"I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined..." … [Read more...] about Unwritten
Turning Point Reached? GOP’s Dick Armey Predicts Health Care Reform Will Pass
If you're following the health care reform debate -- and ongoing drama -- you know that it apparently is right down to the wire. THE DEMOCRATS MAY PASS IT (Republicans fear). THE DEMOCRATS MAY CAVE AND NOT PASS IT (Some Democrats fear). But was there a turning point of sorts today? Former Republican House Majority Leader and current Tea Party leader Dick Armey took some … [Read more...] about Turning Point Reached? GOP’s Dick Armey Predicts Health Care Reform Will Pass
Was the California Prius Incident a Hoax?
Was the California Prius Incident a hoax? Some doubts are being raised: … [Read more...] about Was the California Prius Incident a Hoax?
Israeli SLAP at JOE BIDEN
Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Israeli SLAP at JOE BIDEN
The Road to Health Care Reform: Deem and Pass
This is slightly different from the procedure that was nixed by the Senate Parliamentarian. Like much of the Senate rule book, it's hard to wrap your brain around because it's just so convoluted and arcane -- but as Ezra Klein explains, it's legit: … [Read more...] about The Road to Health Care Reform: Deem and Pass
The Color Purple
Remember this? Well, now, the same crowd of loony-toons has come up with a new one: Robert Gibbs is signaling messages about health care reform to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) president Andy Stern by means of a purple bracelet Gibbs wore on a couple Sunday news shows. … [Read more...] about The Color Purple
Senate Unveils Watered-Down Finance Reform Bill
Give Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, credit. If anyone knows where the skeletons are buried in the financial institutions, he does. Remember last year he was one of two senators and a gaggle of other VIPs who received sweetheart loans from Countrywide Financial in an obscure program that waived points, lender fees and company borrowing rules. Just last week Dodd, chairman of … [Read more...] about Senate Unveils Watered-Down Finance Reform Bill
The Pope And The Ever-Widening European Priest Sex-Abuse Scandals
Suspending the priest at the center of a German church sex-abuse scandal more than 30 years after the church first heard of the child molestation allegations hardly ends the scandal that is enveloping Pope Benedict XVI: In 1980, Benedict, then archbishop there, approved Father Hullermann’s move to Munich after he was accused of sexually abusing boys in the Diocese of Essen, … [Read more...] about The Pope And The Ever-Widening European Priest Sex-Abuse Scandals
An Interesting Hypothetical For Dog Lovers
I was listening to my morning radio show (Armstrong and Getty) today when an interesting hypothetical came up. The discussion began when the hosts were talking about the fact that one of them had just become a father last week. He and his wife are big dog lovers and have a couple at home. One of the dogs was adopted from a shelter pretty much hours before he was set to be … [Read more...] about An Interesting Hypothetical For Dog Lovers
We Wouldn’t Dare What Congress Did
The next time you hear a politician rail about Social Security and Medicare going broke, you have my permission to throw your shoe at him/her/it. Since the Reagan administration, both parties in power have robbed the entitlement program trust funds as a kid breaking his piggy bank and paying it back in worthless IOUs. Folks, that's not much of a stretch. Here's why. If … [Read more...] about We Wouldn’t Dare What Congress Did
Obama’s Greek Tragedy
If he signs a health care bill into law this month, in his heart of hearts, the President will be haunted by the ancient plaint of King Pyrrhus, "Another such victory, and I am undone." How did 21st century America fall into Greek tragedy while fighting to spread the benefits of civilization to its people? How did rational debate deteriorate into the ancient ritual of a … [Read more...] about Obama’s Greek Tragedy
You Say Tea Party, I say Coffee Party, Tea Party, Coffee Party … Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Things have come to a pretty pass Our romance is growing flat, For you like this and the other While I go for this and that, Goodness knows what the end will be Oh I don't know where I'm at It looks as if we two will never be one Something must be done (from Let's Call the Whole Thing Off by George & Ira Gershwin) If the Tea Party is a conservative element seeking to … [Read more...] about You Say Tea Party, I say Coffee Party, Tea Party, Coffee Party … Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Good News for Independents on Prop 14 Ballot Wording Fight
More commentary this weekend on California's Proposition 14 "top two" open primary referendum after Judge Allen Sumner's ballot wording ruling on Friday. The ruling was seen as a win for independent voters by attorney Harry Kresky of IndependentVoting and by Californians for an Open Primary/Yes on 14... Meanwhile, state Rep. Hunter Greene, a Republican who chairs the state … [Read more...] about Good News for Independents on Prop 14 Ballot Wording Fight
Your IRS At Work
Good to know that our IRS is on the job. They have gone after a "major tax cheat" in the form of Harv's Metro Car Wash. His offense ? Underpaying his taxes by 4 cents. Of course with interest and penalties it's now over $ 200. Good to know they aren't wasting their time with one of those million dollar tax cheats.... … [Read more...] about Your IRS At Work
Double Standard In Gay Bashing Case
I'd like you to imagine for a moment what would happen if a group of conservative Christians had been arrested for driving around shooting gay men with a BB gun and filming the shootings. Do you think the reaction would be muted or would there be a mild outcry ? Do you think the prosecuting attorney would keep quiet about the story or would go public to condemn the attacks … [Read more...] about Double Standard In Gay Bashing Case
View of Google from China
Jianping Fan, Guangzhou, China This cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about View of Google from China
Ask the Chamber of Commerce: Why Is Too Much Not Enough? (Guest Voice)
Ask the Chamber of Commerce: Why Is Too Much Not Enough? by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Living in these United States, there comes a point at which you throw your hands up in exasperation and despair and ask a fundamental question or two: how much excess profit does corporate America really need? How much bigger do executive salaries and bonuses have to be, how many … [Read more...] about Ask the Chamber of Commerce: Why Is Too Much Not Enough? (Guest Voice)
How Quick They Forget: A Short History of U.S. Policy and Israeli Construction in East Jerusalem (Guest Voice)
How Quick They Forget: A Short History of U.S. Policy and Israeli Construction in East Jerusalem by Barry Rubin For more than four months the U.S. government has been celebrating Israel agreeing to stop construction on settlements in the West Bank while continuing building in east Jerusalem as a great step forward and Israeli concession deserving a reward. Suddenly, all of … [Read more...] about How Quick They Forget: A Short History of U.S. Policy and Israeli Construction in East Jerusalem (Guest Voice)
Rove’s revisionism on Iraq
Peter Feaver has a very interesting post up about the assertion in Karl Rove's new book that "if the administration had known the true extent of Iraq's WMD stockpile and programs it would not have pushed the use of force resolution in October 2002 and invaded in 2003." In other words, if our intelligence were right, there would've been no invasion of Iraq. As Peter points … [Read more...] about Rove’s revisionism on Iraq
Beware the Ides of March
Beware the Ides of March she said, Or we shall have to tell The way you died A strange demise On your way to rot in hell That was the opening stanza of a poem I composed more than three decades ago, back in 1973, for a high school English class assignment. (And I still have a copy of it today.) I not only received an "F" on the project but my parents were called in for a … [Read more...] about Beware the Ides of March