Just recapping the insanity... Republicans are griping about fear-mongering, even though we had eight years of this. Republicans are griping about government spending, even though we had eight years...
Author - Bob Cesca
Debunking the Republican Myths
Media Matters rips apart in detail the Republican myths and talking points on the recovery bill. Must read.
Operation Zero Cred: Focus on the House
The House is our last shot and boosting the size of the recovery bill -- at the very least, to move the "savings" from the centrist cuts into the programs that everyone agrees are "good." School...
Listen All Y'all, It's A Sabotage
Robert Reich on This Week today: But going into the midterms, I think a lot of Republicans would like to say this was not our bill, this was not our bank bailout, if you had followed us with out tax...
The Japan Myth
The far-right's latest argument is that recovery spending failed in Japan during the 1990s. Of course this falls into the same category as the myth about the New Deal "failing" in 1937. Senator...
Open Letter to the President
Dear Mr. President, The previous president was afraid of a four foot tall octagenarian named Helen Thomas, so he stopped calling on her during press conferences. So when you hold your first prime...
Drill, Baby, Whatever
Remember when the Republicans were demanding off-shore drilling to reduce gas prices last Summer? The argument, most often repeated by Senator McCain and Sarah Palin, was that even though ZERO...
Morning Awesome
Paul Brill - "Paris Is On" Directed by Joel Trussell
Krugman's Jobs Number
I've been quoting Jed Lewison's calculation of 1 to 2.5 million fewer jobs created with the centrist cuts to the Senate bill, based on an estimate of $140 billion in cuts. Paul Krugman, however, is...
You Stay Classy, Senator
Senator McCaskill's Twitter via Atrios: Proud we cut over 100 billion out of recov bill.Many Ds don't like it, but needed to be done.The silly stuff Rs keep talking about is OUT. "Proud" to have cut...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubing.
Wingnut Ahoy!
Another instant classic from the mailbag: Re: Operation zero cred Sent: Sat 2/07/09 9:42 PM You are one of the lamest and idiotic so called political bloggers I have ever read. Since this is the...
Greenwald, Rosen and Moyers
Some excellent insights into this week's press coverage discussed by Glenn Greenwald, Jay Rosen and Bill Moyers. It's a must watch. .
Non-negotiable
Found this from Anderson Cooper's interview with President Obama on Tuesday: COOPER: On the stimulus plan for you, what is non-negotiable with Republicans? OBAMA: The unemployment insurance, health...
News America Now
Oliver Willis has started up a news aggrigation site called News America Now. Go look and bookmark.
Weekly YouTube Address
The Recovery Bill
Doof Quote of the Day
"While I appreciate the efforts of my colleagues to bring down the price tag of this bill, the fact is we still face a trillion dollar spending bill. Making it worse, the bill is 93% spending and...
The Cost of a Republican Vote
If the centrist cuts to the recovery bill equal the elimination of upwards of 2.5 million new jobs (in 2009), and if the centrist cuts managed to attain three Senate Republican votes for the recovery...
Consistent!
Many of the Republicans bitching about the size of the recovery bill had no problem supporting George W. Bush's $1.3 trillion tax cuts in 2001. Here's how both items stack up, according to...
Operation Zero Cred: For the Record
U.S. Taxpayer Money Spent in Iraq: • $800 billion (That's $12 billion per month in 2008) Missing, Lost or Mismanaged Money in Iraq: • $9 billion disappeared • $549.7 milion in spare parts • 190,000...