The Liberal DoomsayerThe Liberal DoomsayerMy blog deals primarily with national politics in the U.S. as well as, on occasion, local politics in Pennsylvania. From time to time, I may have something to say about sports and entertainment as well. I try to interpret information that shapes the 
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Some Friday Harwood Hackery
2009-02-27 23:28:00 Whenever a column appears from John Harwood of the New York Times labeled ?news analysis? or ?political analysis,? it is likely that posting material will soon follow.Concerning President Obama?s recent address before Congress and his recently submitted budget, the Times correspondent tells us the following from here?His own party remains seared by the last time it followed a new Democratic president on a course of tax increases and ambitious social engineering.Uh, I presume Harwood is referring to the first Clinton budget and the 1994 congressional elections that followed (which is ancient history that barely anyone except stone-throwing pundits remember, by the way ? and ?seared?? That to me implies wounded or in a state of retreat, which is hardly the case?just the opposite, in fact - a link to polling data supporting that will appear shortly).This of course is a hosanna of sorts by Harwood on behalf of that prized notion of ?bipartisanship? so cherished by the ?villagers? of our... More About: Friday
Our Man In Iran - ?
2009-02-27 20:51:00 (And by the way, I posted here also.)This Yahoo News story tells us that?TEHRAN, Iran ? Beleaguered reformers in Iran are repackaging their once-popular former president Mohamad Khatami (pictured)to challenge the right-wing grip on politics in June elections.Hailing what they call a "New Khatami," reformist operatives ? who have been relegated to Iran's political wilderness for years ? hope that Mr. Khatami's campaign will erase a reputation for weakness and rekindle the exuberant spirit for change that brought the cleric landslide victories in 1997 and 2001.But even Khatami's most vocal supporters say it will not be easy taking on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the conservative institutions of the Islamic Republic that are lined up to back him, or another hard-line candidate, despite Iran's struggling economy and its standoff with the West.I?m not exactly sure what the Obama Administration could do to help Khatami here, who faces long odds as the story tells us (basically, A...
Thursday Stuff
2009-02-27 05:27:00 I had a post lined up for today but I just wasn't able to get to it - I'll shoot for tomorrow (though I did manage to post over here).In the meantime, here's "Worst Persons" with K.O. tonight; the first one of these is typically idiotic, but the other two are genuinely sick (Bill Orally and Dennis Miller try to put forward the lie that Barack Obama would have actually supported Proposition 8 in California; idiot Repug State Sen. Dave Schultheis of Colorado claims that HIV testing for pregnant women rewards "sexual promiscuity"and then, believe it or not, digs himself an even BIGGER hole trying to explain his way out of it; and finally, Sean Inanity conducts a poll on his web site about "what kind of revolution appeals most to you" - my choice is D) Arrest this lunatic for supporting armed insurrection!)....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {t... More About: Stuff , Thursday
Wednesday Stuff
2009-02-26 05:20:00 As you watch that bubblehead Katie Couric here, please keep in mind this from K.O. last June......yes, I know I supported TARP, but I keep hoping that the designated financial geniuses in either party will somehow revive the original version that will only take the toxic assets off the books of these soon-to-be-nationalized banks and NOT reward people like Ken Lewis of Bank of America instead, who should be strung up by his thumbs and left as food for the buzzards......"Worst Persons" (back to Olbermann...Michael Calderone of Drudgico thinks K.O. said 'Oh, God' before Bobby (Don't Call Me Piyush) Jindal gave his "response" - tee hee - to Obama's address before Congress last night; Bill Orally repeats the one about UAW workers making $70 an hour...may be awfully hard to kill this "zombie lie"; and Sean Inanity goes on about the supposed mouse relief or whatever in the stimulus, as well as the supposed rail line between LA and Las Vegas, neither of which are in fact IN the stimulu... More About: Stuff , Wednesday
Our RAND-Y (And Wrong) Take On Technology
2009-02-25 23:48:00 (And you know where else I posted, right?)This is probably going to be ?water wet, sky blue? stuff, but it bears repeating (from here)?The competitive edge of the United States economy has eroded sharply over the last decade, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group.The report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation found that the United States ranked sixth among 40 countries and regions, based on 16 indicators of innovation and competitiveness. They included venture capital investment, scientific researchers, spending on research and educational achievement.But the American economy placed last in terms of progress made over the last decade. ?The trend is very troubling,? said Robert D. Atkinson, president of the foundation.Measuring national competitiveness and the capacity for innovation is tricky. Definitions and methods differ, and so do the outcomes. For example, the World Economic Forum?s recent global competitiveness report ranked the United St... More About: Wrong
Tuesday Stuff
2009-02-25 05:34:00 I hope putting up this video helps Nigel Haskett in some small way - a true hero, IMHO (as opposed to the crooks at the "golden arches")......and I thought this was good stuff; the title of this song sums up the prior vid (and my day in general) pretty well, I think (and by the way, Seal is coming to the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in April). More About: Stuff , Tuesday
Extra! Extra! Philly Papers' Epic "Phail" Over Tierney "Comp" Caper!
