“President Obama met with the Republicans for seven hours. And he was very patient with them. He praised them when it was appropriate, he was gently critical when necessary. It was like watching a really good special ed teacher.” – Bill Maher “President Obama hosted a bipartisan healthcare summit today. They met for a little […]
In the spirit of quotes that have enough truthiness that they should be true: © Paul Szep
There is a brilliant post by The Desperate Blogger over on Salon. The post is full of brilliant quotes, supposedly from Pat Robertson talking about the earthquake in Chile, who says: God is even angrier with them than he is with the people of Haiti. If I had to guess, I’d say it must have […]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
© Tom Toles If we change things faster, it might give him a heart attack?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Bill McKibben, who wrote the first book on global warming aimed at a general audience in 1989, notes that at the time even the Wall Street Journal and then president Bush (Senior) both generally agreed that there was a problem. Way back then, there were only a few dozen scientific studies that supported man-made global […]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
© Ben Sargent Most Americans are upset at health care reform because it doesn’t go far enough, and are upset at the stimulus because it isn’t creating enough jobs.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
“It was a fun day for the head of Toyota U.S.A. today. He had to appear in front of Congress to be yelled at by men who don’t do anything.” – Jimmy Kimmel “I have to say, it was actually refreshing to see a car company C.E.O. appear before Congress and not ask for $10 […]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
© Joe Heller Haven’t we been dragging out health care reform for the last 60 years? Isn’t it time to actually do something?
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tired of being teabagged by the Tea Party? Angry at grass roots movements that turn out to be corporate astroturf? Exasperated at what passes for political discourse in this country? You’re not alone. Now there is an alternative to the Tea Party, and it is called the Coffee Party. Their mission? The Coffee Party Movement […]
Friday, February 26, 2010
This video embodies why I love Rachel Maddow. As she says, don’t blame health insurance companies for our broken health care system — they are just doing what they are supposed to do:
Friday, February 26, 2010
“Do you know why it is a good day today? I’ll tell you why. Because the new credit card regulations start today. That’s good news if you have credit card debt, like me. I racked up 50 grand on bedazzlers.” – Craig Ferguson “But starting today, the credit card companies have to scale back their […]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A fascinating story on Alternet makes an interesting point. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, so it is illegal to own a person. And yet, if corporations are people with human rights like speech, as the Supreme Court recently ruled, then these corporate persons cannot be bought or sold, so all buying and selling of stocks […]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Republicans are having a nuclear meltdown about Democrats using the budget reconciliation process to pass health care reform. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) wrote a letter to Obama this week, urging him to rule out the possibility, saying: The use of expedited reconciliation process to push through more dramatic changes to a health care bill of […]
