Heckuva Job Bushie!
The median income in the U.S. decreased from 2007 to 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between…
Thursday Open Thread
I'll start the conversation. Henry Rollins "Liar" Discuss.
The Next Rightwing Outrage?
So, is Sarah Palin running for president or what? Steve Benen tells us the next outrage that Palin is trying to start: We learned last night that President Obama expects…
Memorable Moments During The Speech
I'm going to tell you straight out that I thought that was one of the best speeches I've seen Obama give. He had a lot of goals to accomplish in…
Late Night Video: What Birthers Believe
After you watch this, the Birther movement will make perfect sense. It's filled with logical people. h/t Balloon Juice
Transcipt of Obama’s Health Care Reform Speech
Here is the transcript for the whole speech: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing…
Oopsie!
Family values California Assemblyman Michael Duvall forgot didn't know that his mic was on when discussed having sex and spanking one of his two girlfriends. BTW, both of his girlfriends…
Brandywine Arts Festival Is Cancelled
This disappointing but not surprising news just came through from the News Journal: After 48 years of tradition, there will be no Brandywine Arts Festival this weekend. With the third…
Community Standards – A Call For Feedback
To me, blogging is very different than other sources of news and information. Blogging is not like a newspaper or TV news - it's a conversation between the bloggers and…
Video Of Obama’s School Speech
Fear the socialism! The transcript was released earlier. Here's the video: I think the uproar over the speech actually insures that more people watch it than would have otherwise. I…
Sign The Petition
I got this email from Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake. Please sign the petition if you haven't already. The more signatures we can get, the better. We need to let Congress…
The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem
Seattle is opening the country's first in-patient center for the treatment of internet addicition. The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world…
Obama’s Labor Day Speech
President Obama gave a speech in Cincinnati for Labor Day. He gives us a little preview of some of the things he may talk about in his Wednesday speech before…