2009-02-25 04:36:00 That?s gotta be the ?wood? baby (and no, that isn?t a personal comment...and I also posted here).Seriously, though, it gives me no joy whatsoever to read that Philadelphia Newspapers has filed for bankruptcy, though given our economy and the particularly sad state of the media business as a whole (with some exceptions), as well as the precarious financing of the company, it comes as no surprise.However, it is more than a little galling to know the following about CEO Brian Tierney (here)??an affidavit by Richard R. Thayer, executive vice president, finance, said?Tierney "without an increase in compensation" became publisher of both papers in the fall of 2006 after the $565,000-a-year incumbent resigned. Even though Tierney in January 2008 demanded a 10% cost concession from workers, his own pay was bumped up 3% in May 2008 to $618,000. Then came the big boost around Christmas (to $858K).Ho, ho, ho, those sound like Bill Marrazzo numbers, boys and girls (oh all right, Tierney says he... More About: Comp , Extra , Epic , Philly , Papers
Monday Stuff
2009-02-24 05:08:00 Sounds like Louisiana Repug Governor Bobby (Don?t Call Me Piyush) Jindal is going to blow off some of the stimulus dough ? idiot ? though it sounds like Dem Governor Jennifer Granholm will happily take it and put it to good use??"Still Bushed" (Karl Rove didn?t testify before the House Judiciary Committee ? still stonewalling, as he will be until the day comes, God willing, when Rove FINALLY gets fitted for that orange jumpsuit; yep, world class liar Ari Fleischer, in typical Bushian - ? - fashion, blames everyone but his former boss for Saddam Hussein?s lack of WMD; and believe it or not, the next generation of Bushco continues to spew its garbage, this time attacking fellow Repug Charlie Crist ? as I?ve said before, that gene pool need a lifeguard)?.msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #... More About: Stuff , Monday
?Mad Thad? And His Latest Sad Song On The Stimulus
2009-02-24 03:28:00 (Note: The subject of this post, Repug Thad McCotter of Michigan, apparently plays the guitar.)This New York Times story today tells us that Repug U.S. House Rep Thad McCotter of Michigan, in total lockstep, lemming-like fashion in accordance with the Repug House ?leadership,? opposes the stimulus (of course)?Since Mr. McCotter had opposed the economic stimulus program, just what was his plan, she asked, to deal with the increasingly dire situation that she and thousands of other McCotter constituents find themselves in?Mr. McCotter, a junior member of the House Republican leadership, ticked off some alternatives offered by Republicans and stuck to his position that the $787 billion stimulus package presented an unacceptable trade of minimal near-term benefits for future fiscal disaster.?It won?t work,? said Mr. McCotter, 43, who worked his way up from local elected office. ?If I thought it would work, I would have voted for it.?This story was written by Carl Hulse, who, as nearly a... More About: Song
Friday Stuff
2009-02-21 03:52:00 (Posting is highly questionable for early next week into about Wednesday, by the way.)Bill Maher returns to HBO tonight at about 10:00 EST, and it's going to be strange to watch him without Dubya as a foil any more (unless former President Stupid Head finds a way to worm his way back into the news, of course); here, Maher participates in an interview with then-candidate Barack Obama about faith and religion, also with Charlie Rose......and speaking of Commander Codpiece, here are more "Still Bushed" scandals (a couple in Morristown, NJ - and I have a feeling they were doing better than $55K combined before this all hit the fan; had to to live where they did - had to stop by an inter-faith pantry for baby food...more and more Dickensian this is by the day, people; world-class Repug House a-hole Darrell Issa of California - yes, I know name-calling is bad, but it truly fits in Issa's case - suddenly wants traceability of Obama's emails, even though he "scoffed" at such requests of ... More About: Stuff , Friday
A Friday Repug Recession Roundup
