The Republican National Committee -- not some crazy wingnut spam emailer -- is spreading the rumor that the public option would exclude Republicans based on their voter registration records. Of...
Author - Bob Cesca
Glenn Beck Goes Full Joe McCarthy
On his Fox News show, Beck scribbled a giant chalk diagram indicating that President Obama is somehow surrounded by Marxists and Communists who are plotting to transform America into the next Soviet...
Worst Persons
It's a tie. Neal Boortz and Andrew Breitbart. Only click these links if you're prepared to lose your shpadoinkle.
Michael Steele Is Awesome Crazy
This interview from today's Morning Edition on NPR is a thing of crazy beauty. Michael Steele supports doesn't support supports ????? government health insurance programs: "Regulation D?"
Single-Payer
In the comments under my Huffington Post column there are quite a few "single-payer now!" remarks. While I support single-payer in theory, here's my big question. Can anyone present a realistic path...
Morning Awesome
David Bowie - "This Is Not America" Thought I'd spin another "America" Bowie track this morning.
Sean Hannity for President
This is probably the most ridiculous non-story of the week so far. Sean Hannity contemplating a run for president -- if God gives him the go-ahead. What's extra weird about it is that Sean Hannity is...
Worst Persons
The Oranga County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors. The board voted 4-1 to allow a Walmart superstore to be built on the grounds near the Wilderness Battlefield. This region of Virginia is steeped in...
The Real Sarah Palin
I have this theory that Sarah Palin doesn't write her own Facebook screeds. They don't have her signature nonsensical word jumble quality. There's no "position flexible" there. But she definitely...
Prime Time Thread
No radio show tonight. Stranahan has another thing scheduled. But we'll be back next week with guest Chez Pazienza. Meantime, here's an open thread for your blogotubery.
Oh Come On!
According to a new poll released by the AARP, 79 percent of Americans support "a new federal health insurance plan that individuals could purchase if they can't afford private plans offered to them."...
New Huffington Post Column
Healthcare Reform Named After Ted Kennedy Must Not Suck Enjoy and Digg often! UPDATE: It looks like there are quite a few blogs that had similar thoughts today. There's this eerily similar headline...
51
Returning to crass political numbers, the passing of Senator Kennedy now makes 60 votes impossible. So there's no need to pursue this goal. Yeah, there are moderate Republicans (Snowe, Collins, etc)...
Quote of the Day
"This is the cause of my life. For four decades I have carried this cause — from the floor of the United States Senate to every part of this country. It has never been merely a question of policy; it...
Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
Photo: Pete Souza/White House
Morning Awesome
David Bowie with Nine Inch Nails - "I'm Afraid of Americans"
Gitmo A Go-Go
This song was apparently inspired by my Huffington Post column, The Tortured Logic of the Torture Superfans. This is "Gitmo A Go-Go" by Bill Feller and Mark Kuhn. Incidentally, Mark Kuhn was arrested...
Creepy Quote of the Day
"If we need to save our penises from anybody, it's Obama." —Rush Limbaugh Add your own "Limbaugh is impotent" joke here.
Very Serious Question
How many Republicans do you think will partake in a socialist H1N1 vaccination? Of course there won't be any, right? Because it's socialized government-run healthcare. Which Republicans claim to hate.
The Torture Memo Lie
Throughout the morning, MSNBC and others repeated the false conclusion that the newly released CIA memos proved that torture worked. Naturally this has proved to be totally untrue. The memos, from...