Seven Untrue Things Most Americans Believe

First off, it’s worth stating that this writer is indeed, herself, an American. I was born and bred here, and before you comment with death threats or anything you should be aware that I don’t hate the USA; so don’t even bother to assume that I do. In point of fact I love the potential [...]

July 3, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  9 Comments

Republican Ideas About Health Care in A Nutshell: Quotation of the Century.

Apologies for this drive by posting (and slow posting schedule of late…) but I’ve been up to my eyeballs in a multitude of levels and your Ms. Sanity hesitates to write you darling people unless she’s feeling at least marginally sane.
Anyway, ran across this, and it needed more eyeballs:
Apparently Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), explaining the [...]

September 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  No Comments

It’s the Hypocrisy, Stupid.

The recent flap over SC Governor what-his-name (Mark Sanford) who apparently went В MIA so that he could spend a little quality time with the woman he was having an affair with– has me a little puzzled. Puzzled, that is, В in that the Republicans aren’t demanding his resignation. Though I suppose I respect him for not [...]

June 29, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Insane  One Comment

The Bankers are Not Your Friends

I don’t know that much about Senator Dick Durbin, (though I am glancing over his voting record as I write this) but I did run across this interesting little quote from him today.
Durbin is a Democratic Senator from IL, and apparently he said recently:

“And the banks – hard to believe in a time when we’re [...]

May 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  2 Comments

Why the Dalai Lama Rocks

I don’t know exactly when I first became aware of the (current) Dalai Lama, but I can vividly remember reading his autobiography and being utterly impressed and astonished at the depth of his thinking and his compassion–even for people in my (young and not very compassionate) view who “didn’t deserve it.” (e.g. those that had [...]

March 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Sane  No Comments