The DC Disconnect
The disconnect between reality and beltway rhetoric has never been more obvious when it comes to the economy. The NYT editorial page has an op-ed up today– ‘The Numbers are Grim’–in which they call...
View ArticleArchitect of Bush Torture and Spy Policies is Tea Party Point man at Heritage...
David Addington Wow, these ultra-right-wingers are like zombies. They never stop, they never die. They just keep popping up again and again where you least expect them. Remember David Addington? He was...
View ArticleKrugman Debunks Republican Fairy Tales
As we inch closer to purposeful default on our debt and spending policies destined to send us into recession, Nobel Prize winning Economist Paul Krugman comes out blasting with some nifty graphs....
View ArticleWho’s Afraid of Grover Norquist?
I’ve often found myself wondering why so many elected officials of the Republican persuasion live in perpetual fear of their base. However, most of them are crazy and will primary a relatively calm...
View ArticleThursday Reads
Good Morning!! I’ve got a potpourri of interesting links for you today, so I’ll get right to it. Yesterday Mitt Romney gave an interview to Mark {Gag!} Halperin of Time. Halperin asked the putative...
View ArticleSunday Reads: Memorial Days and One Hot Summer Ahead
Memorial Day 1909, click image to see more vintage postcards. Morning all! This is a long weekend for many of you, and I hope that you all are enjoying it! Take care because it is during these weekends...
View ArticleWednesday Reads: Power Outage Quickie and Mitt the Twit, Take Three
Good Morning, I completely forgot that I had a post to write this morning, and then we had a huge storm here in Banjoville, and the power went out. So this post will be a quick one. Tennessee is...
View ArticleThursday Reads
Good Morning!! Last night, Reuters reported that President Obama has authorized “secret support for Syrian rebels.” President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels...
View ArticleWas I Dreaming? Did Mitt Romney Really Lose the Election?
Which of these guys really won the election? Is Mitt Romney the President-elect or what? For the past several days, the media and the Republicans have acted as if they won. In fact, President Obama won...
View ArticleSomeone Needs to Remind President Obama Who Won the Election
Barack Obama’s inner child? In November, President Obama won reelection cleanly and decisively–it was a landslide. Immediately after his victory, Obama appeared determined to stand up to Republican...
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