Archive for January 19th, 2009

BushCo Retrospective in Political Cartoons

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Ben Sargent is a political cartoonist at the Austin American-Statesman, and his paper put together a select group of Sargent’s work over the past 8 years that is meant to be a summing up of what we’ve had to live through. And it is just about brilliant. Make sure you go see them, there are […]

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Bush Surprises.

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I suppose he figures his legacy has enough image problems. From Newsweek: In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, for his 2007 conviction in the CIA leak case, two White […]

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Quick Update From DC

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Quick Update From DC

The vibe in the city is amazing! Traffic was not bad getting in and we walked down to the White House and mall to get into the event and everyone (and I mean everyone from cops, to taxi drivers to national guardsmen to people of every race and station) was radiant with joy over the […]

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Quick Hits (1-19-2009)

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Congressional Quarterly has a helpful chart tracking the progress of President Obama’s cabinet nominees. All of the committee hearings have taken place, except for the yet to be nominated Commerce Secretary. Only one committee has voted the nominee out of committee to the floor of the Senate for a full confirmation vote: Hillary Clinton for […]

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On Watching CNN

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Soledad O’Brien is doing great work on CNN this weekend. Just saying.

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Great. Now I have to watch Oprah at 4.

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The AP is reporting that Vice President-elect Joe Biden tried to silence Jill Biden during a taping of the Oprah Show at the Kennedy Center this afternoon after she let it slip that Joe was offered two jobs in a potential Obama administration back during his negotiations with Obama back during the summer of 2008. […]

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20 Hours Left.

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CNN is reporting that Bush has commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents who shot an illegal immigrant who was smuggling drugs. The prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Joe Compean will now end March 20. Ramos had received an 11-year prison sentence; Compean had received a 12-year sentence. …. The official [who […]

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QOD

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I was wondering.  Since we were attacked on Bill Clintons watch while Bush was President, how many more months is Bush technically responsible for an attack on American Soil?

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Forgot about this one…

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Man I forgot all about this one until I saw it on Letterman… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW1nMti4ExM&feature=related[/youtube]

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MLK’s “Normalcy, Never Again”

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Text below the fold.

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Lowery Named Markell’s Secretary of Education

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From Kilroy’s Delaware: For those who don’t know Lillian Lowery exposed the financial incompetency of the former super of Christina School District. On preconditions of taking over Christina she called for a complete audit. She could have walked from the table but stayed with the community and stayed the course! I have not doubt she […]

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breaking news, Carney possibly to Run against Castle in 2010

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If you want to hear me ask Carney why he didn’t run agains Castle, I suggest you listen to… http://www.delawaretalkradio.com/ It takes a blogger to ask the tough questions and Maria Evans to do a great follow up. I broke the ice and it looks like Carney is looking heavily at running against Castle for […]

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Forgot how much I liked this song

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfZUxPF7AMI[/youtube]

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