NOW Try to Tell Me the GOP Aren’t Complete Idiots

By on March 27, 2009 in Bwahahahahaha, Politics

Allow me to just say this:

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


UPDATE: The Washington Independent is reporting that the new GOP “budget” raises taxes on many Americans. Well, except the rich, of course…
While reporters hooted at the comically simplistic charts and lack of details in the House Republican leadership’s budget plan, the green eyeshade types at Citizen’s for Tax Justice crunched the numbers (PDF). They conclude that a quarter of all households, most of them poor, would pay more taxes under the GOP plan, while the richest one percent would pay $100,000 less.

I’m just laughin’…

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Goldman Sachs Robs Us in Broad Daylight – Thanks May I Have Another?

By on March 27, 2009 in Uncategorized

Cross-posted at The Daily Kos.

The other day, I had a blog entry about how Goldman Sachs was planning on returning their TARP bailout money this week. My diary was about how they were complaining about operating in “this environment” and how I thought they should STFU and deal with it because intense oversight & scrutiny is their new reality.

However, after reading a bunch of the comments and reflecting on it, I’ve seen another side to this that makes me smack my forehard HARD! and go “DUH! It’s so OBVIOUS what they’re doing! How could I have missed it???!”

They’re robbing us in broad daylight.…


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Michigan Leads the Way…To the Bottom

By on March 26, 2009 in Uncategorized

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos.

In February Michigan residents learned the unemployment in our state had risen to a national high of 11.6%. That beat the national average of 7.6% handily.

This morning we found out that last month it ticked up a bit more and now 12% of Michiganders are unemployed. And it’s probably more than that given the quirks of how those numbers are calculated (dropping people of the roles after a period of time.) Nationally it’s “only” 8.1%.

We’re NUMBER ONE!!! We’re NUMBER ONE!!!

(Sob…)

According to the Detroit News:
Michigan posted its third straight month of painful, double-digit unemployment in February, with a nation-leading 12 percent of the state’s work force out of a job.…


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Pundits Punt at Prime Time Presidential Presser

By on March 25, 2009 in Politics

I watched President Obama’s second prime time press conference last night and thought he handled himself pretty well. The press, however?

Not so much.

There were, of course, some good questions. But two of them really stuck out as particularly worthless and the President still managed to respond well to them. It’s a tribute to his communications skills, I suppose.

The first Really Bad Question came from Chuck Todd at MSNBC. Normally I really like Chuck Todd. I think he’s fair and uber-smart and very competent. I don’t know what the hell happened to him last night.

Chuck Todd: Thank you, Mr.…


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Bring on the Financial Sector Regulation

By on March 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

The New York Times is reporting that Goldman Sachs has decided it doesn’t want the TARP bailout money after all and is going to return it.

You know what? It’s not going to matter. They should get used to the way things are right now with the federal government looking over their shoulder and pretty much the whole country breathing down their necks.

Goldman Sachs is planning to give back its TARP money soon. Very soon, actually — ideally within the next month, according to people involved in the process. That’s a much quicker timetable than the end-of-year goal previously set out by Lloyd C.…


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xkcd Puts the AIG Bonuses in Perspective

By on March 23, 2009 in Uncategorized

Yeah, the bonuses are infuriating. Absolutely, maddeningly infuriating (I refuse to say I’m “outraged”. That word got used up this past week.)

But let’s keep things in perspective. Like this:


1000 Times

I’m just sayin’…

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Wilkerson’s “Cheney is Evil” Could Change the Country

By on March 19, 2009 in Politics

Cross-posted from the “Recommended Diaries” list at The Daily Kos.

Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, has a guest post at The Washington Note this week that could probably be seen as a very public Covering of One’s Ass. Daily Kos diarists halcyon and Valtin point in that direction, for sure.

But there’s a bit at the end that I particularly liked, obvious though it may be:

Cheney and his like are the evil people…

Yes. Yes, they are.

Here’s the full quote:

As for the fear-mongering: “When we get people who are more interested in reading the rights to an Al Qaeda (sic) terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.…


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I Love Ann Arbor

By on March 18, 2009 in Eclectalife

My wife and I moved about two and half years ago to be nearer to Ann Arbor because it’s truly one of the most awesome Midwest towns. It combines the excitement of a university town with progressive liberal politics and sprinkles the whole thing with awesome restaurants, pubs, and places to shop.

One of our favorite hangouts is the Arbor Brewing Company where we’re Mug Club members. ABC is run by two very liberal (and cool folks) and in the past year they have upgraded their menu to include some very great food, most of it made in-house and using local sources for the ingredients.…


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