Tuesday, February 16, 2010
© Lloyd Dangle Who says Republicans don’t want to solve the problems of small businesses, jobless people, below-water homeowners, the homeless, working poor, unwed mothers, and the destitute?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The GOP National Committee is so fired up, they’re running ads against their own members:
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
“I’ll tell you, you woke up this morning, and New York, a tremendous sight. I mean, it was whiter than a Tea Party rally.” – David Letterman “The entire East Coast is covered with snow banks and snow drifts, or as Toyota drivers call them — ‘cushions.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Airports all over the East […]
Monday, February 15, 2010
© Lee Judge The NY Times has a funny article “Washington Shivers, Moscow Laughs” about Russian sympathies (or lack thereof) toward the big blizzard that has shut down DC and large parts of the east coast. Russia, mindful that it trails the United States in many measures, tends to leap at any chance to promote […]
Monday, February 15, 2010
© Tom Toles My question is, why is this strategy working? Can you really have a viable political party whose only strategy is to attack the other party and block everything they try to do?
Sunday, February 14, 2010
“The East Coast is covered in snow right now. Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia got almost 35 inches over the weekend. And may get 20 more inches tomorrow. Schools and businesses were closed. They’re building snow-bamas all over the place.” – Jimmy Kimmel “They got a lot of snow in Washington, D.C. And the city […]
Sunday, February 14, 2010
© Jeff Parker The owner of “Tea Party Nation, Inc.” and organizer of the Tea Party conference is quoted here as saying “I want to make a million from this movement.”
Saturday, February 13, 2010
“Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints. They defeated my Indianapolis Colts. So all I can say is, ‘Don’t worry, Indianapolis, FEMA is on the way.’” – David Letterman “Did everybody watch the Super Bowl? Everybody’s happy for New Orleans. In fact, FEMA announced plans to congratulate them in about two weeks.” – Jimmy Fallon “Well, […]
Saturday, February 13, 2010
I’ve long wondered how conservative tea-baggers can scream and yell about our government and socialism, while at the same time taking pretty much everything that Fox News tells them on faith, even when it is a blatant lie and goes against real conservative values. A recent survey says that 74% of Republican-leaning Americans say that […]
Friday, February 12, 2010
CBS News presents a stunning statistic. If you ask Americans if “homosexuals” should be allowed to serve in the military, then 59% say they either strongly or somewhat support it. But if you change the word “homosexual” to “gay men and lesbians”, then the number rises to 70%! The difference is even greater if you […]
Friday, February 12, 2010
© Gary Varvel The health insurance industry is blaming rising premiums on the increased cost of health care, but for the majority of large health insurers the percentage actually spent on health care went down, while the percentage spent on administrative expenses and profits went up. The five largest U.S. health insurance companies sailed through […]
Friday, February 12, 2010
© Matt Davies The science behind global warming predicts that all the extra energy in the atmosphere will stimulate more extreme weather, both hot and cold. Just because it is snowing now doesn’t mean this hasn’t been the hottest decade in thousands of years. Likewise, just because it sometimes rains in the desert doesn’t mean […]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
“Well, tomorrow in Nashville, Sarah Palin will speak at the Tea Party Convention. Tickets are $550 apiece. Where are they getting this tea, Starbucks?” – Jay Leno “But Sarah Palin said she will not benefit from the speech. See, that way she’ll have something in common with the people in the audience.” – Jay Leno […]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: How hypocritical is it when you’re hypocritical about your own hypocrisy? Watch the Republicans at the annual Republican National Committee strategy meeting put their core American values on display and get in touch with American’s pain — in Hawaii:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Why bother to flip-flop when you can simply simultaneously condemn the economic stimulus while praising the results it is having in your home district? This is a must-watch video, especially the last minute or so:
