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...
Author - Bob Cesca
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...
It's All About Access
Jon Stewart reviews the cable news people as they express shocked disbelief that Rolling Stone would screw its chances at access to the military commanders in Afghanistan. It's all about access...
The Bob and Elvis Show – June 24, 2010
Today! We talk about Toy Story 3, Haley Barbour, racist dog whistles, and Glenn Beck's Brundlefly conspiracy. Plus, the epic story of my Idiot Neighbor and the easily-frightened tree cutters.Download...
Suck it, Glenn Beck!
UPDATE: A stirring compilation video from around the world: Goose-bump inducing American reactions to the big goal against Algeria. First up, the obvious socialists from Lincoln, Nebraska: And New...
'Mom! Get the oil off!'
This is an amazing and disturbing piece of video. Tar balls covering a beach near Pensacola -- and the beach is open to the public. Not only is the beach packed with people, but they're clearly...