Archive for March 2nd, 2009

Conservative Intellect-Kitsch, Oxymoron, or Both?

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The conservative freak show known as CPAC, starring Rush ‘n Joe The Alleged Plumber, has demonstrated how bankrupt what passes for conservative intellect is nowadays. (Don’t gloat, liberals, this can happen after 20-plus years of unbridled power, and it can happen to YOU, too.) Still, the carny sideshow nature of what the GOP has become […]

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Santelli’s Dutch Oven Journalism

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Two weeks ago, Rick Santelli couldn’t get arrested. Two weeks from now, Santelli will be an ex-CNBC employee and gainfully employed at Faux News. What a short and familiar trip its been. Back on Feb 19th, Santelli seemed to have a Howard Beale moment, that is if Beale was more concerned with his bank account […]

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Off The Hook

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h/t Kentucky’s The Hillbilly Report

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