Archive for August, 2009
Robert Novak Dies
Via HuffPo: CHICAGO — Political columnist Robert Novak, who was a central figure in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, has died after a battle with brain cancer. His wife of 47 years, Geraldine Novak, tells The Associated Press that he died at his home in Washington, D.C. early Tuesday. He was 78.
Reflections On Netroots Nation
If you were following the blog last week, you probably know that I attended the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh last week. Netroots Nation is a conference for bloggers from the left side of the blogosphere with opportunities for training, networking, self-congratulating, and, of course, partying. Here are the previous posts: Day 1, Day 2 […]
Jason and Geek On The Air
We are going on the air at 9AM for 3 hours. Be sure to call in and give us some ideas about how to burn through 3 hours of talk radio.
Maybe It Is 11-Dimensional Chess
There has certainly been a lot of garment-rending and gnashing of teeth lately about the health insurance reform bill and whether the public option will be included in the final bill. I think Obama is once again pursuing the long game – he’s allowing the Republicans to be seen as the ones who are standing […]
Deepthought
I think I just nailed it… Obama is trying to hook up “his people” with free health care and there aint no way in hell some people are going to let that happen
Crazy Eileen Must Never Have Been a Mother
I have been thinking about what you have to believe to be a birther. It must be hard to keep your head in it.
You have to believe that Obama’s Mother was crazy. You have to believe that she was quite pregnant and willingly flew to Kenya. She had to fly for something like two days on two or three different airlines. She had to fly like 3 segments on PanAm and 2 or 3 on East African Airways.
Yawn…Another Day, Another Armed Man Outside A Townhall Meeting
Things are getting crazy out there. For the third time in a week an armed citizen has been spotted outside a meeting where President Obama is going to speak on health care. A man is carrying an assault rifle and a pistol outside the VFW Convention in Phoenix where President Obama will speak later today, […]
Tom Carper Emerges to Speak
The News Journal reports that Senator Tom Carper will be available for a live video chat about Health Insurance reform on the delawareonline.com site TODAY at 5pm. No idea how this would work (they include no directions) or even if the NJ has even done this before, but given the state of their website I […]
Tom Kovach Shows How It’s Done–Any Candidates Paying Attention?
“All politics is local.”- ‘Tip’ O’Neill-former U. S. Speaker of the House “90% of success is just showing up.” Woody Allen Those are two quotes that any and every would-be candidate and elected official must not only memorize, but incorporate into their campaigns. State Representative Tom Kovach (R-6th District) ‘just showed up’ on Saturday at […]
I Must See This
Today’s news of the surreal: Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay will join 15 celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and sports in kicking up their heels on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars. Other hopefuls include entertainer Donny Osmond; singers Mya, Macy Gray and Aaron Carter; actors Melissa Joan Hart, Debi Mazar […]
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