Today is Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday (they will even start the Super Bowl with a video tribute to the Gipper), so it is fitting to look back on his legacy. Is Reagan a true American hero, or was he simply the first actor to play the role of President in real life? I’m not sure, […]
The Fox News headline on their website proclaims “Obama Botches Bible Verse at Prayer Breakfast“. They claim that Obama misquoted a familiar Bible verse, and even accompany it with a rather unflattering photo of the president. OMG! Is this proof that Obama isn’t really a Christian? Are conservatives right when they claim he is a […]
“Protesters in Egypt are demanding that President Murabak step down by Friday. Murabak says he’ll leave in 5 years and then hand the job off to Conan.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he won’t run for another term. The bad news is that this spring he’s taking over for Regis.” – Conan […]
© Vic Harville The largest American oil company, Exxon Mobil, recently announced that their profits for the fourth quarter of 2010 had increased by a staggering 53%. This was in line with strong increases in profits of other large energy companies, largely due to rising oil prices. But it gets worse. Oil prices are continuing […]
Including the deficits. Texas has long been touted by conservatives as a model for fiscal conservatism — if you cut taxes, cut regulations, and cut government services, that will stimulate the economy and the benefits will “trickle down” to everyone. And for the last year, it looked like Texas might escape the budget woes that […]
“Egypt has responded to hundreds of thousands of protesters by shutting down the internet. Listen, if you want people to stay home and do nothing, turn the internet back on.” – Conan O’Brien “Egypt has shut off cell phones and the internet. It’s like visiting your parents’ house.” – David Letterman “Celebrities are tweeting about […]
© Clay Bennett One day, maybe soon, we will look back at our health care system before reform like we look back at the dark ages.
“There were two Republican responses to the State of the Union. So if you watched the whole night, it was kind of evolution in reverse. You have Obama, then Paul Ryan, and then Michele Bachmann. Then Animal Planet had a squirrel monkey give his take.” – Bill Maher “You saw the big controversy with Michele […]
It only takes one show for Rush Limbaugh to show what a hypocritical jerk he is. At the start of the show, Rush makes jokes about reporters in Egypt who have been detained — and typically beaten — by the army: I mean, even two New York Times reporters were detained. Now, this is supposed […]
© Keith Tucker Thom Hartmann has more to say about this. UPDATE: An interesting insider’s view of what is really happening in Egypt.
[I’m reprinting this from Margaret and Helen. There is a followup posting there that you should read as well. – iron knee] I told you, Margaret. It’s only just beginning. Texas Governor Rick Perry said he will introduce emergency legislation requiring women seeking abortions to first get a sonogram of the fetus and listen to […]
“A Washington Post columnist is proposing February be a Sarah Palin-free month. You know a better month? November 2012.” – Jay Leno “As you know, just another huge snowstorm back east. It completely shut down Washington, D.C. It’s like the tea party’s dream come true. Mother Nature did what they couldn’t.” – Jay Leno “This […]
© Clay Bennett Jon Stewart has a funny clip on the changing American position on the situation in Egypt.
© Ed Stein I love the fact that Ed Stein includes insightful commentary about his political cartoons on his blog. Here’s his comentary for this cartoon: It will be interesting, to say the least, to see how far the spontaneous popular revolution in Tunisia will spread through the Arab world. Will it stop in Egypt, […]
“Last night, President Obama gave the State of the Union address. Vice President Biden called it a great speech. House Speaker John Boehner called it a real tearjerker.” – Jay Leno “The theme of President Obama’s State of the Union address was ‘Win the Future.’ It was much more inspiring than the original theme: Beat […]
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