January 2010
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November 2009
4 posts
The real deficit hawks →
Only professional liars could cite concern about debt as reason to oppose a healthcare bill reducing the debt — and then vote for debt-expanding defense budgets. Unfortunately, professional liars…
Kid Won't Pledge Allegiance Because Of Gay... →
Will Phillips, an elementary school student who refuses to say the pledge of allegiance in school because of discrimination against gay people
The do-nothing Senate →
Filibustering Republicans and three Democratic enablers bring the Senate to a halt.
October 2009
13 posts
Obama's right. It's time to stop taking Fox's... →
Last week, when White House communications director Anita Dunn charged the Fox News Channel with right-wing bias, Fox responded the way it always does. It denied the accusation with a straight face…
Fox News isn't even pretending anymore →
Since Obama’s election, the cable news channel has dropped all but the barest pretense of objectivity.Fox has turned itself into what Anita Dunn recently called “the research arm or the…
Fox News isn't even pretending anymore →
What an amazing article!! Fox News and the conservative propaganda machine laid bare.
The onramp is open to a Dodger-Angels Freeway... →
Here’s to hoping for a Freeway Series! This town would go nuts!
Think Progress makes its mark - Daniel Libit -... →
Can a liberal blog launched in the midst of the Bush era still make its mark in the age of Obama?
Bill Maher: New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal... →
God I LOVE Bill Maher!! He just cuts through the BS and tells it like it is with a sense of humor, it also helps that he’s not an idiot.
Sam Stein: Bob Dole: Health Care Will Pass, GOP... →
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) told a group of local Kansas reporters on Wednesday, that opposition to the president’s health care package had been driven by knee-jerk partisanship…
All aboard! The right's Fox News gravy train rolls... →
Fox News is the boil on the ass of American Journalism! They have actually gone to court for the right to LIE to their viewers. What little journalistic cred they had has long since vanished, now it’s an unapologetic mouthpiece for the GOP.
Calling for Barack the Bold - Roger Simon -... →
Simon says Obama’s Olympics defeat is not important, what is critical is the lesson he learns from it.
PolitiFact | Beck and others repeat claim that... →
A throwaway line in a blog posting in May — which turns out to be wrong - provided just enough fodder to allow political pundits to brand a top White House official with the political scarlet letter…
Pelosi: GOP has double standard in health care... →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped congressional Republicans on Thursday for holding Democrats to a higher standard in the rhetoric employed in the often acidic health care debate.
Pelosi: GOP has double standard in health care... →
Republicans are “foot dragging, knuckle dragging Neanderthals.” Said Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL. Finally, someone says it. He points out that the GOP has no plan or helpful purpose in this debate, their plan is to disrupt or kill ANY reform.
A D.C. Game of Moneyball →
The Washington Nationals, with baseball’s worst record but a healthy bottom line, are on the verge of becoming a lightning rod of criticism, especially by big-market teams that pay into the game’s…
September 2009
18 posts
Harry situation: What if Sen. Reid loses? →
It’s a question few in the Senate will ask aloud but one that’s creeping into the chamber’s collective consciousness: What happens to Democrats if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid really does get…
Public option fate in Obama's hands - Carrie... →
Not long from now,Obama’s going to have to referee the whole debate.
Public option fate in Obama's hands - Carrie... →
Excellent article! The United States should have public health care like every other advanced nation on the planet!
On Medicare Spending, a Role Reversal →
After years of trying to cut Medicare spending, Republican lawmakers have emerged as champions of the program, accusing Democrats of trying to steal from the elderly to cover the cost of health…
Dodgers' tanking in Pittsburgh sets it up for Vin... →
Time for Scully to go to work.
"Your Mom" Card Thrown in Senate Hearing over... →
“I don’t need maternity care,” GOP Senator Kyl said. “So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy more expensive.” Dem Senator Stabenow…
Daily Kos: LOL @Todd Tiahrt, R- KS →
I love this!! This town hall crowd literally laughs out loud at Republican Congressman Todd Tiahrt’s health care lies.
GOP Senators Pull Out of Inquiry Into CIA Program →
Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said Friday that they will no longer participate in an investigation into the Bush administration’s interrogation policies, arguing that…
The 25 Best SNL Commercial Parodies Of All Time... →
This is hilarious!! The best SNL commercials.
Kansans Laugh at Rep. Tiahrt's Health Reform Lies →
It’s been a barrel of laughs this summer for Kansas Republicans. However, instead of Rep. Lynn Jenkins laughing at uninsured constituents, we find voters actually laughing at another Kansas…
Glenn Beck: McCain Would Have Been Worse Than... →
Glenn Beck thinks President Obama is better for the country than John McCain would have been, he said in an interview with Katie Couric to air at CBSNews.com Tuesday evening. “I think John McCain…
Who's afraid of Barack Obama? →
Obama seems to lack one item that most presidents find helpful to have in their White House tool box: Fear.
WatchKeith Olbermann once again driving a dagger through the heart of stupidity!!
GOP 'cranks' dominating debate - Andie Coller -... →
Great article about how the leaderless GOP is now defined by the far right wing lunatics (Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, etc.)
Joe Wilson and House GOP Behave Like Spoiled Brats →
Fresh from a month of acrimonious town halls, House Republicans arrived for President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night with signs, props, and a lot of attitude. But…
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If anyone had any doubt that it has become a toxic party devoid of ideas, respect, professionalism or courtesy, that doubt should now be erased.
Bachmann: We Should "Slit Our Wrists, Be Blood... →
Why is the GOP filled with neanderthals and lunatics?
Apple - Movie Trailers - Capitalism: a Love Story... →
Michael Moore’s latest documentary looks awesome!! Check it out.
The Gang of Six - Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks →
This is hilarious!! Six moderate/conservative Senators from both parties that are trying to block Pres. Obama’s ambitious agenda.
August 2009
9 posts
Kennedy's Rousing Speech to DNC →
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The Health Care Debate In America
The health care debate in this country has been raging this summer. President Obama campaigned on a public option to compete with health insurance giants that have grown into faceless corporations that routinely deny coverage to save their bottom line. The World Health Organization ranks the United States’ health care system as 37th in the world, behind Costa Rica and just ahead of Slovenia (See...
Jackson, Blomkamp reinvent Sci-fi with District 9!
I just saw District 9 yesterday, directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by the much acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson. I’ve seen many sci-fi movies over the years, but few could compare to the real life humanitarian struggles that define this groundbreaking movie. D9 is the first sci-fi film where the viewer is actually put in the scenario of “what if this really happened?” and the viewer does...
“Any civilization that sacrifices a little liberty for a little security deserves...”
– Benjamin Franklin
