January 22, 2010
Democrats: Heads Up!
Listen to Greg Sargent, please.
The choice for Dems: Either you get a thousand news articles about the new law, or a thousand news articles about how hapless and ineffective you are.
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January 21, 2010
Offically the Worst
In the middle of what already seemed to be the worst week ever, everything has officially gotten much bleaker. Tbogg, we are all so sorry for this loss to your family and to all of us. And many virtual hugs to the much-beloved Beckham.
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January 19, 2010
Oh, Democrats
Just caught up with The Daily Show from last night, and Jon's rant about the Democrats really speaks for me and my vast frustration.
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January 13, 2010
Haiti
I've put a link in the sidebar to Doctors Without Borders, which desperately needs funds to provide health care in Haiti after the earthquake. Many other organizations also need donations. Please do what you can.
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January 11, 2010
On Harry Reid
The two best quotes so far. First, Joan Walsh in Salon:
One guy is talking, perhaps inelegantly, about why he's wholeheartedly supporting our first black president; the other is wishing the country had elected a racist. That's exactly the same thing!
And a succinct statement from Josh Marshall at TPM:
Talking about racism does not make you racist; advocating racism does.
Cable news today, after the publication of Halperin's new book, is totally pukeworthy.
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January 04, 2010
The Underpants Bomber
I like Rachel Maddow's take:
The rallying cry now from Republicans is that we shouldn‘t try the Christmas bomber in civilian court—that, instead, he should be tried in a military tribunal, declared an enemy combatant. I mean, what‘s the value of a military tribunal here, other than trying to make political hay out of this case? Really, what‘s the justice, anti-terrorist, counterterrorist value on this?
You really think this kid can‘t be convicted? You really think we don‘t have enough evidence beyond the—beyond the, I don‘t know, 300 or so eyewitnesses who were on the plane? The fact that we have the weapon that he tried to use? The fact that he confessed? You think that‘s not enough to get this kid convicted?
You have that little faith in our criminal justice system? That little faith in the rule of law? You don‘t believe that a supermax federal American prison is capable of holding this kid? You think it might be cool, instead, to martyr this kid as some impressive soldier, instead of some idiot confused rich kid who couldn‘t even handle blowing up his own junk with a bomb that was secreted in his own underpants?
We‘re supposed to take national security advice from you guys?
Really?
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December 24, 2009
I am a leftist too
And I am very happy that the Senate has passed a health care bill. Dear media, please don't paint all leftists as obstructionist on this issue. The reality is much more nuanced than that.
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