"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money." —George W...
Author - Bob Cesca
76 Percent
NBC/WSJ Poll: 76 percent of respondents said it was either "extremely" or "quite" important to "give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan...
Morning Awesome
Dinosaur Jr. - "Over It" From their new album Farm Source: Chez
Formidable Opponent, With Mike Pence
POINT. Mike Pence in favor of endorsing Mousavi and his supporters: Look, the cause of America is freedom. And in that cause, we must never be silent. [...] I think the Congress behind me ought to...
Satan Is In Yur Music Lifting Yur Tables
Via Everything Is Terrible, this made me laugh and laugh: He's partly right. That Kenny Loggins album is evil.
Worst Persons
The mafia dons who run the major health insurance companies. Good lord. Today they point-blank admitted to Congress their intention to continue the practice of randomly cancelling policies as soon as...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for Wednesday night blogotubers. Tonight! Me and Lee on the radio with special guest Dave Neiwert, author of The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right. We're...
New Huffington Post Column
'My Face Was Ripped Off' and Other Arguments for a Public Option Please Digg often. We have to win this fight.
Glenn Beck: Then And Now
Glenn Beck now: During the Iraq War, for anyone who cares to know the truth, I was on the air chastising people that were saying that Hollywood should shut up or that if you have a different opinion...
Weakling Democrats
Democratic Senators Hagen and Bingaman are refusing to vote for a public option in the HELP committee. According to a source with direct knowledge of what is happening on the HELP Committee, the...
Harry Reid Grows Half a Ball
Some good news... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll ditch bipartisanship in the Senate if it means getting a health care reform bill. "As important as bipartisanship is – and it is very...
More Public Option Polling
A new poll from EBRI proves that the president's public option for healthcare is totally controversial and divisive: Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the...
Senator Ensign Loves Marriage
Senator John Ensign (R-Doof): “Marriage is an extremely important institution in this country and protecting it is, in my mind, worth the extraordinary step of amending our constitution.” “I believe...
Palin's People
A massive crowd of 15 people turned out at the Ed Sullivan Theater to protest in support of Sarah Palin and against David Letterman. And they were just about as awesome as we would expect. Think...
Quote of the Week
"The second thing that I think’s important to recognize is that the easiest way for reactionary forces inside Iran to crush reformers is to say it’s the US that is encouraging those reformers. So...
Morning Awesome
Neko Case - "People Got Alotta Nerve" From Middle Cyclone
Zany Song Parodies!
Seriously. Stop it.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for Tuesdee night blogotubing. So far only one complaint email about TypeWad. And I rode 3,000 feet of very steep climbing yesterday (third consecutive climbing day) so I'm staying far...
For Lawmaking, Congress Is A Good Start
Remember when President Obama signed an executive order closing Guantanamo Bay? And remember when even the most liberal senators (Sanders, Feingold, etc) voted against funding the closing? It turns...
'An Ethical Firestorm!'
Crap your pants! Let there be no doubt that Matt Drudge is the world's biggest douchebag. His gigantic screamer headline leads us to this ridiculousness, written by Drudge himself: On the night of...