I can't agree with your basic premise that something is going wrong with Mother Jones. I go there daily like I do here, and I subscribe.

It was easier to answer your questions than think of my own. Besides, I'm not clearly thinking after visiting the comments here.
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1. No. It was the neocons in the library (of the Pentagon).

2. Who is Britt Hume?

3. Who is Mr. Smith?

4. I have commitment issues. Can I promise my pledge is in the mail instead?

5. I'd rather just see them flaggers committed to one of those 'funny' hospitals.

6. I trip up at the helmut hairline every time.

7. Hell is too good for the Dickster. How about Gitmo?

8. I would donate both kidneys before going to a GOP ratfu$k

9. Gitmo has faith in Feith and Bolton.

10. Even when they're not paying for homosexual sex.

I guess I joined the right party after all. Thanks for giving me a baseline to work against, DD. Now, I guess I need to come up with ten signs that one might be a progressive.

I never believe in the death penalty. Never.

If someone wants to show their ignorance by displaying a confederate flag, that should be their right.

#4 is great!

I am rather fond of both Jimmy Stewart and the stupid little bulldog on the front of a truck.

Cheney will get his just rewards... regardless of what we believe, BUT I do have my faith in a God renewed every time I think of Ann Coulter with her mouth wired shut. I begin to doubt again when I realize it wasn't permanent.

1. I don't believe Ronald Reagan was a B-Movie Actor. He starred in many big Hollywood productions with A -List actors of the time but he himself was a B-list talent. As far as his administrations policies he put them in place and was spokesman for them. I don't think he was ever smart enough to grasp the overall effect of those policies and as time went on his mental acuity diminished to the point where he was pathetic shell of himself testifying about Iran Contra.

2. I usually don't find anything on FOX worth watching for more than 3 seconds so I would never have the remote out of my hand on the few occasions I surf there. Life has enough irritations as it is without seeking them out.

3. I've never seen Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in it's entirety so I can't say.

4. I'd rather there not be a pledge of allegiance period.

5. No. It's a free country, if people want to display the stars and bars or even a Nazi flag it helps me figure out where they're coming from.

6. See answer to No. 2.

7. I don't know if there's a heaven or hell but I do know there is history. As I'd hoped for Ronald Reagan (and didn't get) I hope Cheney lives long enough to see just how harshly history judges him for all posterity. He deserves to die a broken man lamenting the damage he caused. I doubt he'll ever have such an epiphany so I'll be satisfied with history's judgment while he still lives.

8. Oh, I'd much rather go to a function sponsored by the GOP. Oppo research and comedy gold beats major surgery any day.

9. Not in favor of the death penalty but I might favor conscription of such people. But for the better answer see No. 7.

10. I never though about this one. I think my sex life is unaffected by family values advocates getting caught paying for homosexual sex. I can't imagine talking about it would make any woman I know horny though it might them laugh.

You might be a liberal if….
1. You think it would be a better idea to spend $800 billion refinancing poor peoples’ mortgages than giving it to financial institutions that played fast & loose with mortgage-backed securities.
2. You experienced schadenfreude when you saw an SUV driver paying $75 to fill his gas tank.
3. You finish the phrase, “My country, right or wrong” with “when right, to support it; and when wrong, to correct it.”
4. You think that other people’s religions belong in their own homes and not yours.
5. You’re willing to give the Iraqi people a chance to run (or ruin) their own country than have us do it for them.
6. You think educating children is a good investment in the future of our society.
7. You’re willing to pay taxes for appropriate government functions.
8. You believe that basic preventive and emergency health care is among those appropriate government functions.
9. You’d rather have Tina Fey than Sarah Palin as vice president.
10. You’re going to breathe a huge sigh of relief when W starts clearin’ brush again.

You might be a liberal if...

you have lately caught on to the new shoe craze.

Especially sandals that are made in Turkey.

I'm betting that a long range loafer is already in the planning stages.

I take a three our nap and you take care of my blog, the one I was going to erase.

Yes! And made it better, too!

What the hell is a range loafer?

Are you sure it was only a nap you took? I hate explaining my best jokes, but OK...

Remember the Iraqi journalist that threw his shoes at Bush? Well, the Turkish guy that made those sandals reported his business was booming a few days later. But since the thrower actually missed and then got taken down (tardily) by Bush's Secret Service, I thought a heavier shoe like a loafer combined with the ability to travel further (long range) would be helpful for when liberals want to pound on conservatives.

Get it? Honestly, dd. We need to work on this. :-)

Rumors have it that the Secret Service guys were laughing too hard to get there immediately.

Or they didn't think taking a shoe for the President was something they had signed up for. Bullets, yes. Shoes, not so much.

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Well . . .

I may be old school ... but...

I believe in government by the people and the United States Constitution.

The rights of the individual citizen.

Life.

Liberty

Dignity

Equality of opportunity

Justice within the law.

Privacy.

Private ownership of property.

Freedom of every citizen to worship as he or she may choose.

Freedom of thought.

Freedom of conscience.

Freedom of assembly.

Freedom of expression.

Freedom to vote.

~OGD~