Once again, I turned on the television this morning in time to see Pat Buchanan discussing race issues on MSNBC. This is a guy who has written about and embraced the politics of racial division ...
What's Your Excuse, MSNBC?
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Author - Bob Cesca
Sarah Interruptus
It just occurred to me that perhaps Clear Channel thought if they gave Palin a three hour show, she'd randomly leave the studio and go home at around the two hour mark. Speaking of which, did she...
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Luscious Jackson - "Here" Live from 1995
Denied
The wingnuttiest radio corporation passed on the Sarah Palin Show. According to Broadcasting & Cable, Clear Channel Broadcasting, the country’s biggest radio conglomerate, has already turned...
Why Wait?
This is almost too crazy to be real: Earlier this week, Florida State Senator Carey Baker (R) and State Representative Scott Plakon (R) introduced a state Constitutional amendment that, if adopted...
Republican Sabotage. Again.
During the recovery bill process, we discussed at length the notion of Republican sabotage (here and here). In other words, the Republicans were tricking spineless Democrats into caving to their...
Worst Person
Chris Matthews believes the wingnuts on the end-of-life consultations. MATTHEWS: Why are you going to be visited every five years by somebody to talk about how you want to die. I think it's crazy...
Forgetting the Schiavo Tragedy
The real tragedy of this latest Republican lie about senior citizens isn't just the skewing of the healthcare debate, but it's the fact that living wills and end-of-life planning are subjects that...
The Big Lie
ThinkProgress assembled a compilation video featuring many, if not all examples of the "Obama wants to kill old people" lie I wrote about in my Huffington Post column this week: The Republican Party...
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Mazzy Star - "Ghost Highway" Live in Chicago
Crazy Quote of the Day
"First, there’s no racial profiling. That’s the most — that’s the most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard anybody say." —The Mark Fuhrman on Hannity's Fox News show By the way, you can bet that Hannity...
WTF?
On MSNBC today, Mike Pence illustrated Republican contradictions and hypocrisy on healthcare: PENCE: This is not a deal that will go over well with the American people. They understand what a...
Radio Show Open Thread
Me and Stranahan on the internet radio tonight -- 8PM EDT. Listen live here. Call the show: (347) 945-5235 or just add your thoughts in the comments. UPDATE: Show's over. Thanks for listening!
Watering Down the Public Option
Henry Waxman reached an agreement with House Blue Dogs on healthcare reform and the public option: The Blue Dogs wrestled some concessions out of Waxman (D-Calif.), particularly related to a public...
New Huffington Post Column
Republicans Lying to Old People About Euthanasia, Robots Enjoy and please Digg often.
Americans Love Public Health Insurance
I heard Mike Pence and Paul Ryan on MSNBC today both suggesting that Americans don't want government run health insurance. Wrong. Of course there's the overwhelming popular support for the public...
Robot Insurance Now!
Here's Rush Limbaugh scaring/deceiving old people with nonsense and fear-mongering: And the Obama administration eats old people's medicine for fuel. The reality is that the end-of-life counseling is...
The Politics of Procrastination
There's another reason why the Republicans and Blue Dogs want to delay healthcare reform. Sure, if they delay long enough, the 2010 midterms will strip away the political balls for reforming the...
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Veruca Salt - "Seether" From a French TV show circa 1996 (Anyone picking up on the MA theme this week?)
Note to Congress, 7.28.09
Dear Congress, Another 14,000 Americans lost their health insurance today. Zero members of Congress lost their health insurance today. And Max Baucus made another $1500 in bribes from the healthcare...