Holy shit on a stick. I never thought I'd ever write that headline, but there it is. I think you'll agree that it was time: "I believe we ought to pass comprehensive health care reform and we ought...
Author - Bob Cesca
Crazy Quote of the Day
"The paramount civil liberty is a sense of security." —Richard Cohen Ah yes. The latest fear-mongering variation of: "You can't have civil liberties if you're dead."
Humble and Sincere Apologies
I've been receiving multiple reports, including from my wife, that one or more of the banner ads that runs on the blog has been attacking computers with a trojan horse. The most likely culprit is the...
Historical Perspective on Passing Healthcare
Via Sullivan, here's historian Bruce J. Schulman: The architects of the most important social legislation in U.S. history, the Social Security Act of 1935, felt the same ambivalence abut their...
The Liberal President
President Obama is reviving and strengthening the EPA, OSHA and the SEC. You know, just like Bush. John Judis via Steve Benen writes: [T]here is one extremely consequential area where Obama has done...
Morning Awesome
The Flaming Lips - Covering Pink Floyd's "Breathe"
No More Budget Shenanigans
John Cole raised an excellent point. The new Obama administration budget is only $100 billion more than Bush's final budget. You might be thinking, Okay? And...? Unlike Bush, the Obama budget...
Impeachment Talk is 'Far-fetched'
Steve Benen disagrees about a Republican Congress impeaching President Obama: There's no real limit to what House Republicans are capable of, but the notion that the GOP would try to impeach...
Scary Economic Chart of the Day
Unemployment: According to Christina Romer, the White House unemployment projection by the end of 2010 will be 9.8 percent. That's not good news.
Frank Luntz is the Devil
Frank Luntz, the real life Fisher-Price man, has released another memo for Republicans. This one instructs Republicans how to lie about financial regulatory reform. I, for one, welcome the...
Palin Buys Thousands of Copies of Her Own Book
ABC News: Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up thousands of copies of her book, "Going Rogue," in order to mail copies of the memoir to her donors, newly filed campaign...
More Edwards! More Letterman! More Tiger!
Ezra Klein believes that it's the administration's fault that Americans are grossly misinformed about healthcare reform: A January poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 60 percent...
The Feckless Democrats
Greg Sargent summarizes a would-be failure to pass the healthcare reform bill: Pass the health bill, and Dems get a thousand articles about the new law. Fail to pass it, and they get a thousand...
How They'll Get Him
A friend of DougJ dampens the impeachment speculation: But weren’t the wheels already starting at the Clinton White House by this time? Clinton entered office with a Flowers and Whitewater (they were...
Morning Awesome
"Bad Apple" Directed and animated by Nico Douga Stop-motion animation like this makes my brain hurt thinking about how difficult it must have been. Nevertheless, it's stunning.
The Impeachment of President Obama
I wrote a Huffington Post column about this a while back, so I'm glad to see today that I'm not the only writer who thinks a Republican Congress would impeach the president. DougJ from Balloon Juice...
What is the Real White House Position?
Jon Cohn reports some positive news: For all of the mixed messages of the last week, sources say that President Obama himself remains absolutely committed to pursuing comprehensive reform--more so...
China Winning. Good Job, Republicans.
Today's NYT: TIANJIN, China — China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand...
Morning Awesome
Charlie Booker - "How to Report the News"
Good News on Mental Health
This was passed as part of the first bailout in October, 2008: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 interim rules were issued by the Obama administration and showcased today on...