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Monthly Archives: November 2009

My Latest Huffington Blog/rant

Is about heavily armed cops being shot by another gun-wielding nut. It’s here.

It Could Have Been Much Worse

As embarrassing as it was that those two creeps weaseled their way into the White House the other night and met the President, it could have been much worse. In fact, on balance, it’s probably a good thing this happened when it did.
Pres. Obama is clearly the most threatened President we’ve ever had, and this [...]

CBS’s Dave Ross Tells What It was Like…

…in the political ring. My Huffington Post piece on Dave is here.

Why Andrew Sullivan Likes Obama

The uber-blogger on the bright side of the Obama Presidency thus far.

It May Be This Simple (God Knows THEY Are)

SF comic Will Durst says the reason the hard right is so angry these days is because  “a black guy living in public housing is running the country.” Good line.

Dave Ross: Radio’s Class Act

Ross does a radio talk show on KIRO in Seattle, but his witty, insightful commentaries are heard on 200 CBS Network stations nationwide, where he also fills in for Charles Osgood. Here’s my profile of Ross.

As Fragile as Big Lou’s Arguments?

Big Lou Dobbs told Jon Stewart last night how “fragile” he thought the country is, and of course, Lou knows all.
Stewart said, “You’re wrong.”
Thanks for worrying about our national fragility, you pompous windbag.

Dose Poor Widdle Wepublicans

Are you scared of KSM and all those big, bad Muslims coming to trial in New York?.
There, there. Atty. General Holder says it’ll be OK. Go hide under your bed for a few months so the big, bad terrorists don’t break out of jail and come to steal your teddy bears. Poor babies…

Yep, That’s Beck, All Right

From Paul Krugman’s latest NYT column about the U.S. badly needing a jobs bill:
“We could, for example, have New-Deal-style employment programs. Perhaps such a thing is politically impossible now — Glenn Beck would describe anything like the Works Progress Administration as a plan to recruit pro-Obama brownshirts — but we should note, for the record, [...]

Times’ Gail Collins on Health-Care Bill

As it stands today, anyway.
“Somewhere between the time when it seemed as if Olympia Snowe was writing the health care plan and the moment when Ben Nelson grabbed the reins, it looked as if the bill was being written by Joe Lieberman. I don’t want to suggest that he is not still the central figure [...]