2009-02-20 22:19:00 (And I posted here too, as usual.)To begin, Kimberly A. Strassel of the Murdoch Street Journal draws a contrast today here between two Repug governors: Charlie Crist of Florida and Mark Sanford of South Carolina (I may end up repeating myself about Sanford from this prior post)?South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is mooted as a GOP presidential contender. During the stimulus debate he told President Barack Obama, to his face, that the Palmetto State wanted no part of a spending blowout that would be harmful to the economy, to taxpayers, and to the dollar. He even traveled to Capitol Hill to stiffen Senate Republicans against the plan.Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is mooted as a GOP presidential contender. During the stimulus debate, he made clear the Sunshine State couldn't wait to get its hands on the stimulus booty and joined Democratic governors to push the bill. He even campaigned with Mr. Obama in support of the $787 billion extravaganza.As contrasts go, it doesn't get better than ... More About: Roundup , Friday , Recession
Thursday Stuff
2009-02-20 05:43:00 K.O. talks to Howard Fineman of Newsweek and MSNBC about the interview Nancy Pelosi gave to "Rolling Stone" in which she appeared to show interest in the proposal of Patrick Leahy for a commission to investigate Bushco (why do I have a sneaking suspicion that this is going to play out where Rove, Miers and Bolton all skate and "Fredo" gets a "slap on the wrist" because he indeed shielded himself from prosecution by testifying before Congress? God, I'd love to be wrong)....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy..."Have... More About: Stuff , Thursday
A Nation of WHAT, Mr. Holder?
2009-02-20 00:19:00 (And by the way, I also posted over here.)I have to admit that I?m a little surprised about the relative silence of my lefty blogging brethren over the recent speech by Attorney General Eric Holder, in which he said this country is ?a nation of cowards? on racial issues (noted here).And after hearing that, I should note that I never really had much of a problem over the whole Rev. Wright thing (I?m not happy to hear anyone say ?God damn America!,? but there were about five and a half minutes of that speech that I later heard that was basically ignored by our corporate media cousins, and after hearing the rest, you have the context behind that statement). I also cared less when then-candidate Barack Obama gave his whole ?guns, clinging, bitter, whatever? speech in San Francisco because I thought he was basically right; the problem is that he is a black man who discussed economic issues affecting white people, and that?s not supposed to happen in this country (particularly when Karl R... More About: Nation
Wednesday Stuff
2009-02-19 06:05:00 Rachel Maddow interviewed U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Neely last night; he was stationed at Guantanamo, and has very courageously come forward (and Rachel told us tonight that three more personnel stationed there have agreed to speak also to the U.C. Davis Guantanamo Testimonials Project)....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...Lansing, MI Mayor Virg Bernero is my hero for the day for this smackdown of some Fox humanoid over the alleged $70 per hour enjoyed by UAW workers (which is a total fantasy, by the way; the... More About: Stuff , Wednesday
More Nuke Nonsense From "Blow 'Em Up" Bolton
2009-02-19 00:28:00 The warmongering former UN rep senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (of course) weighed in as follows at the L.A. Times today, on the matter of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?s Asian trip and her comments on North Korea (and I also posted here)?(Secretary of State Clinton's) attitude is potentially more troubling than the dull repetitiveness of the policy, which invokes the importance of the six-party talks and the need to "get the negotiations back on track."Take, for example, her repeated references to "smart power," presumably meant to distinguish the brainy Obama team from its predecessor.Hey, if ?the shoe fits,? y?know (get it, shoe?)?The secretary's comments at a subsequent news teleconference only compounded the speech's lack of strategic breadth. Asked her assessment of the Agreed Framework, the Pyongyang-Washington agreement concluded during her husband's presidency, Clinton regretted that "the Bush administration completely walked away" from the agree... More About: Nonsense , Nuke , Bolton
Reveal The Ultimate Cost Of The Wars At Last
