Boss Hogg knows what's what. “The most important thing right now is the 2010 elections,” Barbour told reporters. The oil entered Mississippi sound this weekend.
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Author - Bob Cesca
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How did I sail right on by this Palin quote from the Oil Palace speech? "I want this most exceptional country in the nation to be free, to be prosperous..." Timecode :58. Brilliant.
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Spinnerette - "Baptized By Fire"
Stupid Palin Thing of the Day
This could be the biggest word salad Sarah Palin has ever delivered. It's literally all over the place. She explains how she, as governor, personally forced Exxon to pay victims of the Valdez but...
Here's a Fantastic Idea
This guy wants to bring back debtor's prisons. Obviously, I don't think this is a fantastic idea. Because what we really need are people being sent to prison at the behest of credit card companies...
Almost All Valdez Workers Are Dead
Via Shannyn Moore, CNN reports that the average life expectancy for an Exxon Valdez cleanup worker is 51 years. Most are dead.
Bobby Jindal's Oil Spill Failures
It's great to see the New York Times finally coming around to report on Bobby Jindal's ridiculousness -- and it only took weeks of Rachel Maddow exposing his roid rage grandstanding and nonsensical...
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Mr. Show with Bob & David - "Good News Today"
Bobby Jindal is a Big Nothing
Rachel Maddow exposes Jindal's loud but ineffectual grandstanding: Jindal's whole thing with this oil spill is to erase his disastrous Republican response address. Now, I totally understand and...
Doof Quote of the Day
"This Sunday: Exclusive! Sen. John McCain" NBC's Meet the Press
Teabaggers Like Big Government After All
A new poll reveals the contradiction: Seventy-four percent of self-described Tea Party Supporters would support a “national manufacturing strategy to make sure that economic, tax, labor, and trade...
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MST3K Saturday - "The Pumaman"
Go Fudge Yourself, BP
I've been meaning to post this for a couple days now. They're burning sea turtles alive. VENICE, La. - A boat captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico says he has seen BP ships...
Do Not Disturb
We have an unprecedented disaster in the Gulf right now. And despite it, we plan to continue drilling offshore -- deep water oil drilling. Around 44 percent of Americans still support offshore oil...
The Media Double Standard
Fox News anchors, along with other media operatives like the AP's Ron Fournier, can flagrantly stroke the Republicans every damn day. But Dave Weigel isn't allowed to blow off steam on a private...
Doof Quote of the Week
"It took the president a matter of hours to pick a new commander in Afghanistan, so why is it taking months to plug the leaking oil?" Brian Kilmeade, Fox & Friends I don't know what's more...
The Senate Screws Unemployed Americans
Well, that's it. No more unemployment extensions. No more COBRA subsidies. And the Republicans are entirely to blame. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that Democrats are...
Escape from Texas
If you live in Texas, RUN! Austin is going to end up like Berlin -- an oasis of sanity in the midst of a police state controlled by these people: The GOP there has voted on a platform that would ban...
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The Whitest Kids U Know - "Senator Clint Webb"
Glenn Beck Goes Full McCarthy
Unbelievable. Glenn Beck delivers a televised love letter to Joseph McCarthy with the help of an obscure pro-McCarthy author/apologist. Joseph McCarthy represents one of the darkest episodes in...