Maybe we should take a time out from our “mad as hell and won’t take it anymore” moment to remember how good things really were when the Republicans were kicked out of office in 2006 and 2008 because they’d made such a mess of the country.
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Tags: College Football, Democrats, Fiona, Gallup, Gaston, Hurricane Earl, Labor Day, NBC, Republicans, Wall Street Journal
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We are now officially a society divided with “Yes, we can” and “But should we”? The Yes people on one hand and the But people on the other.
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Tags: Brent Favre, But should we?, conservatives, Crimson Tide, Florida politics, Fox News, George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, Laura Schlessinger, liberals, Miami Dolphins, progressives, red sox, Republicans, Right Wingers, Rush Limbaugh, we can, yankees, Yes
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“The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of harm,” reports today’s New York Times!
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Tags: 14th Amendment, Citizenship, Deepwater Horizon, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, GOP, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, President Obama, Republicans, Sen. John Kyl, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Mitch McConnell, static kill
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BREAKING NEWS: Here, on the 100th day of the Gulf Oil Disaster, the New York Times announces the Gulf is all good now. Nothing to see...move along...go on about your business...thanks for playin'. Gee, who knew it would be so easy?
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Tags: BP, Democrats, Dumbasses, Green Party, Libertarians, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, Presbyterians, Republicans, Rev. Allen Jackson, Sarah Palin, teabaggers, Tony Hayward, WCTU, World Outreach Church
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It is Le Quatorze Juillet and Americans are storming the metaphorical Bastille! At least, according to yesterday’s ABC-Washington Post opinion survey: 58 percent of you think the President sucks. 68 percent of you think Democrats suck. 72 percent of you think Republicans suck. 150 percent of you think BP sucks. 80 percent of Ohioans...
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Tags: ABC-Washington Post Poll, All-Star Game, American League, Bastille Day, BP, Democrats, high fructose corn syrup, Le Quatorze Juillet, LeBron James, Michelle Obama, National League, President Obama, Republicans, Right Wing Nut Jobs, teabaggers, TEDGlobal Conference
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Officially, 15 million Americans are out of work. Half of those have been out of work for 6 months or longer. So a Senate minority wants to celebrate the Fourth of July by giving millions of Americans a bottle rocket up the butt?
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Tags: Declaration of Independence, Dick Cheney, double-digit unemployment, Fourth of July, George Bush, GOP blocks unemployment benefits, Independence Day, King George, Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell, unemployment benefits, United State Senate
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"Say, General, when you’re not off fightin’ and snake-eating and stuff, what do you do for fun?”
“Um…er…excuse me, Mr. President?”
“You know, what do you like to do on your down time? I like basketball and golf and reading. You read much, General?”
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Tags: Afghanistan, Ambassador Eikenberry, Bill Greider, Eat Crow, Economy, Gen. McChrystal, General McClellan, Gulf oil spill, Hunter S. Thompson, Lady Gaga, Lincoln, Matt Taibbi, P.J. O'Rourke, President Obama, Republicans, Rolling Stone, Vice President Biden
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Republican senators (well, Shelby of Alabama) went on the TeeVee Box this morning to say, well, they MIGHT vote to regulate the derivatives trade. Of course, they’ll have to explain to their benefactors why they could suddenly read the hand-writing on the wall and, well, while they like that direct Wall Street-to-Capitol Hill cheese...
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Tags: Capitol Hill, climate change legislation, Democrats, derivatives, financial reform, immigration, Republicans, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Richard Shelby, U.S. Senate, Wall Street
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Okay, so here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna take it to the streets! Grab your wheelchairs; we’re headed downtown to protest by breathing and sneezing on people!!
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Tags: Boca Raton, Cardinal Tarcisco Bertone, GOP, IRS, Palin Network, pedophilia scandal, Pope, President Obama, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Tax Day, Ted Deutch, Tina Fey, Vatican, YouTube
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