Archive for 2010
Democrats To Force Vote On GOP Budget Plan
Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan presented the alternate Republican budget plan. It included privatization of Social Security and Medicare vouchers and would supposedly close the U.S. debt in 50 years. Republican leaders were fairly ambivalent about the budget since they spent all summer saying “we love Medicare.” Democratic leaders are introducing a resolution to make […]
Late Night Video — Rahm Emmanuel Apologizes
The SNL version of Rahm Emmanue apologies, that is. This is likely NSFW, but strikes me as old school SNL — taking a famous person’s weaknesses, making them funny and using that the comment on a bigger picture. There is likely no chance that they could maintain this sharpness as a regular feature, but I liked this.
Answering Their Questions in Bullet Time
You know that there was some discussion of President Obama doing another version of Question Time with the Republican Senate Caucus. The response?
Breaking: NJ Fire in Progress/ Fire Over!
This comes to us via an anonymous tip, and seems to be confirmed on Twitter. Not sure yet of any details, except it looks like people have left the building. Picture of fire truck at the building. Picture of ladder on the roof. Hoping everyone is OK. Updates as we get them. Well that was […]
Ask Dr. Liberal: Coons is in the Club Edition
Dear Doctor Liberal,
Do you think Chris Coons has the guts to really go after Castle? I view Castle as the incumbent in this race and they say to beat an incumbent you need to make the race a referendum on the person. Can Coons do that?
Sparky
The Running of the Hypocrites
Which is really the only name you can give the Federal government’s budget season opened by the release of President Obama’s budget blueprint last Tuesday. The plan calls for letting the BushCo tax cuts expire (except for people making less than $250K), eliminating the tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry, raising taxes on hedge fund managers; and it calls for investments in public education and college, domestic energy production, the beginning of a fund to finance health care for the uninsured. It is a pretty strong plan (I do have some reservations about some of the energy initiatives) that begins to retilt the playing field back towards the middle class.
Monday Open Thread
It’s post Snowgasm Monday. How many of you are at work? I had to brave the roads today. Well, let’s open this thread. What’s on your mind? Will NY governor David Paterson be Spitzered? The hot rumor out there is that the New York Times has a very damaging story about David Paterson which they […]
When The Punishment Doesn’t Fit The Crime, Or… It’s The Over-Reaction, Stupid
Doodling on a school desk is wrong. Hauling a 12 year old girl out of school in handcuffs for doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker is worse. Alexa Gonzalez was scribbling a few words on her desk Monday while waiting for her Spanish teacher to pass out homework at Junior High School […]
Misogyny Bowl 2010
Sometimes the best part of the Superbowl is the commercials. Advertisers go out of their way to feature their funniest and cleverest commercials during the year’s most-watched football game. This year, a theme emerged from the commercials: how much women suck. Example #1: FloTV ad Example #2: Dove for Men ad Women are roughly about […]
Obama To Hold Televised Health Care Summit
I think the Obama administration has learned an important lesson from the success of question time – Obama is the best salesman of Democratic ideas. We can’t rely on the news media to inform people anymore and question time allowed him to bypass the talking heads and talk straight to the American people. The Obama […]
Super Bowl Snack Stadium and Pre-Game Thread
As always, the spectacle surrounding the Super Bowl is often way more fun than the event itself and in that spirit, I give you:
The Super Bowl Snack Stadium
Palin Bows Before Rush
Sometimes, every once in a while, Sarah Palin will do something that I agree with. Usually it has to do with defending her family. I thought she was right to defend her daughter after Letterman’s failed joke. I also thought she was right to criticize Rahm Emmanuel for calling liberal “retarded.” It isn’t a nice […]
Did Sarah Palin Write Crib Notes On Her Hand?
This seems almost too funny to be true. Via kos: AP photo showing words written on her palm. Zoomed in shot of Palin’s hand – Energy, Budget Cut Tax, Lift America Spirit? Someone please tell me this was photo-shopped. But given this video, shot during question and answer time, it would appear not. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOvQCkrm3Sg[/youtube] She’s […]
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