Monday, November 30, 2009
You know things have gotten pretty ironic when it is the Libertarians defending Obama. What wasn’t ironic was the attack from Fox News that prompted the defense — their article “Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents” (which was promptly picked up by the Drudge Report): President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year […]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Glenn Greenwald has an excellent column today in Salon, which points out the hypocrisy of typical American war rhetoric about Muslims. For example, there is a column in the NY Times today by Thomas Friedman, who complains bitterly about the “half-truths, propaganda and outright lies about America that have taken hold in the Arab-Muslim world […]
Saturday, November 28, 2009
According to several sources (Wikipedia, GlobalFirePower, Global Issues) the US military spending is far greater than any other country on earth. In fact, US military spending is almost half (48%) of the world total! Yes, that means that we spend more on war than pretty much all other countries in the world put together. World […]
Saturday, November 28, 2009
© Ed Stein From the cartoonist: I had some qualms about drawing this one. I toyed with a number of Thanksgiving themes–the president pardoning the turkey, the Thanksgiving feast, both contemporary and historical, linking these images with other events like the Afghanistan decision or Wall Street bonuses–but I decided against them. Too predictable or too […]
Friday, November 27, 2009
Daniel Kurtzman has collected the best political videos of the last decade, including Colbert’s roast of President Bush, Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin as herself (in the famous turkey fiasco), Obama Girl, JibJab, Jon Stewart destroying Crossfire, Bush attacked by flying shoes (and other objects), and many others.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
“Barnes and Noble is running a great promotion on the Sarah Palin book. You buy the Sarah Palin book, they will throw in a free Mayan calendar.” – David Letterman “The ratings just came in for Sarah Palin’s appearance on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ It earned Oprah her highest ratings since the episode where she […]
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
“Sarah Palin launched her book tour this week with a stop in Michigan, where more than 1,000 people waited to meet her. Or, as Fox News reported it, half a million people.” – Seth Meyers “This has been quite a week for Sarah Palin. She’s been everywhere promoting her new book. She was on ‘Oprah,’ […]
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Last night on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, former Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino made the astounding statement “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.” See for yourself: What was 9/11? Chopped liver? Hannity doesn’t seem to notice, having lost his ability to tell truth from lies […]
