The End Of The World

he knows better than to insult his boss

2009-11-24T15:57:00.001-08:00

Huckabee Shies Away From Criticizing Limbaugh, Citing Fear Of His Big Microphone
(Think Progress)

nice of him

2009-11-24T15:56:00.001-08:00

After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.
(Think Progress)

bush still affecting our lives

2009-11-24T15:50:00.001-08:00

How the recession is affecting Thanksgiving.
(Think Progress)
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Thanks, bush recession!

as if he would know...

2009-11-24T15:48:00.000-08:00

Dick ‘Five Deferments’ Cheney Talks About War From The ‘Perspective’ Of U.S. Troops

In a new interview with right-wing radio host Scott Hennen, Vice President Cheney again criticizes President Obama’s national security policies, harping on his belief that Obama is “dithering” on Afghanistan and endangering U.S. troops. To make his point, Cheney talked about the “perspective” of men and women serving on the front lines:
I worry that there’s a lack of understanding there of what this means from the perspective of the troops. You know, if you’re out there on the line day in and day out and putting your life at risk on a volunteer basis for the nation, and you see the Commander in Chief unable, to or appearing to be unable, to make a decision about the way forward here — you know that raises serious doubts. Nobody wants to think of volunteering to be participate in that kind of operation. [...]
It may in part be inexperience on Obama’s part. It may be that there’s confusion on the staff. But I’m not encouraged by it.
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Cheney really doesn’t have any more authority on this subject than Obama does. He neither served in the military, nor has he been Commander-in-Chief. As the New York Times noted in 2004:
Eventually, like 16 million other young men of that era, Mr. Cheney sought deferments. By the time he turned 26 in January 1967 and was no longer eligible for the draft, he had asked for and received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father.
Bush administration officials also seemed to think that they were soldiers in the military, with former White House press secretary Tony Snow saying that President Bush was on the “front lines” and “in the war every day.” In April 2007, First Lady Laura Bush said that “no one suffers more than their President and I do” during wartime, and Bush would speak on behalf of U.S. servicemembers to bolster his policy ideas. “The [military] families gathered here understand that our troops want to finish the job,” Bush said in 2007 during a speech opposing Iraq redeployment.

(Think Progress)

Palin supporters

2009-11-24T12:54:00.000-08:00

Tbogg shows us just how uninformed Palin supporters are...

I laughed out loud

2009-11-24T10:41:00.000-08:00

Tucker Carlson: Palin More Experienced Than Obama and Smarter Than Al Gore
(Crooks and Liars)
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C'mon - even her fans don't believe this - and that's why they like her. They want a dumb broad who doesn't know any more than they do so that she'll do the same dumb-ass things that they would do, rather than making rational, intelligent decisions.

Dems not trying for real change will be a problem for them in 2010

2009-11-24T10:38:00.000-08:00

Howard Dean: Democrats Are Going to Rue the Day They Didn't Go To Budget Reconciliation to Pass This Bill

Dean: Senate health bill 'watered down':

Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that Senate Democrats' healthcare legislation is so diluted it threatens the party's 2010 chances.
Appearing on MSNBC, the former Vermont governor and outspoken proponent of healthcare reform charged Democrats were "playing with dynamite in terms of dividing the party.”
"The big problem is the policy. This thing has been pretty watered down," Dean said during the interview, noting the House bill was "better" than the "decent" Senate bill. "Right now, it's about as watered down as it can get and still be a real bill. For example, there's really no insurance reform in this bill, already."

(Crooks and Liars)
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The voters expected the Dems to actually do something substantial and if it doesn't happen, they are gonna be screwed next election. Hardly brain surgery!

something many conservatives seems to have conveniently "forgotten"

2009-11-24T10:36:00.001-08:00

Conason Reminds Scarborough That The Iraq War and Tax Cuts Ballooned the Deficit
(Crooks and Liars)

life imitating SNL skits

2009-11-24T10:32:00.000-08:00

Andrea Mitchell Reminds Michael Steele Palin Quit After He Calls Her a "Successful Governor"
(Crooks and Liars)
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How can anyone take Steele seriously? I swear he is a walking, talking, live-action SNL skit...

Sanford is in big trouble

2009-11-24T10:24:00.001-08:00

Panel Finds: Governor Sanford Broke The Law 37 Times
(Crooks and Liars)

kind of obvious, but some people tend to ignore reality

2009-11-24T10:23:00.001-08:00

Pelosi warns of history repeating itself ‘if we pull our punch’ on job creation.
(Think Progress)

because blatant lies are all they have

2009-11-24T10:22:00.001-08:00

Barrasso politicizes breast cancer: The Preventive Services Task Force would pull the plug on my wife.
(Think Progress)

not the brightest bulbs on TV

2009-11-24T10:21:00.001-08:00

Fox’s Fuzzy Math: 193 Percent Of The Public Support Palin, Huckabee, And Romney
(Think Progress)

callous repugs

2009-11-24T10:20:00.000-08:00

Tea partiers heckle woman whose daughter-in-law died because she didn’t have health insurance.
(Think Progress)

is this the good twin?

2009-11-23T12:36:00.001-08:00

That is frightening! There are two of them!!

how do they come up with this nonsense?

2009-11-23T12:01:00.000-08:00

Gun Lobby Mobilizes Against Health Reform By Claiming Obama Administration Will Issue ‘No Guns’ Decree
(Think Progress)
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So now besides being socialism, communism and whatever other ridiculous claims repugs have made, now health care reform is gun control?
WTF?
All that much more amazing since Obama has never made any allusions to any type of policy that would control gun ownership - it's just not on his radar at all. He has more important things to worry about right now, but fear-mongering sells guns, apparently...

and yet there are still deniers

2009-11-23T10:55:00.001-08:00

Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto
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increase in bigoted violence

2009-11-23T10:53:00.000-08:00

More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported
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well, they kinda have to

2009-11-23T10:50:00.001-08:00

Schumer: Dems ready to go-it-alone on health care
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It's not like the repugs are planning on helping in any way, so the Dems don't really have a choice...

surprised they haven't already done this

2009-11-21T20:20:00.000-08:00

Legislative committee to consider Sanford impeachment
(Daily Kos)

I wonder how offended the millions on Medicare and Medicaid are at the repugs

2009-11-21T19:24:00.000-08:00

Sen. Lamar Alexander Repeatedly Calls Medicaid A ‘Medical Ghetto’
(Think Progress)

shouldn't have had to even think twice about this

2009-11-21T19:20:00.000-08:00

Cafe Press Bans All ‘Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8′ Merchandise
(Think Progress)

more insanity

2009-11-21T19:15:00.000-08:00

New Birther Billboard In Colorado Features Picture Of Obama And Asks ‘President Or Jihad?’
(Think Progress)
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How quickly would this nonsense have died out if Obama was a republican? Oh, that's right, it would never have gained any traction in the first place, because Democrats aren't insane!

another hurdle passed

2009-11-21T19:05:00.000-08:00

Senate advances historic health bill
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yep, done deal...

2009-11-20T13:54:00.000-08:00

Mission accomplished, dude: Glenn Beck 'perfectly fine' being remembered as 'a complete nutjob'
(Crooks and Liars)