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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Michael Steele Gets Freeped – ‘Snot pretty

By on March 16, 2009 in Bwahahahahaha, Republicans

Cross-posted at Daily Kos.

From time to time, it’s “fun” to wade into the slime muck that is the [whispers] Free Republic to see how they are reacting to things. For those that do not know, Free Republic is one the two largest conservative forums on the web. They try desperately to be as relevant as the liberal Daily Kos but, well, they ain’t.

I did it late last week. I was looking for their reaction to Michael Steele’s pro-choice comments and what I found was, per usual, not pretty. ‘Snot pretty at all.

I present to you some of the most provocative stuff I saw there in all its racist-yet-self-hating glory..…


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Republicans Stop Stimulus Spending In Michigan

By on March 6, 2009 in Republicans

The Associated Press today is reporting that the top Republicans in Michigan are delaying the spending of Stimulus Package money while they form a “special appropriations committee” to study how best to spend it for a few months.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop of Rochester said he wants the effort to be bipartisan and include members of the Democrat-led state House. But some Democrats were cautious about the plan, worried about potential gridlock over stimulus spending.

It seems reasonable, right? Seems prudent. But this is nothing but an insidious way to ensure the failure the Republican leadership (aka, “Rush Limbaugh”) has called prayed for.…


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MagLev Train From Disneyland to Las Vegas: LIE!

By on March 5, 2009 in Bwahahahahaha, Republicans

You gotta hand it to the Republicans. When they want to defeat something, they will go to any lengths to do so. Including just totally making shit up.

By now, every American is sure to heard about Harry Reid’s “Sin City Express” earmark that was in the stimulus package. As it’s told, he was able to include a pork barrel spending item that went from Disneyland to Las Vegas where it would drop you off at the front door of the bunny ranch whorehouse. Yup. That’s how it’s told.

Except that it is a complete and total fabrication that has no basis in reality.…


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