February 2010
Frank Rich: The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged
The distinction between the Tea Party movement and the official G.O.P. is real, and we ignore it at our peril. While Washington is fixated on the natterings of Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Michael Steele and the presumed 2012 Republican presidential front-runner, Mitt Romney, these and the other leaders of the Party of No are anathema or irrelevant to most Tea Partiers. Indeed, McConnell,...
It's George Wallace's GOP Now: Right-Wing Populism...
Actually, it shows that, like Wallace and his supporters 40 years ago, today’s conservative populists are long on anger and short on coherence. For Wallace, small-government rhetoric was a trope, not a workable agenda. The same is true of his Republican heirs today, who insist that spending cuts alone, without tax increases, will restore fiscal balance but who have not proposed anywhere...
The 8.8 Earthquake In Chile
via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Watch out, Hawaii! Tsunami is expected at 11:19am local time. That’s 4:19pm in New York. Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com | Comment »
They. Don't. F*cking. Care
At yesterday’s health care summit, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28) related this story from one of her constituents: I even have one constituent—you will not believe this, and I know you won’t, it’s true. Her sister died, this poor woman had no dentures. She wore her dead sister’s teeth, which of course were uncomfortable and did not fit. Do you believe that in America that that’s where...
America 2010
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Using Corrupt Lawyers To Justify Unlawful...
Read this to yourself a few times. This is what Bush and Cheney based all their illegal activities on. From the DOJ’s OPR [Office of Professional Responsibility] report:”Based on the results of our investigation, we concluded that former Deputy AAG John Yoo committed intentional professional misconduct when he violated his duty to exercise independent legal judgment and render...
The Republican Paradox
The anti-government types are all working for the government: They spend the whole time doing a horrible job, then turn around saying that the horrible job they are doing is why government is bad. The anti-elites are elite: George Bush went to Harvard and Yale. Sarah Palin has a best seller and national fame. The whole Fox team like Beck, Hannity and O’Reilly are millionaires with extensive...
Joseph Stack Was Technically A Terrorist, But…
So I think that on definitional grounds, you have to grant that Stack’s suicidal plane attack on the IRS was an act of terrorism. But at the same time, we don’t put it in the same league as attacks by trained agents of Al-Qaeda or the Stern Gang, because it’s not part of an organized campaign of violent intimidation that furthers the aims of a political organization. The Oklahoma City bombing,...
Reid Dares GOP To Oppose Jobs Bill
“Most important, I ask my reluctant Republican colleagues to show those Americans who deserve a job to go to every the morning that we’re willing to do our jobs this evening,” Reid said. “It’s remarkable that we have to hold a procedural vote on a bill that will create jobs. It will be regrettable if the minority prevents us from moving forward, from taking that...
Obama: Putting Americans In Control of Their...
via whitehouse.gov “The President will bring a comprehensive proposal to the bipartisan meeting that builds on the progress Congress has already made and aims to give the American people and small business owners more control over their health care choices.” Awesome website. Critics and fans aside, this is how government works. Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com...
Tea Party-style Right-Populist Paranoia
We can’t just play defense in this fight. What Yglesias fails to understand is that the ideology Stack subscribed to is the problem. All across the country are sleeper cells preaching hatred of the tax code, gathering in public to denounce the results of a democratic election and sow the seeds of sectarian violence. They even have a major television network sympathetic to their sick agenda. The...
America’s Wind Energy Potential Triples In New...
The amount of wind power that theoretically could be generated in the United States tripled in the newest assessment of the nation’s wind resources. Current wind technology deployed in nonenvironmentally protected areas could generate 37,000,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year, according to the new analysis conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and consulting firm AWS...
Down Syndrome Actress Field Dresses Palin
“I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line ‘I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska’ was very funny. I think the word is ‘sarcasm.’ In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French...
"If You Want More Political Paralysis, Vote...
