“To make a point no one should have to make: earlier this year, a deranged Army sergeant named John Russell opened fire near a combat stress clinic — sound familiar? — at Baghdad’s Camp Liberty and killed five of his fellow soldiers. No one speculated about any religious motivations. No one suggested he was part of an enemy “infiltration,” or suggested that U.S. troops have been “brainwashed.” Everyone understood that Russell was a deranged lunatic, not an advance scout for a conspiracy to subvert the military internally. It’s funny how double standards work. Actually, no. It’s disgusting.” — Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent (via thesmarttart) (via robot-heart-politics)
Capitol Hill Tea Party Seeks To 'Drive The Liberals Crazy' With Pledge Of Allegiance -
Nooooo! Not that! UNCLE! UNCLE!
These kooks should hope we pass healthcare reform, so they can get the lithium they so desperately need.
Yeah, that is totally what is driving me crazy, alright. All that disgusting patriotism.
Public approval of Obama’s handling of the economy has slipped to 46 percent in an Oct. 30-Nov. 1 CNN poll, from 59 percent in March. Remember, Obama was elected in part because the public didn’t have confidence in McCain’s ability to manage the economy. In exit polls last November, almost two-thirds of voters listed the economy as the nation’s top issue. If the job numbers don’t start moving in the right direction, not only will Obama’s poll ratings continue to drop but congressional Dems will all be in trouble. That should be Obama’s selling point to the Blue Dogs. He should tell them the economy needs a bigger stimulus in order to show improved job numbers by the mid-term elections. And he should make sure they understand that they’re more politically endangered next November if the the job numbers aren’t moving in the right direction by then than if they vote for a larger stimulus now.
Michele Bachmann Announces The Super Bowl Of Freedom -
“PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR BOSS DOES NOT TERM THIS EVENT A ‘RALLY’” — Brendan Buck, Communications Director of the Republican Study Committee
“World industrial production in the Great Depression and now.”
“The emerging favorite Republican tactic for killing reform measures without actually admitting that they want to kill reform is to complain that Democrats are “rushing things.” They’re not against reform, they just want enough time to do it right.” — Kevin Drum, who adds “Unless, of course, the subject is Afghanistan. Then it’s ‘dithering’ and ‘playing Hamlet.’
Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says (w/ Video) -
(via crazynutjob)
Do we find this acceptable?
“We live in a system that entrusts to 435 representatives, 100 senators and one president the power of life and death. I think that’s most visible to people in war. But it’s equally true when you talk about health care. The stakes here are unbelievably large, and we as progressives have to make sure that the calculations that people are making in Washington are not calculations about their re-election changes or about what lobbyists will think about their vote or about how it’s going to affect the polls. We have to make sure that people in Washington actually vote for life and health and the well-being of America. We have an opportunity that comes along almost never. Certainly no more than once in a generation. We have 60 members of the Senate. We have 59% of the House. We occupy the White House. And what people want in the end is not feigned bipartisanship or feigned collegiality. What people want in the end is a better life for themselves. And if we progressives actually deliver better health care, better education, better jobs to America.” —
I was with him to this point. Thin he hit a tin note, saying “Then we have the opportunity to rule America for the next generation,” i.e. makes Orrin Hatch’s point.
Americans don’t like to be told they somebody is going to “rule” them. We rule ourselves, buddy.
“Obama’s favorability-unfavorability rating in the South is 28-67, while it is 68-23 in the rest of the country.” —
The Rigidity of the Mason-Dixon Line (via azspot)
The War of Northern Aggression has never ended.
(via buffleheadcabin)
(via robot-heart-politics)
I dunno. The South seems to be the outlier for every single one of the entities polled.
Even the GOP has a 30-47 rating there, compared with 14-71(!) nationally.
“The biblical account of Noah’s Ark and the Universal Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example, while loading his ark, did Noah find penguins and polar bears in Palestine?” -Judith Hayes, In God We Trust: But Which One?
Looks like Judith Hayes has some reading to do.
