Thursday Open Thread
It’s open thread time! I know you’ve been waiting. I like to keep you all guessing, I’m just crazy like that.
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) is now distancing herself from the use of Holocaust imagery at last week’s Capitol Tea Party, which she had organized and promoted, after a Jewish Democratic Congressman called on her to apologize for leading the event and not denouncing the offending posters.
“Sadly, some individuals chose to marginalize tragic events in human history, such as the Holocaust, by invoking imagery and labels which have no purpose in a policy debate about health care,” Bachmann said in a statement. “These regrettable actions negatively shift the focus of the current discussion on this issue. The American people deserve an open and honest debate to ensure the best possible solution to our health care problems, and I agree that these unfortunate instances are wholly inappropriate.”
I’m not sure why it took her a week to figure out that this was inappropriate.
And will wonders never cease? Sean Hannity admits that he was wrong to use the 9/12 protest footage in place of the footage from the Bachmann protest:
Hannity’s apology came at the end of his show.
“Although it pains me to say this, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, he was right.”
Hannity continued:
Now on his program last night he mentioned that we had played some incorrect video on this program last week while talking about the Republican health care rally on Capitol Hill. He was correct. We screwed up. We aired some video of a rally in September, along with the video from the actual event. It was an inadvertent mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. So Mr. Stewart, you were right. We apologize. But by the way, I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching.
Yeah, I’m sure it was just a mistake. It’s not like Hannity has ever edited video to make it sound like President Obama said the opposite of what he really said or anything. Sean Hannity is definitely someone we can trust.
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What Digby says.
You have to read the whole thing, but this is damn spot on:
Is Orly too crazy for the birthers?
The White House is looking to cut its budget deficit by using some unspent funds from the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). A U.S. Treasury source told Reuters that it was shifting the focus of the TARP program toward helping small business and the housing sector rather than large banks. Awesome.
President Obama has asked for new and different options regarding troop numbers in Afghanistan. Excellent.
New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers. Surprise.
The economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter after a record four straight quarterly drops.
The stock market has reached its highest level in nearly two years.
Lou Dobbs is off the air.
There was a mistake in the vote-counting in the NY-23 race but overturning the results looks highly unlikely:
While I am in sunny New Mexico, I hear that the world is ending in Delaware weather wise.
sesame street jumps into the political fray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO-1j9T90-8&feature=related i hate fox news, but can we please draw the line somewhere? this country is already ripping in half because of the drug addicted fat racists on fox. why rial up their uneducated masses against a children’s tv show. nothing accomplished but more division.
A.,
That skit was more than 2 years old when Fox viewers started complaining about it. Notice how none of them complained about “GNN.”
This is amusing – from Twitter:
“The White House is looking to cut its budget deficit by using some unspent funds from the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).”
that’s like paying your mortgage with a credit card.
that’s like paying your mortgage with a credit card.
Well, since Bush proposed TARP and spent all of his share, there might be some truth to that. On the other hand, since this Administration still has some left from their half and has collected from some banks that paid their debt back, it’s a better option than giving it to the big banks. But I understand how republicans, who ran up a $11 trillion debt with control of the White House and Congress are FOR debt reduction. LOL.
The Newt Gingrich Rule!
Better yet, the McCain-Gingrich Act.
anon, you are confusing deficit and debt.
Yes, if and when the TARP funds are repaid to the treasury, that will reduce the national debt.
But, (according to the article) the Administration plans to use the repayment as an accounting trick to lower the appearance of the deficit in the next years budget.
deficit = one year’s red ink
national debt = the acumulated red ink of all the years.
http://www.rehobothbeachcam.com/ – here’s what it looks like down in RB.
Michelle Bachman and Sara Palin, all right then, lets hear those “There is a God” arguments one more time!
Chocolate Milk is Good For You!
Awesome! I can stop drinking red wine with breakfast and switch to chocolate milk.
Well Lizard, let me get the sentence right. Since Bush proposed TARP and spent all of his share, there might be some truth to that. But I understand how republicans, who ran up a $11 trillion DEFICIT with control of the White House and Congress are now all of the sudden really concerned about DEFICIT reduction. LOL. Does that work for ya?
Throwing you lads a bone, cause a fail is a fail, no matter who you are. Fox News did a story on Sarah Palin’s interview with Oprah tonight, but when they ran the head shot of her they showed the book cover of the trash book Going Rouge, instead of Going Rogue! Epic. There must be commie infiltrators.
Or maybe the problem is that it’s hard to be skillful even at BS if you worship incompetence. 😀
Suck on it Brooke baby, worshipping incompetence makes you an Obama voter. Adults are talking here.
Oh, thank goodness. I’m sorry I interrupted. Please, go on. I await your pronouncements.