Go to Disney World! Cut an album of duets with Hank Williams Jr. Market a line of hair care products on QVC. Take a pottery class. Pitch a remake of The Love Boat wherein she reprises Charo’s role. Write a…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
25 Ways in Which I Would Support Suspension of the 1st Amendment Rights
Banning previews for other DVDs on kids DVDs. Banning Ke$ha. Total elimination of private financing of political campaigns. Prohibiting stores from putting up holiday decorations more than four weeks before the holiday. Banning the “Christmas Shoes” song. Forcing the Redskins…
Congress Sucks
Not sure if you all heard that we were once again within a week of the government running out of money for operations. Yep. The current fiscal year (FY11) ends on the 30th and Congress does not have a plan…
New Column: Politics, Punditry, Palin, and Character
I have yet another So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities! I’m talking about the new Sarah Palin biography The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGinnis: Like, I say, I’m no Palin…
Should Polygamy Be Legal? Probably Not.
Last night was the premier of Sister Wives, one of my favorite voyeuristic pleasures. For those not in the know (and you should be proud of that), Sister Wives is the story of a family that practices plural marriage, known…
Class Warfare
My new gig as an unemployed person leaves me a whole lot less time to peruse the news (ha! I’m a poet!). I catch headlines on the fly and hear snippets in passing rather than listening to CSPAN and MSNBC…
New Column: Mediocre Mothering
I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up over at the Washington Times Communities! I’m bagging on Kate Gosselin for bagging on people with “regular jobs”: Well. There you have it. Us regular-job types are falling short on…
New DC Moms Post: HPV: Vaccine, Politics, and Reality
Hey y’all! Because I seem to be on a roll for writing more at other sites than my own, here’s another little linky-link to a piece I did on The DC Moms. I’m weighing in on the weird Bachmann-generated controversy…
New Column: Religions Halloween Candy: Treat? Or Trick?
My new So Here’s The Thing column is up over at the Washington Times Communities!It’s all about the “Jesus Harvest Seed” candy I saw last weekend. Never mind the mind-melting comic potential of a product called “Jesus Seeds”, the concept…
Love Thy Neighbor in Sickness and in Health
Last night I went to parents night at my son’s new pre-school. The director read this amazon quote about the importance of caring about all children because when your child need surgery, someone else’s child will perform it and if…
