Archive for 2010
Breaking: President Clinton Hospitalized
Via TPM: We have very little information so far. But President Clinton was hospitalized at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital this afternoon. It’s not clear whether it was on an emergency basis or not. But we have unconfirmed reports that it was for a heart related procedure. Just heard this on MSNBC as well. Hope all is […]
Socialism in Sussex
Sussex shows a budget surplus, but asks for volunteers to plow the roads without compensation. I think we just saw a form of socialism play out in the heart of Sussex County.
Irony in our Disappointment
Congress is broken, brought down not only by lobbyist and corporate influence but also by the obstruction of the Party of No. The supreme irony of our times is that only George W. Bush seems to be the savior, in that perhaps his abuse of power during his terms in office are the only way to fix Washington.
Political Quick Hits for February 11, 2010
The GOP now hates transparency, Joe Biden stays classy too, Colbert and Stewart once again mock the right, yet another Republican Congressman announces his retirement, and Tom Perriello’s prospects in Virginia.
Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work
What’s a good use of taxpayer dollars? It’s paying for prostitutes for Blackwater mercenaries, of course.
Digging Out Thursday Open Thread
I hope you all enjoyed your unplanned time off yesterday. Today the state should start getting back to normal today. So what’s on your mind today?
Palin Couldn’t Pass A Literacy Test
When I was in high school and faced with an essay question I couldn’t begin to answer my standard response was to fill up the paper with enough nonsense in the hope that I’d accidentally hit upon some point that would save me. It rarely worked. That said, take a look at this exchange between […]
Lunacy
On Joy Behar’s CNN show, she had a round table to discuss Sarah Palin’s speech at the Tea Party Nation convention. On the panel were Stephanie Miller, Ron Reagan and an unhinged rightwing nutcase Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs). Geller is completely unhinged claiming that Palin didn’t quit her job as governor, she answered the call […]
Heritage Foundation Is Against Federal Funds For Snow Removal
The Heritage Foundation, who supported the unfunded Iraq War, thinks the federal deficit is too high to help Delaware with snow removal. We should just suck it up.
Political Quick Hits
We got everything here, from the classy Michelle Obama, to the equally unclassy Sarah Palin, to favorable poll results for the repeal of DADT, and signs that the repeal will be reality shortly, to Chris Matthews being frightened, to putting the Teabaggin goodness into polling context.
‘Winter In America’
Only one song resonates with me on days like this, and it’s been haunting me for 35 years: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related[/youtube] Gil Scott-Heron: “Winter in America”
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