Archive for March, 2010
Dementia Or Disease?
With Little Bo Peep, it was her sheep. With Gramps McCain, it’s his marbles. And just like Little Bo Peep, he doesn’t know where to find them. Last time we looked in on Gramps, he was befuddled about what it takes to repeal a bill. Or, to be fair to him, that may just have [...]
If You Were Against It When Bush Did It…
…it’s OK when Obama does it, right? The Obama administration will approve significant oil and gas exploration off America’s coasts, including a possible sale two years from now of leases off Virginia’s coast, administration officials said Wednesday. The move, which President Obama will announce Wednesday morning with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at Andrews Air Force [...]
A Topless Entertainment Slush Fund At The RNC?
A Washington Post story about the RNC’s $2,000 dollar reimbursement for expenses incurred at a topless lesbian-bondage nightclub has what I regard as a new titillating detail: An RNC investigation of the incident found that the Voyeur party was attended by a group of young Republicans who had been at an official party “Young Eagles” [...]
More Citigroup-inspired Finance Illiteracy
I don’t know what it is about Citigroup that inspires journalists at reputable media outlets to spout unadulerated garbage, but there seems to be a lot of it going around. Yesterday’s prize went to The Washington Post and David Cho. That prompted a long-time reader to draw my attention to a December 2009 story in [...]
God Bless You All To Death!
Here’s a high-quality message from President former president George W. Bush, talking on you about Rep. Alan Grayson: Giving credit where credit is due, the video is written and performed by James Adomian. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Economic Illiteracy Rides Again
This time it’s CBS News. They invited the seriously-divorced-from-reality Michele Bachmann to spout her unmitigated nonsense on “Face the Nation” yesterday. Even though she tends to repeat the same outrageously false statements on any given topic, host Bob Schieffer was not prepared well enough to actually challenge her Bach, Bach, Bach during the interview. So [...]
Balderdash In The National Press
It’s not even the end of March, but I’m willing to back this against all comers for the dumbest statement we’ll read in a major newspaper all year: Among the banks that rule Wall Street, Citigroup got a bailout that was bigger than the rest. Now the company is about to pay a king’s ransom [...]
Republican Senators Block Unemployment Benefits
Isn’t it too soon for reruns of this movie? Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) promised that he’d be the next Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) if he had to be. And last night, he made good on his threat. Coburn is blocking unanimous consent on extension of unemployment benefits, just as Bunning did a few weeks ago. [...]
The Republican Party: On Leadership And Commitment
American politics seems to have just entered a new phase. A phase that will probably lead to the shutting down of several liberal blogs. And widespread unemployment among those who make fun of politicians and politics for a living, be they stand-up comics, editorial cartoonists or Comedy Central hosts. The Republican Party, you see, has [...]
My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee I Sing
Going , going, going to hell Merrily down the drain Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend