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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Declare Independence!

© Stuart Carlson What does independence mean to you?

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Wall Street: Don’t Stop Me Before I Kill Again

© Tom Toles Many pundits credit the economic collapse as the primary reason Obama and the Democrats swept the elections in 2008, and believe that our ongoing economic problems will definitely help spur Republicans to victory this November. Given the rather direct and obvious relationship between the economy and electoral results, you might think that […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“It’s Day 71 of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They just did a poll that says only 6 percent of Americans have a favorable view of BP, to which I say, 6 percent of Americans have a favorable view of BP? That’s 18 million people. Is it possible that 18 million Americans […]

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Whining Crybaby!!

© Jim Morin See also Jon Stewart weighing in on Republican protests against blaming Bush. Not to mention the fact that the top presidential scholars have just rated Bush the absolute worst president of the modern era, and the fifth worst president of all time.

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Chairman Steele’s Complete Flip Flop

Yesterday, Republican Party chairman Michael Steele tried to blame the war in Afghanistan on Obama: This was a war of Obama’s choosing. This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. It was one of those, one of those areas of the total board of foreign policy … that […]

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Arizona Governor Continues to Lie about Immigration

I’ve already done two posts about repeated, baldfaced lies told by Arizona governor Jan Brewer. First, non-partisan PolitiFact revealed that she lied repeatedly about Arizona’s new immigration law. Next, she repeatedly claimed that the majority of illegal immigrants coming over the border are smuggling drugs, despite absolutely no evidence to back up her claim (and […]

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How to be a Sensible Liberal

© Tom Tomorrow Tom says that this strip was inspired by two columns by Glenn Greenwald: this and this. Also, Jon Stewart did a similar piece. And don’t forget this. However, Rachel Maddow has a contrary opinion:

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Late Night Political Humor

“Do you know what’s going on down in Washington today? The Senate began the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan. And tomorrow, my favorite part of the whole procedure, the talent competition. And, I want to tell you something — wait until you hear this woman sing ‘I Dreamed a Dream.’” – David Letterman […]

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