From Think Progress: Rove lamented the loss of civility in politics on the web, but then proceeded to use his speech as a partisan bashing of the netroots. According to Rove, bloggers are “nutty,”...
Author - Bob Cesca
Cramer Predicts $4 Gas In Six Weeks
I heard Jim Cramer of CNBC's Mad Money tell Chris Matthews last night that gas prices will exceed $4/gallon within six weeks. And you know what? No American will change their driving habits. There...
David Walley: An American Original
A great American author and good friend died last week. He was a man perpetually ahead of his time and a true American original. I first learned about David Walley when I discovered the Ernie Kovacs...
Huffington Post
Hey everyone. Thanks to Josh Dobbin for holding down the fort here. Meanwhile, I've been posting blogs over at the Huffington Post, so I haven't had much time to keep up here. Feel free to check out...
Yo Bushie! CBS says 34 percent!
CBS News poll. And... Yo Cheney! 18 percent!
Civil War
Chaotic Iraq just got civil war-ier. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen shot dead 47 civilians and left their bodies in a ditch near Baghdad Thursday as militia battles and sectarian reprisals followed the...
Bring on the national security debate!
The Bush administration: September 11th response: Bush reads "My Pet Goat" then runs away. 9/11 Commission: Bush gets an "F" for preventing a new attack. Katrina: Both Republicans AND Democrats give...
Cheney Shot A Man
Some thoughts... -The NSA eavesdroppers must be going crazy today. A lot of e-mails blasting through the internet containing the words "Cheney" and "shooting". -The only reason the victim was injured...
Camp X-Ray Revealed
National Journal via Atrios: A high percentage, perhaps the majority, of the 500-odd men now held at Guantanamo were not captured on any battlefield, let alone on "the battlefield in Afghanistan" (as...
Yeah! President Washington tapped phones!
What the blue fucking blazes was this? "General" Gonzales today: GONZALES: President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance...
I almost forgot Hannity existed, until…
...I saw this video at Crooks & Liars. Watch as he spews his right wing talking points at Ted Rall. This guy Hannity is like a little boy fresh out of CCD class -- a boy whose political accumen...
The Bush-Nixon Hybrid
Creepy. From the new MoveOn.org ad. Watch the ad here.
Live blogging the State of the Union
I'll be live blogging the "shiny, happy, upbeat" SOTU tonight at the Huffington Post. Bring the booing, Democrats!
VIDEO: State of the Union Production Diary
Plummer and I wrote this short film for the Huffington Post. If you're familiar with the KING KONG production diaries or the featurettes found on DVDs, you'll get it. Enjoy! Watch here.
They are so doomed
So the White House claims they circumvented the FISA law because it didn't allow them to do what they wanted, but when a law was proposed to relax FISA restrictions, the Bush administration opposed...
CNN's Miles O'Brien misinforms on NSA spying
Oh, CNN. What's wrong with you? You're hiring Glenn Beck and Bill Bennett, and your anchors are stupids. Miles O'Brien: "Most people favor the president's domestic spying program." American Morning...
Yo Bushie! 36 percent!
ARG has the bad news, Bushie. That's right -- the polling company is called "ARRRGGG!"
Pro… something?
Bush in a recorded message played during yesterday's fetus festa: You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident...
Anticipating the breach of the levees
Via Kos: "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." -- President Bush, September 1, 2005 WASHINGTON-- The Homeland Security Department was warned a day before Hurricane Katrina hit...
Some Bush 'mmm-doy' highlights from today
Today's town hall meeting in Loudon County, Virginia: Q Good morning, Mr. President, thank you for being here. My son is one of those young men, at 18 years old almost -- I hope I don't cry, but I ...