Archive for November, 2010
Are Republicans Purposely Sabotaging The U.S.?
Could Republicans sabotage the nation on purpose for electoral gain?
What Tax Cuts for the Rich Will Buy
Courtesy of that delightful brawler from Florida, who takes to the house floor to demonstrate in detail what an extension of tax cuts for the wealthy will buy. Pay attention to the end, where he shows that all of the borrowed money Republicans plan to borrow and hand over to rich people could directly employ alot of currently out of work people.
In Which We Find Paul Clark Crossing His Fingers Behind His Back
Yesterday, commenter jpconnerjr linked to the NJ article about Paul Clark showily rolling out his “firewall” that is supposed to resolve the potential conflict of interest issues inherent in having the NCCo County executive married to the favorite land use attorneys of NCCo developers.
The Mommy Wars Leave Out The Kids
There are some things I agree with in Erica Jong’s WSJ article, but there’s a lot I do not. While she goes to great lengths to make the point that mothers shouldn’t feel guilty the point gets lost amid the guilt she dishes out. Cooperative child-rearing is obviously convenient, but some anthropologists believe that it […]
Why Does It Take A Republican To Say This?
Finally a politician communicates about the benefits of addressing climate change in innovation and technology. Surprisingly, it’s a Republican who’s doing this.
Notochord* Detected
Steny Hoyer says that Congress will definitely vote on extending the tax cuts on incomes up to $250,000 during the lame duck session.
Chris Coons Fumbles in His First Week
Our new Senator, Chris Coons, made his way onto a list today, and it isn’t the list of independent thinkers. Today, in a Judiciary Committee meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). The act seems, at first blush, to be a good idea. The goal is to […]
A Little Perspective, Please
Fox News president Roger Ailes said that NPR is “the left wing of Nazism.” Godwin weeps.
Fake Objectivity
Not sure how many of you have been following the fallout from Keith Olbermann’s suspension from MSNBC. There has been Ted Koppel getting the vapors over the loss of objectivity and waxing nostalgic over perfectly objective times gone by. Or how about Howard Kurtz trotting out some of the tick tock on the MSNBC/Olbermann war.
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