In entry number 752 of my ongoing, 4,000 part series of baseless and despicable attacks on Sarah Palin and her family, we find the soon to be ex-governor's popularity heading for non viability as she packs her bags to evacuate the Alaska executive mansion. A new Washington Post - ABC poll seems to indicate a definite pattern in changing views towards Mrs. Palin, and they're all … [Read more...] about Palin Popularity Plummets While Packing
Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For Orwellian Kindle Moment
An apology from Amazon: Jeffrey P. Bezos says: This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For Orwellian Kindle Moment
Germany Goes on the Offensive in Afghanistan
Believe it or not, Germany is getting tough at the Hindu Kush. The German armed forces are undergoing its biggest operation yet in Afghanistan. The Bundeswehr is supporting the Afghan Army with around 300 members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in operation "Eagle" against insurgents near Kundus. For the first time, infantry fighting vehicles with heavy firepower have been … [Read more...] about Germany Goes on the Offensive in Afghanistan
Hugs and High School (Guest Voice)
Editor's note: Sometimes writers and readers on the Internet get so bogged down in partisan warfare, angry posts, and outraged comments that we lose sight of the things that really matter. Brian Blum not only doesn't, but he dutifully records some of the ones he sees in his normal life with his family in Israel. Here is a gem cross posted from his largely non-political blog … [Read more...] about Hugs and High School (Guest Voice)
Single Payer Healthcare Would Be Better (Guest Voice)
Single Payer Healthcare Would Be Better by Jim Bell Thinking that we can solve our health care problems with one bill is wishful thinking at best, and is no where near realistic. Initially, the bills in the House and Senate are taking the approach that the Government should enter the health insurance business and offer health coverage that would ultimately make it all but … [Read more...] about Single Payer Healthcare Would Be Better (Guest Voice)
One More Fallen Hero to Receive The Medal of Honor
According to The Daily News Tribune: Janet Monti was home nursing a cold when the call came in. At first, she thought it was a joke. A person who claimed to be a White House aide asked if she would be around for the next half hour. Ten minutes later, she was on the phone with the President. “He said, ‘I hear you’re a little under the weather,’” she recalled … [Read more...] about One More Fallen Hero to Receive The Medal of Honor
Obama Falls In Polls
John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Obama Falls In Polls
Hillary Clinton is ‘By No Means Intelligent’: Korean Central News Agency, North Korea
As any any news-obsessed individual knows by now, a war of words has broken out between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and North Korea - after the secretary likened the Hermit Kingdom's regime to small children desperate for attention. In response, the maniacally state-controlled Korean Central News Agency issued this retort from that nation's foreign ministry, which … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton is ‘By No Means Intelligent’: Korean Central News Agency, North Korea
Stuck on “Stupid”
I think that the media and blogger uproar over Barack Obama's answer at his press conference last night to a request for his reaction to the arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is far more revealing and significant than the answer itself. The man was asked a question (one he would not have been asked if he were not himself black), he answered it (at some length, and … [Read more...] about Stuck on “Stupid”
Capping Compensation Is Bad Policy
This just in. Wall Street banks which have paid back federal bailout funds are stockpiling billions of dollars to pay employee bonuses that at the present rate would exceed compensation levels before risky trading plunged the industry into a meltdown last year. It's business as usual, President Barack Obama said mockingly at his Wednesday night press conference. "With … [Read more...] about Capping Compensation Is Bad Policy
The Markets Recovering, But Rush Still Hoping
Sorry, Rush. Very sorry that your market investments (I am sure you have one or two) have risen in value by about 10 percent if tracked by the DJIA, and by about 30 percent according to the NASDAQ composite, since the day president Obama took the economic disaster over from Mr. Bush Actually, since the market lows in early March 2009, those two indices have risen a … [Read more...] about The Markets Recovering, But Rush Still Hoping
The Upside of Inertia
Six months and counting, Obama's Era of Change has reached a crucial point where the push against "politics as usual" has found a test case in health care reform At his press conference last night, the President observed that "if you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen. The default position is inertia, because doing something always creates some people who … [Read more...] about The Upside of Inertia
No Senate Vote On Health Care Before Recess
According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, there will not be a vote on health care reform prior to the August recess. Reid seems to be accepting what everyone has already sensed, that it simply is not going to be possible to get a vote before the August recess begins. President Obama doesn't seem to agree on the subject though, he indicated that he will still be pushing … [Read more...] about No Senate Vote On Health Care Before Recess
We Don’t Need the Party of No Ideas, Guys
This was disappointing to be sure. Even after the Democrats ran up the white flag and admitted there would be neither cap and tax nor health care reform prior to the August recess, Roy Blunt (R-Mo) initially informed us that the GOP wouldn't bother offering their own alternative to reforming health care. (Hat tip to the Plum Line.) “Our bill is never going to get to the … [Read more...] about We Don’t Need the Party of No Ideas, Guys
The Status Quo Vs. Imperfect Change
Yesterday, in a post about private health insurers cherry-picking and misrepresenting polling data to prevent the passage of health care reform in Congress, I wrote the following: … [Read more...] about The Status Quo Vs. Imperfect Change
Solar Eclipse: Media Forgets Asia’s “Other” Eclipse
This week's solar eclipse grabbed major headlines in Asia and the world (pics here). "Solar eclipses are indeed a marvel of Nature, and the media’s excitement was justified," says Sri Lankan journalist Nalaka Gunawardene, our Guest Columnist. "For once, it was good to see them devoting a great deal of airtime and print/web space for something that was not violent, … [Read more...] about Solar Eclipse: Media Forgets Asia’s “Other” Eclipse
Obama Political Danger: Are His Press Conferences Becoming “Snoozeconferences”?
Ever since a young, dynamic and charismatic President named John F. Kennedy realized that a televised press conferences could be a potent political weapon in talking directly to the American people and communicating substance as well as charisma, it has been a political weapon Presidents have used with varying degrees of success -- including some uses of that backfired. Is … [Read more...] about Obama Political Danger: Are His Press Conferences Becoming “Snoozeconferences”?
Some thoughts on the depths of idiocy
This excerpt from The Daily Show titled "The Born Identity" illustrates exactly how idiotic the "birther movement" is: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c The Born Identity www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day --- Is it "post-partisan" to say that some political stance is idiotic? I say it is, … [Read more...] about Some thoughts on the depths of idiocy
Politicians and Rabbis Arrested in New Jersey in Federal Money Laundering Probe
Overheard in New York: A five-year-old girl, gets off the train to Grand Central Station, holds her nose and says to mother: "It smells here! It smells like New Jersey! Mommy! It smells like New Jersey!" Now breaking via news outlets throughout the world: Authorities feel something else apparently smells in New Jersey, so today some 30 people that included mayors and even … [Read more...] about Politicians and Rabbis Arrested in New Jersey in Federal Money Laundering Probe
Rationing Health Care
Is it bad, or can it be good, or even if it's seen as good can it be bad? A great place to start this debate is by reading Ron Beasley HERE. … [Read more...] about Rationing Health Care