Some miscellaneous things from the batshit tea baggery in Washington. A few choice Oliver Willis tweets: --Speaker says future of con pop culture is Stephen Baldwin. --Woman has flier warning that...
Random 9/12 Tea Bag Things
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Author - Bob Cesca
What the Hell On A Stick Was That?!
I just flipped over to Fox News where they were airing what seemed like a 15 minute web video which was nothing but patriotic imagery and shots of Glenn Beck crying backed with a score that sounded...
Very Serious Question
Why is the House bothering to chastise that wingnut hooligan when the Senate and the White House are actually capitulating to his racist wingnuttery? Benen writes: Preventing people who are already...
Circulate This Handy Healthcare Chart
Health Care for America Now put together a very easy to understand chart detailing how health insurance will be divided up according to the House bill (HR 3200). It covers the health exchanges and...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday - "Last Clear Chance"
Nine Twelve
As Glenn Beck's pasty white zombies descend on Washington for the 9/12 Rally, I can't help but the recall these words: You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims’ families. It...
Cable News Fail
This Coast Guard story is what happens when cable news networks report something without bothering to verify sources and facts. No shots fired and the Coast Guard underscored via radio that it was...
They're Going Full Joe McCarthy
As we've been observing, Glenn Beck has already gone full Joe McCarthy -- weeding out "communists" all over the place. And now Drudge and Wing Nut Daily are going full Joe McCarthy. Knowing how such...
Tim Pawlenty Is Definitely Running
The litmus test for any viable Republican 2012 candidate will be their ability to embrace the crazy. Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has already begun to run away from his moderate position and into...
Morans
From a Joe Wilson rally:Please, Democrats, don't let these idiots win this thing.
I Don't Get It
I'm trying to figure out the rationale behind re-airing the uninterrupted TV news coverage of the attacks. Has anyone forgotten what it looked and sounded like?
Morning Awesome
Neil Young covering John Lennon's "Imagine" Rather than paying closer attention to these words, our leaders exploited a shell-shocked nation in order to engage in all varieties of terrible things.
More Supermajority Support for the Public Option
A clear supermajority of Americans support a public insurance option, according to most polls. And Nate Silver breaks down support by congressional district: -- The public option is estimated to have...
I'm Not Rooting For the Republican, But…
Harry Reid's odds continue to crumble. The Cook Political Report just changed the rating on the Nevada U.S. Senate race from Likely Democrat to Toss Up. Of course Reid will never in a gazillion years...
Poor Little Shimkus
Congressman Shimkus walked out on the president's address last night. Again, another perfect example of how childish and petty the Republicans are. We only need to go back to President The Dude and...
Why Co-Ops Are Mostly Ineffectual and Bad
I stumbled onto this item from the CNN website about co-ops. Of course we already more or less know that they simply won't be as effective as the public option in terms of insuring everyone and...
Chuck Todd Is Officially Channeling Halperin
Seriously, this post by Chuck Todd referring to the progressive "public option fetish" is something that just screams Halperin. As a matter of fact, I think Chuck's been leaping through the swamps of...
Real True Fact
You're paying for part of Congressman Joe Wilson's health insurance.
10 Random Things About The Speech Last Night
1) I absolutely agree with Yglesias on this point: — Obama’s pledge to refuse to sign a bill that increases the deficit by so much as “one dime” may be politically savvy, but it’s substantively...
Best. Healthcare. System. Ever.
WellPoint and their subsidiary Blue Cross continue to make a strong case for healthcare reform and a public insurance option: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota used premium payments to fund $15...