August 2009
Ignorance Is Not Bliss →
For those who have lost touch with reality.”To paraphrase Mark Twain, right-wing health care talking points can travel the nation, while the truth is still getting its pants on. If the most…
Funny Condom Ad →
Source: Andrew Sullivan
The Lion Sleeps Tonight →
Rest In Peace.”And that’s one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy.” - President Obama
"Texting Can Be Deadly" →
Pretty graphic PSA from the UK, via CNN, aimed at young people texting while driving. The ADD Generation behind the wheel: watch out!
From Torture To Town Hall Loonies: The GOP... →
The Bush/Cheney gift that keeps giving: always take the easy road, always expect the best possible outcome yet never do any of the work it would take to get there, never adjust your plan in the…
What About The 46,999,999 Others? →
Sen. Tom Coburn, a massive opponent to health care reform, pulls a 180 when confronted with a constituent. He, as a member of the Government, says he will try to help this woman and her husband. He…
"Capitalism: A Love Story" By Michael Moore →
New trailer.”It’s not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like health care. This is the big enchilada. This is about the thing that dominates all our lives…
Obama's Weekly YouTube Address →
“President Obama debunks the myths around health reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted. But he focuses his address on the stark moral and historical…
The Media's Rocky Relation With The Truth →
President Obama on the forced neutrality in our media, the lacks of “news” and how we pay the price.“…I have to say, part of the reason it spreads is the way reporting is done today. If…
77% Support →
Here comes momentum. 77% support “choice” of public option. End of story. Source: HuffPo
The Hollow Right Wing Echo Chamber →
The opposition is hitting empty. They started with nothing and are ending with nothing. This is an exchange between Blue Dog Congressman Baron Hill from Indiana and one of his constituents: “…
U.S. Stocks Advance, AIG To Repay Bailout →
Try and spin this:U.S. stocks rose for a third day as American International Group Inc. [AIG] said it expects to repay the government and data on manufacturing and economic indicators added to…
Madow: Republicans Don't Want Pizza →
Rachel Maddow uses a parable of ordering a pizza to highlight the Republicans’ complete lack of interest in reforming health care. They say they want it, but then say “no” to every possible…
The Best Doctors Does Not Mean The Best "System" →
The issue is access to health care. It is becoming more and more expensive, even for routine procedures. Forget it if you need an operation. I broke my ankle in 2004 and had a $21,000 bill. So when…
The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists →
Joe Klein has had it with the destructive intent of Republicans:”How can you sustain a democracy if one of the two major political parties has been overrun by nihilists? And another…
Barney Frank PWNS Town Hall-er →
Sen. Barney Frank dismantles town hall Hitler fanatic who was instructed to ask the GOP talking point “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?” distraction of a question, somehow equating…
Public Option: "Yes We Can" →
Rachel Maddow deserves an award. Her astute breakdown of the health reform “situation” is brilliant. The private sector builds bubbles and takes advantages through greed and fear to the point of…
GOP: We Have No Ideas, But We Have Guns →
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) thinks more guns are needed at town hall meetings. “They are permitted to carry a concealed weapon. They have the right to do that…” Too bad these are not concealed, but…
Advertisers Fleeing From Glenn Beck →
The power of the purse. Money talks. Hopefully the bullshit walks:”Wal-Mart makes it a clean 20 advertisers that have pulled out of Glenn Beck’s googly-eyed sarcasmo hour on Fox News…
What Reform Means To You? →
No shouting of cut-and-paste talking points that make zero sense. No more misinformation, “death panels” or made-up conclusions to crafted, self-serving hypotheticals. You tried to scare us, now get…
Town Hall Screamers And Hyperbolic Rage, FAIL →
Part of the reason there is so much hype on these town hall meetings is, unlike George Bush who pre-screened everyone and had them sign oaths to the Republican party before entry, Barack Obama is…
Have You Ever Been Polled? →
Considering all these polling numbers floating around used to influence our decisions, I have never been called by a pollster. My opinion has never been used about anything, let alone politics. And…
Quote Of The Day: Bob Cesca →
When political failures are given a unchecked voice within their party, you get a certain kind of crazy that lives off the hype and headlines they once made. The GOP fantastical terror squad of…
Do As I Say, Not As I Say →
“Sarah Palin School Of Public Speaking” recent graduate on SNL perfecting the jumbled “do as I say, not as I say” narcissistic method of Sarah-speak. Two days after calling Obama’s healthcare…
Get Your Boots On, Sarah Palin Is Talking Again →
This would have sounded better from the helicopter as she is shooting the wolf with the high powered rifle.”The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome…
Wanting To Save Babies, But Not Really →
The US ranks 33rd in the world in infant mortality. The Right Wing is anti-Universal Health and oppose successful child health care programs like S-CHIP care while categorically screaming about how…
Confirmed →
The fake opposition was never there and never had a chance against Obama’s pick. All the media spin and attempted Conservative racism/intellect BS amounted to jack squat. “The U.S. Senate has…
Seniors: "I've Got Mine Now Get Off My Lawn" →
Follow this logic: Support for health care reform falls into two general groups, younger people who support reform and older seniors who oppose it. “Obama’s plan is most popular among younger…
Fake Balance In News →
The media has a problem with presenting issues with a fake balance. The need to give an opposing viewpoint even if it does not exist. via Paul Krugman:“Long ago I said that if liberals said the…
Bill Clinton Takes Center Stage Again →
Bill Clinton helps free 2 hostages from North Korea. After months in captivity in North Korea, journalists Laura Ling & Euna Lee arrive in Los Angeles. Could you imagine Bush or Cheney…
Republicans Thugs Through History →
The Republican bullying you are seeing in Town Hall meetings regarding Health Care reform is nothing new. Rachel Maddow gives a history lesson in the “shut it down” style of thuggery the GOP is…
Socialize Health Care Like We Did Firefighting →
The Government runs a lot of things. I know this health care reform seems like a situation that Republicans want to scare you with, but just look how firefighting was once a for-profit private…
An Intervention Is Needed For This Obsession →
Bill Maher talking about “birthers” and how this “diluted, time-wasting Right Wing obsession” needs to be killed. “Dummies talking to other dummies” and cranks like Lou Dobbs highlight America’s…