2009-02-18 00:35:00 (And by the way, I also posted over here.)The Philadelphia Inquirer published an editorial today from Bryan Lentz, a Democratic state rep from Delaware County and an Iraq war veteran, who spoke out against rescinding the ban on filming our military casualties from the Iraq war in particular, with the ban enforced by Dubya to an extent not seen since it was first instituted by Poppy Bush in 1991.I should provide more background on this first, though.This Democracy Now! post in which Michael Rattner is interviewed (Rattner is identified as the President of the Center for Constitutional Rights) provides more information on how the ban was put into place, by the way, and it basically arose from a fit of pique by Bush The Elder. It turns out that he was trying to illustrate to reporters that he was experiencing neck pain and he did somewhat of a funny walk for the cameras while three major news networks went to a ?split screen? showing flag-draped caskets returning to this country from o... More About: Wars , Cost , Ultimate
Monday Stuff
2009-02-17 05:35:00 Uh, paging Steven Tyler's lawyers; I think they have some work to do here (no sense trying to seriously refute this nonsense because they'll never listen anyway)...Update 2/17/09: Cool!...and on President's Day, CSPAN rates Incurious George against his peers - yep, it's ugly; 41st in international relations, surpassing only William Henry Harrison who only served in office for a month, is pretty damn pathetic all right (and for what it's worth, Dubya "talked the talk" when it came to supposedly moral presidents, but Rutherford B. Hayes "walked the walk"...interesting man - and WHO KNEW there was a Ulysses S. Grant fan club apparently out there?)....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visit... More About: Stuff , Monday
More Pro-Gun Antics In Arkansas
2009-02-16 16:36:00 This news story tells us that Arkansas state rep Beverly Pyle introduced a bill recently that would allow churches to decide whether or not guns would be allowed on their premises?Under current Arkansas law, holders of concealed weapons permits can take their guns anywhere they want except bars and houses of worship. A bill in the state Senate would let churches decide for themselves whether weapons should be allowed."I believe it would disturb the sanctity and tranquility of church" said Pastor John Phillips, a bill opponent who was shot twice in the back as he finished a service 23 years ago. If a church opts out, "Do you want ushers to stop you at the door and frisk you?"The bill's supporters say the issue isn't gun rights but a constitutionally protected right for churches to set their own rules. Opponents say worshippers should be allowed to pray without worrying whether the person next to them is armed.?Grant Exton, the executive director of the Arkansas Concealed Carry Asso... More About: Antics
Funny Name - Solid Choice
2009-02-16 04:22:00 Motivated by this post (oh noes), I wanted to make a proposal to the Obama Administration concerning someone they should at least consider for Commerce Secretary (provided that he shows interest in the job, of course).And that would be Dem Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan.Why? Well, he sits on the Committee on Energy and Commerce chaired by Henry Waxman, as noted here, so he would at least be familiar with pending issues of this nature before Congress.Also, he teed off on Bushco's former FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach about a year ago (here) for "(giving) misleading testimony on Sanofi-Aventis SA's antibiotic Ketek during a committee hearing in March" (Ketek has been linked to fatal side effects; Stupak also called for von Eschenbach to step down because of "a total lack of leadership").Stupak is also responsible for sponsoring a bill that "amend(ed) federal law with regard to the flying of the national flag at half-staff to allow a governor to require that federal faci... More About: Funny , Choice , Solid
Saturday Stuff
2009-02-15 05:53:00 Stephen Colbert has a "valentine" of sorts for Glenn Beck ("yeeeoooowwhhh!")....cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comed ycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/s yndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc _show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc _title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc _links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:und erline;}The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTruth From the Gut Colbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the Day...The Gaslight Anthem ("Drive"; hope good things continue to break for these guys). More About: Stuff , Saturday
