Can we all just agree that the far-right is completely disconnected from reality? John Cole brings us this headline from Red State claiming that the president is telling us who can and can't visit us...
Author - Bob Cesca
The Anti-Tax Dog Whistle Defined
I wrote a piece for WalletPop about the Boston Tea Party the other day, and the following comment was posted below it. In America, for the last few decades it has become more and more pro-minority...
Quote of the Day
"So I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies, about taxes. You would think they would be saying, "Thank you!" That's what you'd think!"...
Goldman Sachs Charged with Fraud
This sounds like a pretty big deal. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman Sachs with civil fraud over its controversial collaterized debt obligations tied to the subprime...
Tea Party Post Mortem
So the tax day tea parties are over. Some thoughts about all that. I just tweeted this a few minutes ago, but as I watched these gatherings, they didn't seem like protests. They seemed like outdoor...
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Beck - "Loser"
McCarthy Lives. And He's A Bimbo.
I was watching the Ed Show in horror as he played a video of idiot Victoria Jackson singing a song at the tea party thing today. The song was called "There's a Communist in the White House." Here's...
This Answers a Huge Question I've Had
For a while now, I've been wondering why the so-called populist Republicans and tea party people haven't been storming Wall Street with pitchforks and misspelled signs. It's because they like Wall...
The Tea Party Rap – 'That's A Tea Party'
And the world is collapsing in on itself. A rap about the awesomeness of the tea party. I love the line, "It's not race thing," followed by the visuals as if to say: "These three black people, for...
The Tea Party and Race
Not surprisingly, according to the new NYT poll, a majority of tea party people have very divisive attitudes about race. 52 percent say "too much has been made of the problems facing black people."...
Today's Bob & Elvis Show
Today at 10 a.m. EDT! We go to war against Glenn Beck and his morning zoo crew. Plus, wingnut vandalism and how Republicans suddenly love taxes. Listen live here! Follow the show on Twitter:...
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R.E.M. - "Orange Crush"
The Tea Party Was A Protest Against A Tax Cut
I've mentioned this repeatedly throughout the last year or so, but it's worth repeating given tomorrow's tax day tea party thing, and today's pathetic co-opting of the Boston Tea Party. But rather...
Liberals Are Avoiding What Now?
This Newsweek piece about Glenn Beck's audience is pretty far off the mark: For liberals, Beck serves a similar purpose. In an era of massive problems and extreme change—the Great Recession, the...
Would You Like Pesticides With That?
Via John Cole, more bad news for our food supply: The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns...
Oh My God! We're All Doomed! Dooomed!
The Republicans laying it on really, really thick with this one. Thicker than usual. But you know, I wish I could say it won't work.
New Huffington Post Column
Exposing Glenn Beck as a Dangerous Fraud, Part 2 Tweet and Digg often!
Hero of the Day
President Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are kicking ass when it comes to prioritizing bicycling. This is pretty ground-breaking: LaHood says the government is going to give bicycling...
The Birther Excuse
I get a lot of emails from wingnuts who, despite their support for illegal wiretaps and the Patriot Act, insist that the president is somehow trampling on the Constitution. When I dare to probe into...
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Metallica - "Enter Sandman" (Smooth Jazz Version)