Courtesy of The Atlantic.
The Bush Legacy In Graphic Form
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Author - Bob Cesca
Interesting
So far today, no very serious PageCast video and no "Halperin's Take" list of random names at The Page. I would suggest that perhaps Halperin got the message that his bits were ridiculous wastes of...
Worst President Ever
As always, President Bush's utter lack of humility and his inability to fully grasp how he personally failed on numerous occasions is just staggering. For example: "Don't tell me the federal response...
Obama The Writer
Jonathan Raban in the WSJ: It's not, I think, an exaggeration to say that Obama is the most able writer to win the presidency since Lincoln. This article is an excellent, though too brief, look at...
Changing the Stimulus
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is making “significant” changes to his economic stimulus program, such as boosting energy tax incentives, after members of his own party called...
Closer to Balance
This is good. The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop in 2003, will deliver the invocation for Sunday’s kickoff inaugural event...
The Final Smirks
President Bush is getting ready to deliver his final press conference. I can't believe I just wrote that sentence. After this morning, no more smirky dickish remarks to the press from George W. Bush ...
Morning Awesome
Leslie Feist - "1 2 3 4" Live on the Late Show with David Letterman
'Room-mate'
I'm very lucky to have very talented, very funny friends. Several of those friends contribute to this blog. And one of those friends used to contribute before this blog was tranformed from something...
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night commenting in America. Optional topic: your top 10 greatest hard rock songs of all time.
Chronic Disease vs. Terrorism
In my book, I wrote a chapter called "What's The Matter With Zanesville, Ohio?" detailing how the fear of terrorism trumps the fear of actual threats like poisoned water and air. Along those lines...
Afternoon Awesome
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5... with live YouTube comments. This is both awesome and sad. h/t Sullivan
They Don't Need No Stinking Experts
Yglesias and Brad DeLong observe that John Boehner and the Republicans chose their position on stimulus first, without lining up expert support or endorsements. Consequently: ...no current or former...
Stimulus Ceiling Unlimited
Coincidentally, I've been thinking about this exact same thing: Nate Silver deduces that the president-elect is deliberately opening with a lower stimulus number and he intends to allow the overall...
And People Take Them Seriously?
Put aside the record deficits and debt of the Bush Republican decade. Put aside stories about billions of American dollars just vanishing in Iraq -- an occupation with a $10 billion a month price tag...
Morning Awesome
Iron Maiden - "Wasted Years" This should've been on VH1's 100 greatest hard rock songs thing.
Funniest Blogotube Post of the Week
Your 12 Biggest Questions About Hollywood, Answered, by Chris Kelly.
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubing.
Doof Quote of the Day
“It will be cool-looking.” —President Bush describing his presidential library and 'Freedom Institute' By "cool looking," the president obviously means the bouncy castle area. Also, I wonder if there...
African Americans and The White House Staff
Lee's post about the White House chef got me thinking about the White House service staff -- specifically African American employees. We know that slaves helped to build the executive mansion during...