© August J. Pollak Well, aren’t we exceptional?
Thursday, August 12, 2010
“A federal judge in California struck down Proposition 8, saying it was unconstitutional. Gay couples can now get married in the state of California. Remember when women used to say the best ones were either gay or married? Now they can be both.” – Jay Leno “It’s a big week for gays. There’s the gay […]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Wall Street Journal (hardly a hotbed of wealth redistribution) published this interesting graph showing the tax load for various income levels under Bush’s tax policies versus Obama’s tax policies: As Bob Cesca points out: It turns out that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire will only hurt people earning more than $300,000 per […]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Yes, I know it isn’t actually a mosque, and it isn’t at ground zero, but a reader sent me an interesting question. As you may know, the second largest owner of Fox News is a Saudi Prince who happens to be a Muslem. This reader claims that Fox News has not mentioned the proposed “ground […]
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
As long as we are going to have down-in-the-mud politics, at least it should be funny!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ben Quayle, the son of former VP Dan Quale, is running for Congress, and I guess he has to do something to get out from under the cloud of his infamously idiotic father, but I’m not sure if this is the right way to do it. In his new campaign ad, the first words out […]
© Matt Davies I received an email from one of my readers with the following comment: I had a thought today when hearing one of the Republicans talking about how the tax cuts for the top brackets need to stay the same was because keeping the tax cut would allow them to create jobs. But […]
“It’s been more than 24 hours since the court struck down California’s ban on gay marriage, but celebrations in San Francisco have been postponed until Friday. Well, there was a rerun of ‘Glee,’ so they had to wait. ” – Craig Ferguson “A judge in California overturned the state’s gay marriage ban yesterday. Don’t get […]
© Bruce Plante Someone pointed out that the guy on the left looks like Glenn Beck. If only.
[excerpted from Tina Dupuy] It’s not that Republicans aren’t hypocrites – it’s more that the label just isn’t an effective dig. First, hypocrite is a fancy foreign Greek word like amnesty, ethics or Europe – how is that going to appeal to Republicans? Second, espousing virtues you don’t personally have to live up is basically […]
© August J. Pollak I really don’t understand the logic behind some people who complain about the Democrats not doing anything. It is actually amazing the number of things they have been able to accomplish, despite the fact that the Republicans have opposed (and often filibustered) pretty much all major Democratic initiatives.
[reprinted from The Writer’s Almanac] It was on this day 98 years ago that the word “grassroots” made its debut as a political term. On this day in 1912, Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge of Indiana was on stage at the Progressive Party Convention when he proclaimed: This party has come from the grass roots. It […]
