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FOX News Airs Piss-Poor Photoshops, Proves Conservatives Aren’t Funny
This comes to us from the good folks at Media Matters (and so do the pics): During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Right-Wing Media, Right-Wing Nuts, Satire
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ANWR vs. Reality
Yesterday, Media Matters posted about MSNBC’s Brewer uncritically aired Bush’s misleading assertion that ANWR, continental shelf drilling would “give this country a chance to help” with gas prices. Hannity and Buchanan and every other right wing nut is spouting this … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, War on Terror
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Sign Of The Times? Countrywide Forecloses On Tonight Show’s “Ed McMahon”
Tell me if this doesn’t wrap up the situation in a sad twist.
Posted in Economy, GOP Scandals, Observations
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Remembering Bobby Kennedy (And The American Worker)
It was 40 years ago today that Robert F. Kennedy, having just won the California Democratic Party Primary (a huge deal) and on his way to speak with hotel workers in the hotel’s kitchen, was shot, mortally wounded, and subsequently … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Observations, Social Justice, The Working Class
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The Right “Puzzled” By McClellan’s Criticism
You know, I wasn’t inclined to pay much attention to fomer White House spokesman Scott McClellan’s new book about his tenure beginning soon after our dance of death began in Iraq. As McClellan took the job, we heard a lot … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 candidates, Bush, Cheney, GOP, GOP Scandals, Iraq, John McCain, Karl Rove, Media, Military/Veterans, Neocons, Observations, Right-Wing Nuts
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The War That Opposes Al Jazeera More Than Osama Bin Laden
I don’t know whether you caught it here or elsewhere last week, but we’ve lowered the jackpot someone gets who snitches and leads to the death (wanna bet?) or capture (right, uh huh) of Osama bin Laden. But here in … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Big Brother, Bush, Constitutional Issues, GOP Scandals, Iran, Iraq, Media, Military/Veterans, Observations
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The Puerto Rico Primary – Fair? Or Not?
I know the issue of Puerto Rico’s status – whether its “just” a possession or whether it should ever be granted statehood like Hawaii was after enjoying a similar status – is always a thorny one, but with the news … Continue reading
Reflections On This Memorial Day Weekend
Hopefully, most of us realize that the Memorial Day many will celebrate this long weekend indeed stands in memory of something: soldiers dying for a noble cause as designated by our government. Sadly, what does this Memorial Day tell us … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Congress, GOP Scandals, Media, Military/Veterans, Observations, Right-Wing Nuts
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OpEd Pages Dominated By Fat, Old White Men – But Here’s What Is Not Rich
Since it’s the Sunday of a long holiday weekend (though fewer and fewer Americans have jobs that a) pay anything as “fluffy” as holiday pay, b) where just one paycheck gets them by, so even if their other three jobs … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Observations
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Someone Finally Grabbed The War Blank Checkbook From Bush
We haven’t heralded this move by House Democrats last week (joined by two whole Republicans) that kept Bush from getting another blank check from them (on our dime and the lives of our countrymen and women) to wage endless, pointless … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Bush, Cheney, Congress, Democrats, Economy, GOP, Iraq, Military/Veterans, Observations
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Want To Lose Your Social Security Savings? Vote McCain
Yes, sir. John McCain was a big proponent of Bush’s plan to kill Social Security and steal your savings, which he tried to sell as a bonus at the same time his packed courts keep ruling against retirees who suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 candidates, Bush, Campaigns, Democrats, GOP, GOP Scandals, John McCain, Observations, Social Justice, The Working Class
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Burma: We Need To Send More Than Our Prayers
Whether you call the nation Burma, as many of its citizens refer to it, or Myanmar, a name adopted by the militaristic crew leading it, this is a nation that was in one big hurt BEFORE the cyclone struck (and … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Food Shortages, Foreign policy, Observations
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Supreme Court Approves Of New Poll Tax
That’s exactly how the Times Argus of Vermont, hardly a liberal rag (believe me!), characterizes the U.S. Supreme Court’s rubberstamp of states who’ve decided to force voters to pay fees other than directly at the ballot to cast a vote. … Continue reading