Friday Stuff
2009-02-14 05:19:00 Looks like the good people of Minnesota will be represented by their second Democratic U.S. Senator pretty soon based on this (and that would be the guy doing the Jagger impression here; works for me ? h/t Eschaton)?...and you wanna hear a Dem with an attitude? Check this out......K.O. and others pay tribute here to Beverly Eckert, one of the passengers who died on Flight 3407, a true hero for our times....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} ?and considering what transpired this week in the ?will he, won?t he?? Judd-Gregg-at-Commerce saga (as I warned about here), the next time our presid... More About: Stuff , Friday
Thursday Stuff
2009-02-13 04:34:00 You know, I have to tell you that I'm really torn on this proposal by Patrick Leahy about a commission to investigate Dubya and his pals for various crimes (primarily torture, but also encouraging federal prosecutors to engage in witch hunts against Democrats, as well as other stuff, including FISA abuse before it became legally codified). I believe Leahy is trying to do what he thinks is best, but K.O. and law professor Jonathan Turley are spot-on in the video here.As I noted in the Frances Townsend post earlier today "when the Repugs were in charge of Congress under Bill Clinton, the House Government Reform Committee issued 1,089 subpoenas during the six years that Dan Burton served as chairman from 1997 through 2002. During this period, 1,052 of the Committee?s subpoenas - 97% - targeted officials of the Clinton Administration and the Democratic Party; only 11 subpoenas related to allegations of Republican abuses.?I'm not encouraging the Dems to engage in that kind of bastardiz... More About: Stuff , Thursday
Another ?Forgotten, But Not Gone? Bushie Speaks
2009-02-12 23:18:00 (And I also posted over here...)This CNN analysis from Frances Townsend tells us that??the homeland security adviser must have direct and immediate access to the president. Ultimately, if terrorists successfully strike the United States, it is the president, and not his staff, who will be accountable to the American people for the failure.The homeland security adviser must be able to get to the president quickly without clearance from his or her colleagues on the White House staff.Unfortunately, there will be times when American lives are at stake and the president will need to be advised and operational decisions taken and communicated to the relevant Cabinet secretary in real time. These sorts of crises do not lend themselves to the normal bureaucratic process.Oh, did I mention that Townsend was formerly Dubya?s homeland security adviser (who, judging from what she tells us today, superseded cabinet secretaries; I mean, she basically tells us that ?operational decisions (were) tak... More About: Forgotten
Head Start Hijinks From "The Old Gray Lady"
2009-02-12 00:31:00 (Also, I posted over here ? this may be it for the week, but we?ll see.)Last Sunday, Douglas J. Besharov of the American Enterprise Institute (your first trouble sign right there, people) and research associate Douglas Call wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Times maligning Head Start , in which they claimed?In 1998, Congress required the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct the first rigorous national evaluation of the program. The Clinton administration took this mandate seriously and initiated a 383-site randomized experiment involving about 4,600 children. Confirming previous research, the study found that the current program had little meaningful impact.For example, even after spending six months in Head Start, 4-year-olds on average could identify only two more letters than children from similar backgrounds not in the program; 3-year-olds could identify one and a half more letters. More important, no gains at all were detected in more vital measures like early math le... More About: Lady , Gray
Where The Rubber Meets The Road (2/11/09)
