House Democrats finally remembered last night they are the majority party, elected to enact change, and passed a health care reform bill despite every obstructionist trick in the book by the GOP. They remembered nobody really cares what the extreme right fringe doesn’t want, except perhaps other teabaggers and wingnuts.
The lone Republican to vote for the bill was Joseph Cao of Louisiana and within minutes, wingnuts had vandalized his Wikipedia entry. That’s a mature sign of support for democracy, isn’t it?
But do they even understand the precepts of democracy and a federal republic? The fact they use the terms communist, socialist and fascist as synonyms tells me they missed a lot of school. And they don’t care if they’re wrong, aren’t bothered by how little they know and how much they don’t. They simply soak up whatever vitriol and untruths they hear from their heroes such as Glenn Beck, whom you’ll never see at a Mensa meeting.
The nadir of wingnuttery and teabaggery came at a Thursday rally when some displayed atrocious anti-Semitic signs comparing health care reform to the Holocaust, prompting Elie Wiesel to say, “This kind of political hatred is indecent and disgusting.”
Imagine what the wingnuts will do and say when they discover Rep. Cao was born in Saigon. They make Archie Bunker seem like Dag Hammarskjöld. If Watergate was a cancer on the presidency, the extreme right fringe is a cancer on the Republican Party and a fetid wound on the national discourse.
I’d say shame on them, but they are quite clearly shameless.
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Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Frozen Grin
Nov 7, 2009
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Pumpkin was on my shopping list, so when I spotted Libby’s canned pumpkin on a small table at the supermarket last weekend, I made a beeline for it, not noticing till I got there that it was a sampler table. Grocery store samples are usually things I don’t eat, but I love pumpkin and coffee’s in my veins.
The friendly woman who poured my sample promised it would remind me of pumpkin latte from a coffee house. Just for good measure, she squirted a little mountain of whipped cream on top. I think I had a white moustache from the first sip but didn’t care; she wasn’t kidding about how good it is.
The recipe, by Libby’s, is simple and came home with me. It was chilly enough yesterday to make a batch, savoring not only the latte but also the savings I enjoyed by spending five minutes to make it.
By the way, the cup is an old piece of Bavarian china I picked up in New Hampshire for either a dime or a quarter. I know next to nothing about china, so if anyone can enlighten me about the cup I’d love to learn.
Pumpkin Latte
Adapted from Libby’s

1 cup/8 oz strong coffee
1/4 cup/4 TB pure canned pumpkin, not pie filling
5 oz (small can) evaporated milk, fat-free or regular
1 – 2 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon (see note)
Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan or a 2-quart microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave or heat until quite hot; if using the stovetop, heat over medium-low heat and stir from time to time.
Pour and serve. If you want foam, first whizz the latte in a blender (holding down the lid with a kitchen towel to protect yourself) or use a hand blender, as I opted to.
Makes 2 8-ounce servings.
Ella’s Note: I used pumpkin pie spice in the latte and sprinkled cinnamon on top. Greedy, I guess. To learn about pumpkin pie spice and how to make your own if you wish, please see my earlier post about that.
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