Archive for March, 2009
Is Our Fundamentals Strong?
That’s former Senator Rick Santorum (the only person in the world requiring a “beastio” just for invoking his name) channeling George Bush. Twice over: once with the English and once with the congenital misperception of the economy: I really do believe that the fundamentals of American economy is still strong (To be fair to George [...]
Andrea Mitchell Grants Absolution
Patrick O’Connor in Politico: Forget Rush Limbaugh. For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill. Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC news anchor, to Eric Cantor yesterday (after [...]
The Amazing Technicolor Incompetence Of The Coleman Campaign
First, Norm Coleman raised money for his 2008 Senate campaign. Then, Norm Coleman raised money for the hopeless but nevertheless unending legal battle over the result of the 2008 Senate campaign. Now, it looks like Norm Coleman will need to raise money for another legal battle. But with the allegations that surfaced yesterday, past donors [...]
What Might Have Been
Presumably, you’re heard about Sen. David Vitter‘s public tantrum at Dulles airport last Thursday: [T]he Louisiana Republican arrived Thursday evening at his United Airlines gate 20 minutes before the plane was scheduled to depart, only to find the gate had already been closed. Undeterred, Vitter opened the door, setting off a security alarm and prompting [...]
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
The Terrorist Watch List, that’s who. And it has just succeeded: The government’s terrorist watch list has hit 1 million entries, up 32% since 2007. According to the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the million entries “represent about 400,000 individuals”. How many of the rest are sheep, goats, camels or gorillas who are unnaturally close to [...]
Only In America!
The St. Petersburg Times blog brings us this priceless piece of politica: The act of bestiality is a step closer to becoming illegal in Florida now that a Senate committee voted to slap a third-degree felony charge on anyone who has sex with animals. Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality [...]
Greenspan Goes “Who, Me?” Again
As everybody already knows, Alan Greenspan had nothing — absolutely nothing, I tell you — to do with fostering the housing bubble (and, therefore, the meltdown of the economy). But just in case there’s someone out there who still nurses irrationally lingering doubts, Greenspan presents yet another argument in his defense (in the WSJ, this [...]
Not As Ridiculous As He Hoped
Former president George Bush isn’t exactly setting the lecture circuit on fire. The first step in his plan to start making “ridiculous” money out on the lecture circuit (by doing what he does worst) is going to be a March 17 engagement in Calgary, Canada. When that engagement was announced last month, Bush’s new hometown [...]
Will The Uniquely Qualified Timothy Geithner Please Stand Up?
It’s been more than six weeks since Timothy Geithner was sworn in as Treasury Secretary. Despite being caught red-handed cheating on his taxes. Because he was so uniquely qualified that no one else could possibly fix the economy as brilliantly as he could and would. So when exactly does Timothy start walking on water? Isn’t [...]
You’ll Pay for This Stewart!
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c The First First Lady Fashion Show Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorEconomic Crisis Anyone see The Daily Show rip off this four year old 1115 graphic last night? Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about [...]