More on the “circle of life“:
© Mike Luckovich What will it take to break our unhealthy dependence on oil?
“A few days ago, Vice President Biden and Rahm Emanuel had a water gun fight during a party at Biden’s house. Meanwhile, Sasha and Malia spent the last few days trying to solve the BP oil crisis.” – Jimmy Fallon “BP is now saying they’ve captured anywhere from 35 percent to 75 percent of the […]
© Joe Heller Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
© Ed Stein Building on their earlier decision that money is speech and corporations are people (actually giving corporations more free speech rights than real people), the Supreme Court has now blocked a provision of the Arizona campaign financing system that provided matching funds to candidates who agreed to not accept large private donations. Or […]
I’ve been watching this story for a while now, and it just keeps getting weirder and weirder. I’m not really sure what to make of it. Of course it comes from South Carolina, the state that pretty much invented weirdness in politics — from the infamous smear campaign against McCain in 2000, to introducing the […]
I don’t know who originally did this, so if someone does know please let me know so I can give proper credit and a link.
A few weeks ago I reported on “americaspeakingout.com” a new website created by the Republicans “to increase the dialogue between Americans and their Congress”. Of course, the Republicans aren’t paying for the site themselves, they are using “official funds of the Office of the House Minority Leader” (John Boehner). According to the website: Here, Americans […]
“It’s amazing to me, the new unemployment figures are not good. A lot of people out of work, yet somehow the CEO of British Petroleum still manages to keep his job.” – Jay Leno “In an interview on NBC, President Obama said today he would’ve fired BP CEO Tony Hayward if he worked for him. […]
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision that you have to (unsilently) declare your desire to remain silent in order to exercise that right: © Brian McFadden
[I’m reposting this from Bullseye Rooster, in honor of Helen Thomas. © Fred Wickham] Nearly eighty years after displacement from their historic early 20th century homeland, Israelites are returning to Europe. From the air, impossibly long lines of Priuses, motorbikes, and tour-buses can be seen carrying the Jews through the desert into Syria. From there, […]
“The oil spill is getting bad. There is so much oil and tar now in the Gulf of Mexico, Cubans can now walk to Miami.” – David Letterman “B.P.’s CEO Tony Hayward said yesterday that he will not step down over the gulf oil coast spill. Yeah, he said, ‘I mean, it’s not like I […]
