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Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Messenger Shooting Himself in the Foot

© Joel Pett Yes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia really did say that if the government can force you to buy health insurance, then it could force you to buy broccoli. Steven Pearlstein easily tears this argument to shreds: Another of Scalia and Alito’s cute debating tricks was to latch on to an opposing argument […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Mitt Romney was a guest on ‘The Tonight Show’ on NBC. It’s interesting — you have an empty suit trying to please everyone, and then Romney comes out.” – David Letterman “This week Walt Disney’s stock reached its highest point in a year. In fact, Disney is so wealthy, today Mickey and Minnie endorsed Mitt […]

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Quantum Politics

New York Times columnist David Javerbaum presents a new theory of politics, based on recent observations of the behavior of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This new theory has striking (and hilarious) similarities to Quantum Mechanics, and violates many of the laws of traditional classical politics. In classical Newtonian Politics (named after Newt Gingrich, in the […]

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Nothing to Fear

I complain about the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Congress, but this is not what I was looking for. The group Vet Voice, led by progressive Jon Soltz, is putting pressure on Congress to pass a bill introduced by Rep. Pete King (R-NY) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to prohibit people who are on the […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Over the weekend they gave Dick Cheney a heart transplant. Finally all of those midnight trips to the graveyard with the hunchbacked assistant have paid off.” – David Letterman “Dick Cheney was talking to a reporter right after the surgery and he said he wants to live long enough to make sure nobody else gets […]

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The Doctor is in Court

© Ed Stein [commentary by Ed Stein] Another one about the Supreme Court’s likely decision, unthinkable just a few months ago. If the Court throws this back to Congress, it may be another generation before Americans can enjoy the health care security that every other industrialized democracy enjoys. In the meantime, more millions will be […]

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Talking out of both sides of their ass

© Adam Zyglis I’ve heard of being two-faced, but this is ridiculous.

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Late Night Political Humor

“This weekend 71-year-old former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant. And I thought this was nice — they let him shoot the donor himself.” – Jay Leno “This weekend 71-year-old former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant. The heart is working so well that Cheney has already gone to Whoville and […]

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