Thursday, September 17, 2009
Stephen Colbert has gone where no pundit has dared go before — talking truth to the power of corporations. He discussed corporate personhood and the upcoming Supreme Court decision that might put the final nail in the coffin of free elections by giving corporations more free speech rights than actual (human) people. What, you haven’t […]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Billionaires for Wealthcare — motto: If we ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Their satire is so close to reality that your average tea-bagger doesn’t seem to be able to figure out what to make of them: Even Rachel Maddow did a story on the BFW, and she loved them!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Yesterday, the House of Representatives reprimanded Joe Wilson for his “You lie!” outbust during the president’s speech, and Republicans denounced the move as partisan. But Politico has an interesting story on how it was Republicans who insisted on the House rule that forbids calling the president a liar. In fact, it is against the rules […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Jon Stewart is back, and he is still a genius.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
This Thing On? © Matt Davies I absolutely love this cartoon. It is brilliant!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Video from the 9/12 tea party in Washington: Even more stunning video: UPDATE: I find it amazing to watch these videos. I mean, these people went to a lot of trouble to go protest, so I don’t doubt that they feel strongly. But when you ask them the simplest questions they seem to have little […]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
According to Open Left, one day after Nancy Pelosi softened her public stance on a public option for health care, a lobbyist for the health insurance industry announced a fundraiser for her. Previously, house speaker Pelosi had said that inclusion of a public option was non-negotiable, but according to CNN and AP, she — along […]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
“President Obama made his big healthcare address to a joint session of Congress last night. It went pretty well, except for one weird part in the middle of it, when a congressman from South Carolina suddenly yelled out, ‘You lie!’ It’s amazing this guy was able to sit through seven years of President Bush telling […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
A sampling of the brilliant lyrics by Paul Hipp: We’re number 37 We’re the USA We’re No. 37 And we’re so proud to say We got old people crying at the pharmacy Pay your deductible This ain’t the land of the f-f-f-free, Grandma We’re No. 37 We’re the USA I also believe this is the […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
Conservatives lost no time trumpeting the huge crowds they attracted for the “tea party” protest on 12 September. While most estimates were in the “thousands” or “tens of thousands”, conservatives were claiming as many as 2 million protestors, based on a photo (shown at right) published by the conservative “Say Anything” blog. One conservative blogger […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
Rep. Joe Wilson claims he feels so strongly that illegal immigrants should not benefit from health care reform that he shouted “You lie!” at the president during a joint session of Congress. Now, let’s ignore whether Wilson’s outburst was rude or disrespectful. Let’s also ignore whether providing health care for illegal aliens is a good […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
A good story, followed by a good rant:
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Scopes Monkey Trial in 1926 challenged a state law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools. But now, evolution is being challenged in a much more insidious way. A new movie about Charles Darwin, from BBC Films and the UK Film Council is being released this weekend, and although it was […]