2009-02-11 17:25:00 As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (given my likely sporadic posting for the rest of this week, I?d better get this done now).HouseChildren's health insurance. Voting 290-135, the House sent President Obama a bill (HR 2) expanding State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage from 6.6 million children to about 11 million children.A yes vote was to pass the bill.Voting yes: John Adler (D., N.J.), Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), Michael N. Castle (R., Del.), Charles W. Dent (R., Pa.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., N.J.), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., N.J.).Voting no: Joseph R. Pitts (R., Pa.).And upon passage, the bill was signed into law by President Obama; as noted here (registration requir... More About: Road , Rubber , The Road
Tuesday Stuff
2009-02-11 05:47:00 "Still Bushed" from tonight (four Bushco cronies end up with sweet jobs in D.C., named to their posts by Former President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History; Donald P. Gregg, former national security adviser to Poppy Bush, had some illuminating things to say about how torture, aside from violating everything we stand for, yields lousy intelligence here; and Ari Fleischer tells Bill Orally that Obama is going to cater to those nutty lefty bloggers and non journalistically-accredited types...hmmm, let's see now, I seem to recall somebody who got a free clearance who K.O. reminds us about below - and c'est dommage about Freedom's Crock, Ari, you creep)....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .... More About: Stuff , Tuesday
Monday Stuff
2009-02-10 04:59:00 (Posting continues to remain iffy, by the way - stuff to get to, but no "bandwidth" at the moment.)He should say all of this as many times as he has to, and hopefully those "masters of the universe" (and mistresses too, I suppose) under the dome will stop screaming about whether this is a stimulus or a spending bill (truly one of the stupidest questions I've ever heard) and DO THEIR JOBS!!!....msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} ...and right on cue, here comes John W. McBush leading the wingnut chorus (yep, the "generational theft" line is right from the Armey/Coburn/Malkin Axis Of Stupi... More About: Stuff , Monday
Sunday Stuff
2009-02-09 03:46:00 Leave it to a life form as monstrous as Ken Starr to try and do something like this......The BPA ("Seattle"). More About: Stuff , Sunday
Saturday AM Stuff
2009-02-07 16:46:00 "Still Bushed" from January 23rd (this was a particularly good one, and since MSNBC has apparently fixed the issue with its videos, I wanted to add this for the record: with the State Department handoff from Our Gal Condi Rice to HRC, we're just starting to find out the meaning of the term "cult of personality" concerning the former - and I think Glenda was the Good Witch of the North in "The Wizard of Oz," not the South, a minor point I know; another "triumph" of Bushco funny-number fudging results in somehow not counting about 25,000 veterans requiring care from the VA; and finally - and the reason why I'm including this - K.O. explains how Bushco could have ended up radicalizing Said Ali al-Shihri, a Saudi man released from Guantanamo after being held there for six years who subsequently, when he was freed, joined al Qaeda in Yemen...heckuva job, Dubya).msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; t... More About: Stuff , Saturday
Friday Stuff
More articles from this author:2009-02-07 05:13:00 (As long as I'm thinking about it, I might as well let you know that posting is questionable for the entire week next week, especially on Thursday and Friday .)Oh, by the way, anybody remember a guy named John Kerry? Yeah, he's a Senate Democrat. From Massachusetts. Ran for president as I recall in 2004.Of course, all we heard about Kerry from our corporate media cousins was stuff about windsurfing, marrying a rich condiments heiress, and alleged French ancestry (as if that's a problem?).Yeah, a real dull guy, huh? Ponderous, effete, "voted for it before he voted against it," yadda yadda...Well, give a listen to this - suddenly he makes a hell of a lot of sense....and speaking of Kerry, he and a few others have some good ideas here about Afghanistan......"Still Bushed" (K.O. tells us of Tara Jones, among other Bushies, who was allowed to "burrow" her way into a career civil service job inside the Obama Pentagon, with Jones being the contact person in the so-called "Pentagon Pundit... More About: Stuff 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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