On Monday, Richard Burr, Republican senator from North Carolina, told Americans that he is a self-centered, irresponsible so-and-so who wouldn't think twice about helping to trigger a run on the banks during a financial crisis if it meant his own family's money was safe. … [Read more...] about Richard Burr: What a Prince
When Prolific Bloggers Act Like Children
You get this and this. Gut reaction: Grow up, people. Life's too damn short. Post Script: I read Sullivan daily and Althouse rarely, but I enjoy both and think both are intelligent and generally clear-headed people. Even then, I found this little spat embarrassing. That's not to say there weren't real offenses committed in this exchange; there were. So be it. Turn … [Read more...] about When Prolific Bloggers Act Like Children
Obedient Obama
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Obedient Obama
Quote Of The Day: Tea Parties Were Politically Significant
The political Quote of the Day is actually a pair of quotes dealing with yesterday's conservative Republican tea parties held throughout the country. Marc Ambinder sees it this way: The of tea-party enthusiasm on the American right has provoked a fairly typical reaction from the organized American left. It's a fake. It involves tea bags and (a) Dick Armey. It's got the … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Tea Parties Were Politically Significant
Tea Party Follow Up: A Call For National Pizza Party Day
An open letter to TMV readers, the mainstream media and new media: Yesterday's national tea parties reportedly started with a single blogger and a blog – so it’s time for us to launch a new idea here: Starting with this post, I am calling on Americans of all ages, and the new and old media, to pick a date for a National Pizza Party Day because the United States really … [Read more...] about Tea Party Follow Up: A Call For National Pizza Party Day
Cool Viral Video
I don't often pass these on but the coordination and planning of this one was just too amazing to ignore … [Read more...] about Cool Viral Video
Republican. Presbyterian. Male. Proud Parent of Lesbian.
Every so often, you see something that shows there is hope for the GOP. The Des Moines Register profiled a businessman who has been described as the stereotypical Republican with one exception: he is a tireless campaigner for gay equality. Here's a sample of Ted Coppock's life: A longstanding membership in the Republican Party, a career in insurance and ages-old religious … [Read more...] about Republican. Presbyterian. Male. Proud Parent of Lesbian.
The F-22 Gearing Up For the Mission of Its Life
The dust has finally begun to settle, since Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates unveiled his “controversial” defense budget proposal a little over a week ago, In his proposed budget, Gates is shifting billions of defense dollars from strategic deterrence and future large scale war fighting programs toward systems and equipment designed to help fight and win the wars we are … [Read more...] about The F-22 Gearing Up For the Mission of Its Life
Rush Limbaugh’s Latest Blast At Obama: He Killed Teenage Pirates
Rush Limbaugh. perhaps the highest rated talk show host in American history, a broadcaster who truly knows broadcasting, and a conservative Republican icon. is now blasting President Barack Obama because Obama ordered the pirates to be killed -- and the pirates were teenagers. And he casts it in a way suggesting that innocents were slaughtered. Read it here. Honestly: Who … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh’s Latest Blast At Obama: He Killed Teenage Pirates
Desperate, Credit-Grabbing, Egocentric Spin
Dexter Filkins of the New York Times has an article about the breathtaking spectacle of Afghan women taking to the streets to protest a new law, passed by Afghanistan's Parliament and signed by Hamid Karzai, that legalizes marital rape and in several other ways reduces Afghan women, essentially, to the status of chattel (go to BugMeNot for user id and password to bypass the … [Read more...] about Desperate, Credit-Grabbing, Egocentric Spin
Cartoonists Look At Republican Tea Parties
Three cartoons: Tea Party Crasher Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner … [Read more...] about Cartoonists Look At Republican Tea Parties
A Look At Today’s Tea Parties: Is An Impact In The Bag?
So how did they do? What happened and what does it mean for the GOP? Blogs of each side are weighing in and some are covering it in depth. Here's a look via Hardball of the views of the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The bottom line: GOPers will say it was … [Read more...] about A Look At Today’s Tea Parties: Is An Impact In The Bag?
Are the Tea Party Organizers the New ‘Committees of Correspondence’?
That's the picture one gets from Glenn Reynolds' profile of today's tea party tax protesters. But can they be as constructive as they are critical? See here. Also see here. … [Read more...] about Are the Tea Party Organizers the New ‘Committees of Correspondence’?
What Are the Tea Partiers For?
We know what they're against, argues Andrew Sullivan, but what do they favor? Although he engages in a bit of what seems to me an ad hominem attack on Glenn Reynolds, the question is a good one: All protests against spending that do not tell us how to reduce it are fatuous pieces of theater, not constructive acts of politics. And until the right is able to make a constructive … [Read more...] about What Are the Tea Partiers For?
File Those Taxes !
Others have already opened discussions on the debate over the necessity of paying taxes, the price of civilization, etc. So I will take another tack (which does not preclude subjecting you a tome on my views of taxes later) For those who read us, and for the few among those who respect my views, let me offer a bit of advice. File your taxes and file them now ! I don't … [Read more...] about File Those Taxes !
Cables Fishing For Added Gigabyte Revenue
If I wore a pacemaker it would have beeped in alarm mode upon reading David Lazarus's column in The Los Angeles Times that my cable company may charge me as much as $150 a month for online access. By coincidence, an hour earlier I ripped an $82.66 check to Time Warner for Internet and basic cable television access. This monthly ransom note amounts to about 7% of my gross … [Read more...] about Cables Fishing For Added Gigabyte Revenue
Attending A Tea Party For A Little Tea
My brother and I will be headed to the University Of Georgia Tea Party (starts at 4:30pm EST) within the hour to see the lay of the land, so to speak. I'm going to try and live blog the event but if I'm not successful, I'm going to write a summary of the experience later today or early tomorrow. My brother's manning the camera since he's skilled in that department. So I … [Read more...] about Attending A Tea Party For A Little Tea
Why Somali Pirates Are Scary
Some thoughts HERE. … [Read more...] about Why Somali Pirates Are Scary
Blagojevich: The Next Reality Show TV Star Via NBC?
Some producers and networks will do anything to attract viewers. Anything. And "anything" would certainly be the category for this news story which says so much about how notoriety in 21st Century America can earn you bucks, or at least fame: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may be appearing --- with a judge's (iffy) approval -- to be on a new NBC reality show titled … [Read more...] about Blagojevich: The Next Reality Show TV Star Via NBC?
Wag-the-Dog Tea Parties
As Fox News, the Wall Street Journal et al are heavy-breathing about Tea Party protests on Tax Day, Gallup discloses that Americans' "Views of Income Taxes Among Most Positive Since 1956." But reality is no more a deterrent for Rupert Murdoch than it was for William Randolph Hearst when he was stirring up the Spanish-American War in 1898 with a drumbeat of scare headlines. … [Read more...] about Wag-the-Dog Tea Parties