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For Sale: Obama Long-Form T-Shirts
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Get Ready for Bachmann 2012
WASHINGTON - There is an opening that's made for Michele Bachmann and she knows it. So do her supporters, including those homeschoolers in her home state of Iowa. Back in March, Bachmann said she'd make a decision in June. But that was before Mike Huckabee bowed out, leaving Iowa evangelical conservatives without a candidate. During the budget battle, Michele Bachmann's … [Read more...] about Get Ready for Bachmann 2012
Thanks Newt, Ya Can’t Make This Stuff Up
By now, all the political junkies who travel here know about Newt Gingrich's comments on Meet the Press last Sunday. He suggested that citizens should be required to post bonds for health care costs and went on to call Paul Ryan's Medicare voucher plan "right wing social engineering." Since then he's been running away from those statements as fast as his mouth can carry … [Read more...] about Thanks Newt, Ya Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Gingrich and the Media
Ezra Klein has a handle on Gingrich's problems. For the GOP, it's Gingrich's refusal to to their line. This old timey candidate may just be waking up to how plutocratic his party has become. As Klein points out, though, the problem for Gingrich is the media -- which is really his problem, not the media's. He doesn't know how to deal with the vast proliferation of … [Read more...] about Gingrich and the Media
On Taking Unserious Politicans Seriously
So much of what Big Sarah Palin and Little Ricky Santorum say is so nutty that there is a temptation to ignore then. After all, both are attention freaks and one would hope that if they were starved of that commodity they would go away. Alas, it is not that simple for the simple reason that both continue to make noises about running for president, and so long as that is … [Read more...] about On Taking Unserious Politicans Seriously
No New Newt
With Trump out, the GOP Blowhard title goes to Newt Gingrich hands down. Already this week, according to The Caucus, he has “slammed the Republican Medicare proposals in Congress, declared the city of Detroit ‘destroyed’ by food stamps and implied that he supported the individual mandates at the heart of President Obama’s health care overhaul. “What was supposed to be the … [Read more...] about No New Newt
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Businessman -- a billionaire -- is found guilty of 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. Prosecutors claim he "made" $64 million in profits pocketed and losses prevented, over a seven-year period. Prison sentence: 15.5-19.5 years. 2011. Businessman -- a billionaire -- is found guilty of 98 counts of racketeering and securities fraud. Prosecutors claim he made $1 … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Arnolds Hummer (Cartoon)
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In Philadelphia, The End Of The Rizzo Era
According to local legend, on an afternoon in October 1950, New York Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio handed a cigarette to Francis Lazaro "Frank" Rizzo, a young cop who was part of the security detail at Shibe Park, and then hit a home run to win Game 2 of the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies. The story, like many Rizzo told, probably is apocryphal, but it helped cement … [Read more...] about In Philadelphia, The End Of The Rizzo Era
In A Word, Gotcha
Yesterday Dorian De Wind and I both reported on Rick Santorum's interview in which he said that John McCain "didn't understand how enhanced interrogation works." Naturally, McCain, who spent years in a North Vietnamese prison camp and who still suffers the effects of his first hand knowledge of torture, was asked for a response to Santorum. The single word retort from his … [Read more...] about In A Word, Gotcha
The One Thing That Baby Boomers Got Right
Objectively speaking, baby boomers have screwed up virtually everything they have touched as government leaders and politicians. Or continued to perpetrate existing screw-ups. But down at the state level they have gotten something right in a growing number of states: Authorizing medical marijuana use and decriminalizing personal marijuana use. The reason for this is … [Read more...] about The One Thing That Baby Boomers Got Right
Be The Spark: Desmond Tutu Keynotes Tacoma Event
At an event celebrating 30 years of community outreach, retired Archibishop Desmond Tutu encouraged a sold-out crowd in Tacoma, WA, to make a difference in the world by doing simple things. "It's not that we have to be doing spectacular things," Tutu told the crowd of 15,000 at the Tacoma Dome. "Sometimes, it's just sitting ... in a bus ... and refusing to move," he said, … [Read more...] about Be The Spark: Desmond Tutu Keynotes Tacoma Event
In Search Of A Sacrificial Lamb
Donald Trump's ego trip is finished, Mike Huckabee has wisely decided that he's better off with millions from Rupert Murdoch and as only Newt Gingrich could do his presidential campaign imploded in record time. The race for the Republican nomination looks like a Marx's Brothers movie. I suspect the beltway Republican power brokers now realize it is unlikely they … [Read more...] about In Search Of A Sacrificial Lamb
Osama and Us: Celebrating Death Like a Football Title (Visao, Portugal)
At home and abroad, large numbers of people are asking the same question: regardless of the crime or the criminal, is it fitting with common decency to celebrate a man's death - even a man like Osama bin Laden? For Portugal's Visao, Filipe Luis writes that even if he and most people see the benefit of eliminating bin Laden, the celebration of the event in and out of Portugal … [Read more...] about Osama and Us: Celebrating Death Like a Football Title (Visao, Portugal)
GOP on Health Care: Twist and Shout (Guest Voice)
GOP on Heath Care: Twist and Shout by Tina Dupay The best thing about the upcoming 2012 election is that the ominous “Obamacare” was a Republican idea. But now since this alternative to Hillarycare was signed into law by a (gasp) Democratic president the GOP has been trying to peg as a radical socialist Kenyan – Republicans now have to be against their own … [Read more...] about GOP on Health Care: Twist and Shout (Guest Voice)
Schwarzenegger Love Child Flag (Cartoon)
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Black on black intellectual violence
Apparently, the good Doctor, Mr Cornell West doesn't like the fella that is living in the White-House. I've always questioned why Dr West and Mr Tavis (not so) Smiley were so heavy with their criticisms of Obama. Yes, I get that black people don't have to like Obama. I have heard numerous black leaders rightly criticizes President Obama for the country's economic … [Read more...] about Black on black intellectual violence
Ron Paul, Conservative Champion of Liberalism
Some of the greatest champions of liberal politics have been conservatives. In 1940, Churchill, a conservative, led Britain alone against the Nazis and did more to protect liberal values than anyone else in the last century. But the best example is America's own founding. When it was written, the Constitution was a liberal document, protecting the rights of common men and … [Read more...] about Ron Paul, Conservative Champion of Liberalism
Watered Down Elephants
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