“Rush Limbaugh is in the news. Last week, Rush Limbaugh said that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a racist. But this week, Rush says he may support her. Yeah. Limbaugh says that he can’t support Sotomayor until he’s 100% sure she’s a racist.” – Conan O’Brien “Rush Limbaugh, you know Rush Limbaugh? The new […]
The Pirate Party won enough votes in Swedish elections to give them two seats in the European Parliament. They managed to get over 7% of votes cast in Sweden. Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge declared “We’ve felt the wind blow in our sails.” In a similar election in Germany, the Pirate Party received 1% of […]
“Did everyone see Brian Williams’ special with President Obama that was on? Yeah? Anyway, there’s this big NBC News special with Brian Williams, and in the special, President Obama showed Brian Williams what tricks his new puppy, Bo, could do. Isn’t that cool? Yeah, in fact, Bo has already learned to sit up and beg […]
I can’t resist a good pun: © Steve Breen
Robert Reich reports that the big pharmaceutical and health insurance companies are gaining ground in their effort to kill the public option in the health care reform bill that is being worked on in Washington. In other words, we’re about to get the same health care reform we got during the Carter administration, when pharma […]
Identity Politics is a difficult issue, because (if you’ll pardon the pun) it is not just black and white. The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has raised issues of identity politics and discrimination, which one would hope would lead to a public discussion of these issues (the same way that Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary […]
“Yesterday, Dick Cheney said his lesbian daughter Mary has convinced him to support gay marriage. Pretty cool, yeah. Yeah. Cheney made the announcement after Mary was spotted waterboarding him.” – Conan O’Brien “Former Vice President, current Wal-Mart greeter Dick Cheney, surprised everyone in a speech yesterday when he said that he supports a state’s right […]
© Clay Bennett A survey shows that the GOP attacks on Sotomayor are more damaging to the GOP itself than to Sotomayor or Obama.
This clip from Rachel Maddow’s show is a full meal of irony and hypocrisy. The appetizer is Newt Gingrich calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist, followed by him issuing a non-retraction retraction. The main course is Manuel Miranda, who is leading the effort to get Republicans to filibuster the confirmation of Sotomayor. Ironically, Miranda founded the […]
“So Sotomayor is clearly a Latina woman. What affect will that have on her opposition? . Excellent question for the American-born judge.” – Jon Stewart “Now, folks, I’ve said it before, I am a member of a persecuted minority: white males. Last week, my people were marginalized even more when President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor […]
On Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News, actor Craig T. Nelson (Coach) declares that he isn’t going to pay taxes anymore, because he doesn’t like what the government is doing with his money. He rants that no one takes responsibility anymore. He then drops a stunningly hypocritical line: I’ve been on food stamps and welfare, […]
