The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?

I've wondered about Rodin's famous sculpture. Is he engaged in deep thought or sitting around wasting time? And why isn't he wearing pants? I ask the same of myself. Here we comment on well, mostly politics. Or we may just sit! If you like it, tell a friend. If not, tell us, but please read the GROUND RULES before you do.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Greatest Political Document in History, Cut by the Texan Fascists

That’s right, the author of the Declaration of Independence , Virginia’s Constitution, and America’s transcendent Renaissance man was simply...

Quotable: Adolf Hitler’s Ghost Gives Texas Board of Education the Nazi Salute

"Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round."...

What Makes America Any Better Than a Totalitarian State

. . . when this is allowed to happen: AUSTIN, Texas — A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injectin...

Exposing Teabagger Racism

Teabaggers are playing a shell game in their recruitment efforts by sidestepping social issues such as abortion and gay marriage because, a...

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Setting the Record Straight: Sean Penn on the U.S. Military's Role in Haiti

“I believe this was a strictly HUMANITARIAN action on the part of the United States military, and an incredible one.” Actor Sean Penn on th...

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Quotable: Eric Massa on Rham Emanuel

“I went into the showers...I'm sitting there showering, naked as a jaybird and here comes Rahm Emanuel not even with a towel wrapped aro...

Updating the New Political Lexicon

This was posted by Steve Benen as part of an ongoing update of our current political dictionaries. Fell free to add your own entries: Obst...

Monday, March 08, 2010

Sarah Palin Compares Self to G-O-D

Writing notes on palm . . . GoddoneIt TOO! says Sister Sarah: “But then somebody sent me the other day, Isaiah 49:16, and you need to go hom...

Quotable: Sarah Palin on Canadian Healthcare

“ We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic? ” Sarah Palin, viralizer ...

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Quotable: Dan Rather

“This will be the history of the Bush-Cheney Administration as told to Hans Christian Andersen” Dan Rather, on the yet to be released George...

Friday, March 05, 2010

Quotable: Senator Robert Byrd on his OWN Byrd Rule for Reconciliation

Responding to an editorial by the Charleston Daily Mail, Senator Robert C. Byrd, author of the so-called “Byrd rule” for reconciliation that...

Scholarly Tweet From Right Wing Think Tank Cato Institute Director of Health Policy Studies

“From a March 4 post on Twitter by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Care Policy Studies at the Cato Institute” Source: Media Matters (T...

The President’s Call to Arms: Make Your Voices Heard

For those of you who missed it, this is President Obama’s clearest statement of intent and determination about finally getting healthcare r...

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Under the Belly of the Beast, Would You Believe . . . Scooby Doo?

The top-secret RNC (Republican National Committee) fundraising strategy targeting the Democratic Party came to light in a 72-page PowerPoint...

Palin Posse “Like Locusts” Goes Hollywood Hillbillies

Following her Tonight Show appearance, Sarah Palin and her posse descended on Silver Spoon’s Oscar gifting Suite, benefiting the Red Cross. ...

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

SNL Presidents Reunion Appear to Obama in a Dream

The SNL actors who played every president since Jerry Ford -- Will Ferrell, Fred Armisen, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey and Darrell ...

Healthcare Toon Time

Clueless teabaggers cannot decide what they’re for: . . . while timorous Senate Dems run from the mousy elephant in the room.

Monday, March 01, 2010

Putting Reconciliation in Context

Ezra Klein, the wiz wonk from the Washington Post/Newsweek, made an important point about the process being contemplated through reconciliat...

Quotable: Jim Bunning

Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky, flips the bird to a Democratic colleague, and throws 400,000 unemployed Americans and seniors d...

Memo to the White House: Dump the DINOs or Pay the Price in November

Progressives are pushing back against the DINOs (Democrats in name only) in the Democratic Party along with the White house’s stubborn suppo...

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