Monday, September 19, 2011
© Ruben Bolling Conservatives somehow think that loan guarantees for green energy is a bad idea, while directly subsidizing oil companies makes good sense.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Yesterday, I posted a video from the Daily Show talking about the Solyndra “scandal”, but it is not at all clear that it is really a scandal at all as most of the scandalous aspects of the situation are actually lies. For example, conservative media repeatedly claims that “a major Solyndra investor is also a […]
Sunday, September 18, 2011
“President Obama described himself as an eternal optimist. He then explained that he’s the kind of person that sees the country as ‘half employed.’” – Conan O’Brien “According to a new poll, only 55 percent of Americans think President Obama is intelligent. Yeah, that may not sound impressive, but it’s up 55 percent over the […]
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The problem with funding green energy seems to be that, unlike wars in Iraq — where billions of dollars went missing and even money that was accounted for often went into the coffers of companies that made major campaign contributions to Dubya — you can’t just dismiss those stories as unpatriotic or hide behind the […]
Saturday, September 17, 2011
“Did you see all the Republican candidates lined up at the Reagan Library the other night? Didn’t they look like it was part of Disney’s ‘Hall of Never-Will-Be-Presidents.’” – Jay Leno “The biggest applause line of the night was the mere mention that Rick Perry had executed 234 people. Holy fuckballs.” – Jon Stewart “Michele […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
© Lee Judge I guess one way to prove that government can’t do anything right is to destroy the things it does well: Social Security, Medicare, the Post Office, etc. And make Congress even more dysfunctional at the same time.
Friday, September 16, 2011
“The candidates at the Republican debate looked like a town council that was outlawing dancing.” – David Letterman “They looked like a board of directors that was lying about poisoning a river.” – David Letterman “Last night at the Republican debate MSNBC put little factoids about the candidates on the screen as they were speaking. […]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
We’ve all seen reports of the impending bankruptcy of the US Postal Service (USPS). How they need to stop Saturday home delivery, close post offices, and lay off 120,000 employees (18% of their workforce). But what you haven’t heard is why this is happening. Well, you will hear that it is the fault of the […]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
[This post was written by reader and regular commenter David Freeman] Ron Paul’s anti-militaristic stance has led many naive, often young, progressives to think he is somehow different, more thoughtful than other wing-nuts. His performance in the last two debates should clear up that confusion. He, along with the other candidates, said nothing when the […]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
© Ted Rall Maybe he is both stupid and lying?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Most of its provisions have not even gone into effect yet, but according to Forbes there is solid proof that Obama’s health insurance reform is already working. One of the major goals of reform was to reduce the number of people without health care insurance, and in the first quarter of 2011 alone at least […]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
“The Republican presidential candidates will have a debate at the Reagan Library. They were going to have it at the George W. Bush Library but they couldn’t fit all eight of them in the bouncy house.” – Conan O’Brien “The Republican debate was on earlier tonight. Side effects may include nausea, vomiting and sexual dysfunction.” […]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
© Jen Sorensen I wonder who first started calling them entitlements? Is this another example of Republican framing?