“But on a more strategic level, I also wonder if House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) is pointing to an area of vulnerability for Republicans. After all, I can very easily imagine ads targeting potentially vulnerable Republican incumbents, reminding center-right voters about the GOP record. What do you suppose the reaction would be from conservative voters in...
Mega-Wealthy Pastor To Divorce. Keeps Job As...
via huffingtonpost.com “[Benny]Hinn is one of the best known advocates of the prosperity gospel, which teaches that Christians who are right with God will be rewarded with wealth and health in this lifetime.” Such an obvious con man, even in the world of televangelism. Looks like he is in love with his own image, would not be surprised if ol’ softboy Benny was “strictly...
Krugman: Health Insurance "Death Spiral"
Bear in mind that private health insurance only works if insurers can sell policies to both sick and healthy customers. If too many healthy people decide that they’d rather take their chances and remain uninsured, the risk pool deteriorates, forcing insurers to raise premiums. This, in turn, leads more healthy people to drop coverage, worsening the risk pool even further, and so on. via...
Kerik Gets 4 Years Behind Bars
via nbcnewyork.com “Corrupt former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik was sentenced to 48 months in prison this morning for tax fraud and lying to the White House.” Bernie was loyal Giuliani-backed nominee for Homeland Security under Bush. From Top Cop to Top Dirtbag. The GOP loves to dig up 40 year-old stories on Obama without any merit to his present day activities while Republicans...
39% Rate Hike vs HCR Opponents
California’s Anthem Blue Cross — the largest insurer in the nation’s largest state — recently told nearly a million customers that, next month, they’ll face premium increases up to 39%. Even those who have come to expect private health insurance companies to tighten the screws on their customers were taken aback. An LA Times editorial noted, “Anthem’s...
British Conservatives Vs American Conservatives
“If the Tories win the next election in Britain by just a one vote majority, there will likely be 15 openly gay Conservative MPs in the next Parliament.”via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com And the GOP lives in the “Land Of The Free”? Going backwards, attacking peoples’ freedoms and proud: the binding Republican principles. Posted via web from...
Pope Condemns Child Abuse As 'Heinous Crime'
via cnn.com I guess the first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem. Too bad it’s about 40 years too late. Asking the bishops to address the problem “shows lack of vision, especially as it is the Irish bishops who are themselves the problem,” John Kelly, the founder of Irish Survivors of Child Abuse, said in the written statement. It’s like asking the...
Dylan Ratigan Schools Class Clown Glenn Beck →
Glenn Beck, although popular, is a dick. Even his fans know he is a dick. They tolerate it because they know it bugs the opposition. They also tolerate his total lack of logic, intellect and…
Dylan Ratigan Schools Class Clown Glenn Beck: Glenn Beck, although popular, is a dick. Even his fans know he is a … http://bit.ly/aaWjn0
Restrepo Trailer: The Deadliest Place On Earth →
Trailer for soldier’s-eye-view documentary, Restrepo, set in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Just won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.Soldier 1: “How you going to go back to the civilian…
Restrepo Trailer: The Deadliest Place On Earth: Trailer for soldier’s-eye-view documentary,Restrepo, set in the Ko… http://bit.ly/c9crow
1 In 10 House Republicans Calling It Quits →
Dems will still control everything after the 2010 elections but that news is not worth reporting. Conflict sells.
One in ten House Republicans calling it quits
With Thursday’s…
Snow in February is enough to disprove Climate Change for Fox News. Even though severe storms are a characteristic… http://bit.ly/buuHkX
1 In 10 House Republicans Calling It Quits: One in ten House Republicans calling it quits With Thursday’s announ… http://bit.ly/bHCJXq
1 In 10 House Republicans Calling It Quits
One in ten House Republicans calling it quits With Thursday’s announcement that Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) will not seek re-election in his Miami-area district, the number of Republicans not running for re-election to the House now amounts to more than 10 percent of the House Republican caucus, compared to less than five percent for Democrats. Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post...
When Your News Is Just A Bad Opinion →
Snow in February is enough to disprove Climate Change for Fox News. Even though severe storms are a characteristic of Climate Change. That is such great journalism, backed with such scientific data….
