Archive for September, 2009

The Conservative Drumbeat Of Violence Marches On Without Apology

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Yesterday at Newsmax.com, they published a story written by John L. Perry outlining the justification and strategy for a military coup to overthrow the duly elected President of the United States of America. He wasn’t talking about Kim Jong Il or Fidel Castro. He was actually arguing for the overthrow of President Barack Obama.... »

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Afghanistan: The Question Is Strategy, Not Troops

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Afghanistan: The Question Is Strategy, Not Troops

For the last few years of the Bush administration, Afghanistan suffered from both the neglect and ineptitude of a President more interested in Saddam Hussein then Osama Bin Laden. While distracted in Iraq, we lost territory to a resurgent Taliban and watched our handpicked government devolve into corruption. Most importantly, we failed to eliminate... »

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FOX Fantasy News Cleaning Up Their Act?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The recently unearthed video of a FOX News producer revving up the crowd at the Washington Tea Party last month has some people at the network scrambling to protect themselves from the inevitable ethical fallout. It will prove to be very difficult to escape the consequences of their unethical behavior. The Tea Party protest... »

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Glenn Beck: He’s Got The Courage Of His Ignorance

Monday, September 21st, 2009
Glenn Beck: He’s Got The Courage Of His Ignorance

For those of you that are regular watchers of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, you may have heard him occasionally refer to Glenn Beck as “Lonesome Rhodes”. This is a pointed reference to the main character in the 1957 film “A Face In The Crowd” staring Andy Griffith. The film charts the transformation of an... »

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America Does Know The Difference Between Fact And Fiction

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

In a somewhat surprising bit of news yesterday, a new poll conducted by Bloomberg News reported that the majority of Americans have rejected outrageous claims by conservative opponents of health care reform as nothing more than scare tactics. 63% don’t believe in “death panels”. 59% don’t believe that care would be rationed. 52% don’t believe that we... »

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Glenn Beck’s War On Czars Hits The House Floor

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Forget Rush Limbaugh. Glenn Beck is now the de facto head of the Republican Party. In recent weeks he has gotten a White House official fired. He has helped to force the government to sever all ties with an ultra liberal community organizing group. And just yesterday he got over 100 Republican House... »

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Maria Bartiromo Fails To Explain Her Mistake

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Maria Bartiromo Fails To Explain Her Mistake

A quick update on the earlier Maria Bartiromo debacle where she seemed to not know that a person had to be 65 before they could go on Medicare. Today on Morning Joe, she made the claim that she hadn’t been talking about Medicare at all when she made her remarks. Instead, she was trying... »

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Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

The annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care came out late last week and it brought only more bad news for the Bush legacy project. In every single measurable statistic, the numbers were worse after eight years of George W. Bush then at the end of the Clinton Presidency.... »

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Mr. TeaBag Goes To Washington

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Mr. TeaBag Goes To Washington

Glenn Beck and the Tea Party movement had their big shindig in Washington D.C. yesterday. Reports vary, but the crowd size is estimated to have been a respectable 30-70,000. There were some claims by the organizers that it was as high as 1.5 million. These claims were of course repeated over and over by... »

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Joe Wilson Is Only The Tip Of The Conservative Iceberg

Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Joe Wilson Is Only The Tip Of The Conservative Iceberg

When Joe Wilson pointed his finger at the President and called him a liar last Wednesday, a simultaneous wave of shock, disgust and resignation swept over me. When you look at the video tape of the event I think that Pelosi, Biden and the President all three echoed those very same emotions. Shock because... »

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