What John Cole said.
Leaning on the Public Option Panic Button
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Author - Bob Cesca
Just Like Bush! Just Like Bush!
Change we can believe in? WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be...
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"Cardboard" By Sjors Vervoort
Super Stupid
The topic description from today's Chris Matthews Show: How Will President Obama Lead the Left to Accept No Public Option? Here's a few topics I'd like to see: When will the very serious press...
Rove Is Doing This On Purpose
I haven't been covering Rove a lot this year only because it was clear even before the inauguration that his entire thing was to deliberately attack the Obama administration for failures evident in...
Doof Quote of the Day
"I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance. But because they don't have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most...
No Equivalence
When the cable news people talk about how the wingnuts are behaving basically the same as the left did during the Bush years, it's an absurdly false equivalence on its face. And looking at extreme...
Dow 10,000 Matters
Yes, unemployment is still high. And yes, foreclosures are high, too. The economy still sucks. That's exactly why Dow 10,000 is important. It's a sign that things are improving slowly but surely. But...
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Modest Mouse - "Whale Song" Produced by Bent Image Lab Directed by Nando Costa
Senator Franken Nails KBR Lawyer
This is worth watching all the way through. Franken used to do something similar on his radio show regarding "weasel words." While sexual assault victims "prevail" more often than not in this twisted...
More Like This, Please
President Obama today on the health insurance cartel: They’re filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads. They’re flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists and campaign contributions. And...
Mika Brzezinski's Favorite Guest?
Pat Buchanan. Author of "The Affirmative Action Nobel" and "A Brief for Whitey" in which he wrote, "America has been the best country on earth for black folks." You know, except for that slavery...
Glenn Beck's 1979
In case you missed it, here's Glenn Beck getting all weepy over that Mean Joe Greene commercial from 1979 -- an era in America he appears to cherish as "a better time": And here's a factoid about...
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MST3K Saturday - "Time Chasers" (The first nine minutes, give or take.)
Fall Fundraising Drive – Last Day!
We're into the final hours of our quarterly fundraising thing, so if you haven't had an opportunity to throw some moolah into the jolly candy-like button below, now's your chance. Again, every dollar...
The Punch-Me Face Rules Their World
Punch-Me Face Beck's ridiculous rants are now being repeated by very serious reporters. Aboard Air Force One today, a reporter asked deputy press secretary Bill Burton a question based upon Beck's...
Balloon Boy Rules Their World
For what it's worth, Balloon Boy admitted that the whole thing was a publicity stunt. I hope ABC at least delivers a Disney gift basket to the other networks for helping to promote Wife Swap. There's...
Quote of the Day
"And I have to tell you, because we’re making this about you and me, is that I personally think that you and the folks who do what you do are a parasite who gets fat on Americans’ fears." —Rachel...
Best Damn Healthcare Ever!
The American healthcare system: great system or the greatest system? [Dawn] Smith, a premiums-paying customer of CIGNA, was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor in 2005, then another one in 2007...
Reminder: Bush Left Office in January
There's nothing wrong with criticizing the president. There's nothing wrong with holding the president accountable for mistakes. But what has always seemed counterproductive to me is to paint...