunken fit. After all she...
OpinionList: 5-17-13
An interesting week it has been with events that will have a lasting effect for months, even after this OpinionList is long forgotten, whether we want them or not. 1. A Storm In A Teacup: CS Monitor reports “The heads are starting to roll at the Internal Revenue Service, but it will...
Revenge: [My] 10 Truths About Truth
I’ve been saying tweeting it, that Truth had to be about Emily telling Jack that she’s the real Amanda Clarke. That this was the only way to get the show back on track after a dismal second season. Well, told him she did and, as I also predicted, she told him at the very end of...
IRS In Hot Water With Tea Party
As you probably know, the IRS is in hot water with the tea party after it admitted, on Friday, that it had targeted groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, for a more thorough review of their tax-exempt status applications. According to the Huffington...
Hey Apple, iWant This
Dear Apple, I’m neither a developer nor a tech expert (although compared to my husband and friends, I’m a total techie). No, I’m just a huge fan and I became an avid consumer of your products since you always gave me what I wanted, even before I knew what that was. But...
How LaPierre & The NRA Are Like The Tsarnaev Brothers
On Saturday, during his speech at the NRA’s annual convention gun lovefest, Wayne LaPierre asked, “How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?” This has shocked many, but not me. After all, this is Wayne LaPierre we’re talking about, and while I’m...
WHCD: Did President Obama Laugh At Himself Too Much?
I am writing this post bogged down in hesitation. You see, I’m going to criticize two of the most popular segments of President Obama’s speech at The White House Correspondent Dinner (WHCD). I know that most of you thought that it was awesome (it was), and that this was due to the...
Maureen Dowd Is Partly Right, Unfortunately
In her latest post No Bully in the Pulpit New York Time’s Op-Ed columnist Maureen Dowd blames President Obama for the Senate’s recent failure to pass the expanded background check law. She claims that President Obama does not know how to govern, that he doesn’t know...
“No More Hurting People”
I had planned to write a post about the war on women. That’s now scrapped. It’s obvious that today’s post had to be on the Boston Marathon bombings. But I still hesitated. What could I possibly write that hasn’t already been said? The sadness and outrage that I...
Stockman: On Babies With Guns
Rep. Steve Stockman’s (R-Texas) statement that “If babies had guns they wouldn’t be aborted” sparked a bunch of mental images and thoughts that I, of course, had never before imagined. The first image was that of a mini gun traveling up the vaginal tract to the fetus....
What’s Really Crazy About McConnellgate
As you’ve probably read by now, David Corn posted a recording on Mother Jones that was made at a meeting of Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign team on February 2nd. The meeting was on Ashley Judd and how to neutralize her should she run for the Kentucky Senate seat held by...