Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
No shit. Anne Lamott It breaks a girl's heart to know that Molly Ivins does not get to have a go at the Republican slate this year. I can see that big, rosy, sunflower face watching this all with astonishment and roaring with laughter. Ivins -- the legendary buckaroo populist, journalist, freelance hell-raiser and freedom fighter -- would be pounding her fists on the arms of her...
Isak (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Author Anne Lamott mourns a gaping hole in this year's election season: Molly Ivins. Lamott suggests that Ivins would have "had a ball" writing about Sarah Palin, and would've found plenty of material to on the two presidential candidates for...
Bring it On! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Molly Ivins wrote a few years ago that the most lucrative investment you can make — nothing else even comes close — is to purchase your own congressman (or several). How’s this for a Return On Investment? The financial sector has contributed $2 billion to Congress since 1990. Talk about a payoff! Make $2 billion worth [...]
Who Hijacked Our Country (Free subscription) | yesterday
Molly Ivins wrote a few years ago that the most lucrative investment you can make — nothing else even comes close — is to purchase your own congressman (or several). How’s this for a Return On Investment? The financial sector has contributed $2 billion to Congress since 1990 . Talk about a payoff! Make $2 billion worth of bribes to Congress and get rewarded with a $700 billion handout...
Away With Words (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... to be everyone's motto pretty soon. Writer Anne Lamott misses the late, great newspaper columnist Molly Ivins this campaign season. Me too. (Never heard of Ivins? Read my tribute to her .) John McCain and Sarah Palin are fond of calling themselves mavericks. But a descendant of 19th-century Texas rancher Samuel Maverick--whose unbranded cattle were known as Maverick's--warns...
Of course, I could be wrong... (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.(Molly Ivins 1944-2007)I don't know about you,but I practice a disorganized religion.I belong to an unholy disorder.(Kurt Vonnegut 1922 - 2007)"As usual, the most objectionable material can be found at the MadPriest"(Greg Griffiths)According to Rome, I'm a layman. We have to talk about that first(Saint...
whump.com | More Like This WebLog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
We really needed Molly Ivins to be around still for this election.
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
We really needed Molly Ivins to be around still for this election.
