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Monthly Archives: May 2009
What Supreme Court Needs — A Bitter Psycho
Monday, May 25, 2009
Humorist Andy Borowitz’ headline in his funny HuffPost blog could have come straight out of The Onion:
“Cheney Urges Obama To Appoint Bitter Psycho to Bench.”
Borowitz:
“Appearing on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ Mr. Cheney said that the President’s choice to replace Justice Souter ’should send a strong message to bitter psychos across the country that they [...]
The Problems All Started With Prop. 13
Monday, May 25, 2009
…a fact reported today in Paul Krugman’s NYTimes column. The so-called “third rail” of U.S. politics today …raising taxes. Krugman:
“The seeds of California’s current crisis were planted more than 30 years ago, when voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 13, a ballot measure that placed the state’s budget in a straitjacket. Property tax rates were capped, and [...]
From the NY Times
Sunday, May 24, 2009
“ They say America is the land of the free, but since I moved to Germany 5 years ago, I feel considerably more free than I did in the U.S. Why? Because I don’t have to worry about someone shooting me. ”
— Nanci McGonigal
The Guns of Spring
I know exactly what she means [...]
Fear, Fear
Saturday, May 23, 2009
That’s what the GOP does best, as Gail Collins’ funny NYTimes column about Gitmo-panic shows:
“To hear the howls coming from Congress, you’d think the Obama administration was planning to house the prisoners in suburban preschools. ‘Terrorists. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you,’ warned a Republican Web video, which mixed pictures of accused terrorists with [...]
It’s (Stephanie) Miller Time
Friday, May 22, 2009
The funny, talented morning radio host asks a good question about “A Real Dick” Cheney’s national-security lecture:
“How can you even listen to a guy who had the largest national-security failure in history on his watch?”
Good question.
“Blue Double Cross”
Friday, May 22, 2009
Could we please get off torture for a little while and look forward? Keep our eyes on the prize here?
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says the insurance companies are gearing up for a smear campaign against a public health plan:
Krugman: “What if interest groups showed up at the big table, then blocked reform? Back [...]
Why the Right Wing Controls Talk Radio
Thursday, May 21, 2009
It’s all in my new Huffington Post piece.
It’s called vertical integration: The biggest broadcast owner owns the company that supplies right-wing shows like Limbaugh’s, etc. Radio’s dirty little secret.
Olbermann in Rare Form
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Watch his hilarious response to Limbaugh’s “keep-me-off-MSNBC” plea. A classic.