Archive for May 2nd, 2011

History Recorded

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History Recorded

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Republicans Hate Big Government, Unless They Love It

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Republicans also hate wasting taxpayers money, except when they love wasting it. New Jersey’s teabag Governor nixed a train tunnel into Manhattan that had a lot of other funding, copious economic development potential and a huge pent up market demand from tens of thousands of locked in customers, but he wants to set NJ tax […]

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The Checklist.

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What I’m imagining is Obama and his supporters offering voters a list of accomplishments from his first term, and it’s going to be a doozy: ended the Great Recession, health care reform, Wall Street reform student loan reform, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, New START, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the biggest overhaul of our food-safety laws in 70 years, new regulation of the credit card industry, new regulation of the tobacco industry, a national service bill, expanded stem-cell research, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, net neutrality, the most sweeping land-protection act in 15 years, health care for 9/11 rescue workers, and the confirmation of two Supreme Court justices.

Oh, and he killed Osama bin Laden.

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Republican Reaction

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Here are some statements from potential Republican presidential candidates. See if you can tell which ones are running for President and sense the potential for a political shift and which ones are not and could care less.

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These Grapes Are Very Sour

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Donald Trump is not amused. There are people in the world suffering, don’t you know.

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Mission Accomplished

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Mission Accomplished

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