I was getting ready to go to my local tax revolt Tea Party when …

Just before noon I was in my bedroom getting ready to go to my local tax revolt Tea Party, which was scheduled for noon to 3 pm, when I noticed that my dear little cat, Grace, who was in kitty hospice care on my bed, was working her tongue like she might be thirsty. She …

If you can't get to a Tea Party you can still …

… write out your top three reasons for opposing the tax-and-spend-and-bankrupt policies of Obama and the Democrats (that sounds like they should be a band, yes?). Do your homework so you are informed. Read your points aloud for practice. Watch Zo for some inspiration. Then give your 30-second speech to a video camera and pop …

Cuban Diva BFF will be spending Tea Party day at …

… her father’s bedside in a hospital in Manhattan. Her parents and older sister emigrated from Cuba legally in the 1950s. Cuban Diva BFF is an American-born, lifelong New Yorker — Manhattan, baby! — with all the style and culture that implies. She is a fiscally conservative Republican in darkest blue Manhattan. Really, it’s like …

Iowahawk showcases the pilot episode of 'The Mary Hamsher Moore Show'

Come on, everybody, you know the tune! Sing along with the theme song: Who can turn your stomach with her bile? Who can hit a bullhorn switch, and suddenly bitch with a chipmunk smile? Well it’s you girl and you should know it, With each fire and every little dog lake you show it…. Be …

Nutroots update definition of teabagging

The nutroots know the value of keeping control of the language used to frame any issue and update the definition of teabaggers and teabagging here. One of the sayings in my family as I grew up was, “Never argue with a crazy person!” We had one, and those who did got no pity. I don’t …

How to give an interview at your Tea Party

Left Blogistan is gloating about how to interview persons attending the Tea Party protests on April 15 to make them look like fools and bigots. I was a reporter for two years of my well-spent youth for the Harford Democrat in Maryland. I have some advice. Here’s how to give an interview at your Tea …

The blessing of eternal Grace

My dear little Grace was diagnosed with lymphoma in December 2007. I thought she had only a few days to live and got her veterinarian’s permission to titrate the prednisone he had prescribed to twice the dose he had initially ordered. It worked and she put on weight again, but he said that this typically …