Archive for December, 2009
Bulo Remembers 2009-The Year in Television
Before this couch potato goes to the ‘experts’, my #1 viewing experience this year was without a doubt the Obama Inauguration. A truly historic and inspirational event well-covered. Made even better by the booing of the wheelchair-bound (did he think he’d get sympathy by pulling that stunt?) Dick Cheney. TV Reference: Dick Cheney as Guy […]
If an actual Socialist can support HCR, why can’t the purists?
By now, you are all aware that the division between purists and pragmatists among us liberals and Democrats has reached the calm shores of Delaware Liberal. Now, I speak only for myself here, but one of the reasons I feel so angry at the purists is all the good the bill does do, which the […]
The Next Battle – Cap and Trade
This isn’t looking good. Via Matt Yglesias: Lisa Lerer’s Politico piece on how moderate Senate Democrats don’t want to do a cap-and-trade bill is extremely frustrating. Neither Mary Landrieu nor Ben Nelson nor Evan Bayh nor Kent Conrad nor Mark Pryor seems to want to say that they don’t think climate change is real. Nor […]
Best TV and Songs from the Decade of Hell
Not since the 1930’s and 1940’s has America suffered so many tragedies and challenges, whether they be in the form of economic collapse, an enemy attack and resulting war, or natural disaster. This decade, which I hereby declare to named the Two Thousands just because the other names Aughts or Oughts are stupid sounding, is […]
Fix This
By now you’ve probably all heard about the attempted terror incident on NW 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. The accused terrorist wannabe, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is the son of a Nigerian banker. He had a valid U.S. Visa issued in 2007 (obviously Obama’s fault). He was carrying 80 grams of PETN explosive […]
A Modest Proposal for the Media
One of my favorite media critics/scholars is Jay Rosen who has a proposal for fixing the mess that is the Sunday talk shows:
This Can’t Be Right
The Obama Administration asked for funds to buy a prison in Illinois to transfer Gitmo prisoners to: Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison. As a result, officials […]
Monday Afternoon Quick Hits
Today we have some more hypocrisy and lies from a Republican, more examples of Obama failure (i.e. accomplishments) for our purist friends, and some wise advice on what the U.S. should do during the Green Revolution in Iran (i.e. look at the example of the Velvet Revolution).
South Philly Shall Rise Again!
The Philadelphia chapter of Teabagging goodness has split into north and south groups, the latter representing South Philly and the former representing the Northeast. Let the Civil War jokes commence.
Deadline Day for Appeal to US Supreme Court
Today is the deadline for the State of Delaware to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Third Circuit’s ruling that under federal law, Delaware can only have parlay betting on NFL games, rather than a full sports book as originally intended in the legislation. I have not heard anything on whether the state does […]
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