I may have spoken too soon in giving the Republican leadership credit for their response to Rep. Joe Barton’s comments. The actual statement put out by the House Republican leaders raises eyebrows in some of its word choice:
“The oil spill in the Gulf is this nation’s largest natural disaster and stopping the leak and cleaning [...]
Entries Tagged as 'apologies'
Happy Bigotry Day
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Immigration, Politics
Happy Bigotry Day, everyone! Today we should all follow in the lead of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and justifiably call someone a bigot.
In case you haven’t heard, Brown got caught calling a British woman named Gillian Duffy a bigot when he didn’t realize his microphone was still on.
Several things are funny/infuriating about this story. [...]
Tags: apologies·Arizona·bigot·Bigotgate·bigotry·Bigotry Day·British Prime Minister·gaffes·Gillian Duffy·Gordon Brown·Immigration·Mexicans·Russell Pierce·U.K.
All Apologies
February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics, Sports
This is a post that could easily be recycled every month or so whenever some famous person sticks his her foot and his or her mouth and then botches his or her apology. (And, given my recent inability to get myself to post more than once every other month, I probably need to write more [...]
Tags: apologies·Bob Marshall·Hannah Storm·Hiking the Appalachian Trail·I'm sorry if you were offended·Jim Bunning·Kate Harding·Kyle Turley·Mark Sanford·Ruth Bader Ginsburg·Tiger Woods·Tony Kornheiser