Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Obama Twitters
Mexico’s Violence Helps A Legit Business Boom
The business? The armored car business. The AP reports: Some stories to give you a perspective: --Minnesotans wonder: Is spring break in Mexico still safe? --Students advised not to vacation in Mexico --Mexico: Tourism strong despite violence, economy --Rosarito Beach mayor responds to U.S. agency's warning to stay away during spring break --Mexico sends troops to … [Read more...] about Mexico’s Violence Helps A Legit Business Boom
Some Republicans Say Democrats Said They Wanted Bush To Fail
But former Republican John Cole says he doesn't remember it that way at all, spells it out -- and says "Show me." A must read post. … [Read more...] about Some Republicans Say Democrats Said They Wanted Bush To Fail
Get Well Soon, Barbara Bush!
Word out today that former First Lady Barbara Bush is recovering from heart surgery. Doctors say that they replaced a heart valve because it was becoming a health risk. I am sure we can all put aside politics and wish her the speediest of recoveries. … [Read more...] about Get Well Soon, Barbara Bush!
State Lawmaker Seeks Legalization of Bloody Sport While Seeking a Ban on Barbie Dolls
The Assistant Majority Whip for the West Virginia House of Delegates, Jeff Eldridge (D-Lincoln), is simultaneously seeking to legalize "the emerging full-contact - and often bloody - sport of mixed martial arts" while also pushing to make it "unlawful to sell Barbie and similar dolls 'that promote or influence girls to place an undue importance on physical beauty to the … [Read more...] about State Lawmaker Seeks Legalization of Bloody Sport While Seeking a Ban on Barbie Dolls
This Just In!
This just in from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz: Limbaugh Rooting for Planet to Explode Could Help GOP, Radio Host Claims In remarks that seemed guaranteed to create controversy, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said today that he was "rooting for the planet Earth to explode" because it would help the GOP retake the White House. Mr. Limbaugh elaborated … [Read more...] about This Just In!
“Rushification” Is Inevitable Result of GOP Leaders’ Incompetence (Guest Voice)
Editor's Note: The Rush Limbaugh controversy continues to rage with lots of stories in the mainstream media, continued blog posts and major coverage on cable news channels and talk shows of the left and right. The following is an email release from veteran conservative Richard Viguerie. We're posting it in full here as a Guest Voice due to the interest in this story and … [Read more...] about “Rushification” Is Inevitable Result of GOP Leaders’ Incompetence (Guest Voice)
Get on Your Boots
So far, this is my favorite track on the newly released U2 album, No Line on the Horizon. I was looking for a live version I saw somewhere, though I don't think the one below is what I remember seeing. It's funny because while I prefer this live version to the recorded one on the CD, the harmonies here are definitely off. Perfection isn't always perfect. The melody for … [Read more...] about Get on Your Boots
Evaluating The Obama Administration’s Responses To Critics
Is it acting efficiently by responding forcefully and specifically in an age with constant, nonstop news cycles? Or is it empowering its critics? Also, read this roundup on the administration's latest clash, with CNBC's Jim Cramer. One possibility: perhaps it is taking a calculated risk (based on the election results and polls) that the bulk of Americans want something to … [Read more...] about Evaluating The Obama Administration’s Responses To Critics
Limbaugh’s Ashes
John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Limbaugh’s Ashes
DVD Review: Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Now that the Oscars are over and we've finished celebrating the best of the movies, we should take a moment to recognize some of the films which are so bad that they are good. One of these, which may reach the pinnacle of the genre, is Hard Ticket to Hawaii. I first heard about this film from the fine folks at G4TV as one of the best bad films in history. The title is most … [Read more...] about DVD Review: Hard Ticket to Hawaii
People Who Love to Travel
People who love to travel will have a harder time in 2009. In an epoch when the world needs a sense of global community as never before, the global airline industry is headed for a dramatic downturn in 2009 as the recession deepens and widens into many countries outside the US and Europe. The airlines are already flying more than 60 million fewer seats since August 2008 … [Read more...] about People Who Love to Travel
Voter’s Remorse
I should have known better. For those of you who have been following me, most of you know that I grudingly voted for Obama last November. It was a ticket-splitting vote: voted for Obama and then voted GOP down the line. I noted that I was going to cast my vote with some trepidation: While I am supporting Obama, it is with trepidation. I worry that once in office he will … [Read more...] about Voter’s Remorse
Poll: Rush Limbaugh And White House Are Both Wrong When It Comes To GOP
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that conservative talk show host and GOP powerhouse Rush Limbaugh and White House aides and allies are wrong: only a small percentage of Republicans considers Limbaugh their leader: Despite efforts by the Obama political team and its surrogates to link Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, just 11% of GOP voters say the conservative radio … [Read more...] about Poll: Rush Limbaugh And White House Are Both Wrong When It Comes To GOP
Those Titillating Republicans
In all the hooha between Michael Steele and Rush Limbaugh, the GOP is overlooking the fact that, by long tradition, John McCain is the titular head of their party. That precept struck me in 1964 during a long conversation with former President Eisenhower. Discussing various issues, he clearly could not bring himself to mention Richard Nixon by name but kept calling him "the … [Read more...] about Those Titillating Republicans
Was Cheney Right? Do Deficits Matter?
Dick Cheney may have been (snark alert) the most wildly popular vice president of the last century, but that doesn't mean he knew what he was talking about when he purportedly said, "Deficits don't matter." According to Harvard Econ Professor Greg Mankiw, more than 80 percent of economists beg to differ with his Cheneyness; in fact, that super-supermajority believes a "large … [Read more...] about Was Cheney Right? Do Deficits Matter?
Why does Derek Jeter hate America?
Clearly he does, or he wouldn't say that when the United States does well, it hurts the Yankees. … [Read more...] about Why does Derek Jeter hate America?
Now Everyone Can Apologize To Rush Limbaugh
To keep the media issue alive and make a point, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has created this site where now anyone can leave their own personal apology to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. The site is titlted "I'm Sorry, Rush." h/T Political Wire … [Read more...] about Now Everyone Can Apologize To Rush Limbaugh
Two Sides, Same Mouth: GOP Genuflects to Limbaugh Yet Nicknames Obama “The Messiah”
If that doesn’t express the internal and external conflicts with which conservatives and Republicans are struggling, I don’t know what does. Just check out BlogNetNews.com Rightysphere results for “The Messiah” versus A Google search on “apologize Limbaugh.” Complete, total, utter, abject absence of looking in the mirror. (I know - so many opportunities to make … [Read more...] about Two Sides, Same Mouth: GOP Genuflects to Limbaugh Yet Nicknames Obama “The Messiah”
Cosmic Close Call
It seems we had a "close encounter" of the potentially nasty kind this week. An asteroid of approximately forty yards diameter zoomed past the Earth this week, coming within 40,000 miles. It may sound like a long ways away, but this is roughly twice the orbit of our geosynchronous satellites and only one seventh of the distance to the moon. In cosmic terms, that's about as … [Read more...] about Cosmic Close Call