Snow in February is enough to disprove Climate...
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Chinese Has Some Nasty Water [Picture]: via nytimes.com “China’s government on Tuesday unveiled its most det… http://bit.ly/cyflCx
Sarah Palin Is A F*cking Retard →
via colbertnation.com
Notice the satire in my post? Sarah Palin thinks it’s OK to use, like Rush Limbaugh did, words like “retarded” as long as they are…
Chinese Has Some Nasty Water [Picture] →
via nytimes.com
“China’s government on Tuesday unveiled its most detailed survey ever of the pollution plaguing the country, revealing that water pollution in 2007 was more than…
Chinese Has Some Nasty Water [Picture]
via nytimes.com “China’s government on Tuesday unveiled its most detailed survey ever of the pollution plaguing the country, revealing that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as official figures that had long omitted agricultural waste.” I wonder what “agricultural waste” is? Nothing like animal shit in your water. Posted via web from...
Sarah Palin Is A F*cking Retard: via colbertnation.com Notice the satire in my post? Sarah Palin thinks you c… http://bit.ly/aR5278
Sarah Palin Is A F*cking Retard
via colbertnation.com Notice the satire in my post? Sarah Palin thinks you can use, like Rush Limbaugh did, words like “retarded” as long as they are in satire. Oh, the subtleties of partisan retardedness. Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com | Comment »
"Homescholer For Perry" →
Sign at the Rick Perry and Sarah Palin rally [with extra special guest Ted Nugent] in Texas yesterday. The elephant of low intellect in the room. The kid, nor the parents, picked up the error….
Remembering Murtha →
via dailykos.com
Thank you, Rep. Murtha, for your courage in standing down those who equated opposition to the war to treason, and for showing what “support the troops”…
Representative John P. Murtha, Ex-Marine and Iraq... →
Give the guy credit for speaking up against Bush’s failed war policies.
“Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who was one of the most hawkish Democrats in…
Representative John P. Murtha, Ex-Marine and Iraq War Critic, Dies: Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania… http://bit.ly/awiWBE
Remembering Murtha: via dailykos.com Thank you, Rep. Murtha, for your courage in standing down those who equa… http://bit.ly/96D3nA
Remembering Murtha
via dailykos.com Thank you, Rep. Murtha, for your courage in standing down those who equated opposition to the war to treason, and for showing what “support the troops” should always mean. Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com | Comment »
Representative John P. Murtha, Ex-Marine and Iraq...
Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who was one of the most hawkish Democrats in Congress but who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died on Monday in Arlington, Va. He was 77.via nytimes.com Elected in 1974, Mr. Murtha’s death came two days after he became the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania history, his office said, surpassing the record of...
Palin: “Can I Use God As One Of My Lifelines?” http://is.gd/7V8N0
Palin: “Can I Use God As One Of My Lifelines?”: “Half-term” governor Sarah Palin’s 3-part answer for recovery of t… http://bit.ly/dcMlPM
"We The People" Ain't No Corporation →
Can I get an Amen.”Corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires … they are not themselves members of ‘We the People’ by whom and for whom our constitution…
Palin: "Can I Use God As One Of My Lifelines?" →
“Half-term” governor Sarah Palin’s 3-part answer for recovery of the world’s largest and most complex economy: (1) cut federal spending, though she didn’t say where, (2)…
Palin's Cheat-Sheet →
via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Written on her hand, high school style:
“Energy” “Budget [crossed out] (Cuts)” “Tax” “Lift American spirits”
Mocking the President for using a…
Palin's Cheat-Sheet
via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Written on her hand, high school style: “Energy” “Budget [crossed out] (Cuts)” “Tax” “Lift American spirits” Was she told in advance of the questions she would be asked, one of which was what would be you priorities if you were elected president? Now think about this: she had to write on her hand her...
Rahm Keepin’ It Real on SNL: “Go back to the tundra you f*cking gimmick.” http://bit.ly/cVai1K