Today is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. How many of you braved the stores today? I’m happily ensconced on my couch today. I try to avoid shopping on Black Friday if I can, I don’t like the craziness.
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Here is a cool link called “Cell Size And Scale.” It ranges in size from a coffee bean down to a carbon atom.
Talking Points Memo gives us the top 5 GOP distortions of 2009:
Number Five: Paul Ryan Draws Line On Graph
Except his numbers weren’t based on any analysis at all. Instead, Ryan used CBO numbers through 2018 and then drew an upward-sloping line on the graph completely at random. It didn’t take long for Republicans to catch on and begin claiming that Democratic policies would make government spending half of GDP before the end of the century.
Number Four: Senate Health Care Bill Will Cost $2.5 Trillion
Number Three: Republicans Try Math
It seems like so long ago that the House passed far-reaching cap and trade legislation. Before they did, though, the GOP did its best to raise the specter of another energy crisis, thanks to a new, and tyrannical “light switch tax.” To underscore their point, they claimed that, based on an MIT study, cap and trade legislation could cost the average household $3,128 a year. Too bad the author of that study claimed it was all hogwash. That didn’t deter leading Republicans, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, from repeating the number over and over again until the day the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed on the House floor.Number Two: Inhofe Says Obama ‘Gutting Our Military’
His claim was based on a meme, which made the rounds in early April, that the White House’s call for a modest increase in defense spending amounted to a “defense spending cut.” Inhofe took it to a whole new level. And to add insult to injury, he was in Afghanistan at the time.Number One: Death Panels
Yes, Sarah Palin is #1! Did you know “death panels” came from a Sarah Palin facebook post?