If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I am a strong Obama supporter. But that doesn’t mean I give him a pass when he makes a mistake, even one as stupid as this one. Obama announced Monday that he is appointing Donald Verrilli to be solicitor general, the government’s top lawyer […]
© Jim Morin Are they purposely ignoring us, or do they have a hearing problem?
“Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting us. When a country owes you a billion dollars they have a problem. When they owe you a trillion dollars, YOU have a problem. We’re too big to fail!” – Jon Stewart “The White House held a state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao. There were 200 people, a […]
© Steve Sack Even worse, the Republican members of the Supreme Court will likely boycott the state of the union address, because last year Obama criticized the court’s “Citizens United” decision.
Obama has a mixed result on his promises to make government more transparent. Over at PolitiFact, of the 35 promises that Obama made relating to government transparency, they rate only five completely kept, three more kept but with some compromises, and 15 in the works, while six of them are rated as broken, and six […]
[Thanks to the fine people at Prose Before Hos for this photo.] Think about this the next time the right tries to verbally crucify Obama.
“The President of China is in Washington. It’s a bit like when you’re into your bookie for more than you can afford, and he stops by the house to say hello.” – Jimmy Kimmel “China’s President Hu is visiting the United States. If he likes what he sees, he may put down a deposit.” – […]
© Mike Luckovich The new Republican-controlled House voted to repeal Obama’s Health Care Reform act. But they didn’t propose anything to replace it, and even some conservative Republicans think the effort is more about posturing than about actually doing something. So what’s next? While most Americans want some action on the economy, the Republicans have […]
© Tony Auth Ah the fickleness of the American public. Just two months after voters swept tea party candidates into Congress, Americans now disapprove of “the political movement known as the Tea Party” by a 52% to 35% margin. That’s their worst ever unfavorable ratings, up from 45% disapproval ratings last September, before the elections, […]
“Doctors say Dick Cheney may need a heart transplant, but Cheney isn’t worried. He’s already picked out a hunting buddy.” – David Letterman “Dick Cheney says he may need a heart transplant. I understand Halliburton has a no-bid contract to do the installation on it.” – Jay Leno “Dick Cheney may need a new heart. […]
It doesn’t matter if it comes from the right or the left. This kind of discourse must be shunned. Kudos to Jon Stewart for making it clear enough that anyone can understand.
© Jen Sorensen Tonight, Keith Olbermann parted ways with NBC. So will the gods of false equivalences demand that Beck or Limbaugh lose their jobs?
The Corrigan Brothers update their song “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” for the 2012 election. Although Obama-mania as died down a bit, the new video is still hilarious and a sweet reminder of all the good times from the 2008 election.
© Ruben Bolling Our old friend Nate shows us the “right” way to fight violence.
And how can it be so cheap? Because your tax dollars are already paying for it.
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