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, November 13, 2010

30 Rock Holds a Tea Party

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The scary part is fake candidate "Steve Austin" is tame compared to the REAL Teabagger candidates, like "Westie" here: ...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Glenn Beck’s Monstrous Anti-Semitism Reveals The Quality and Character of His Target

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Sometimes the most malignant of intentions result in unintentional good outcomes. From the moment he took to the airwaves, Glenn Beck has be...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Deficit Reduction Commission Preliminary Report May Be DOA, But at Least It's a Start

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One of the clichés, as certain as night follows day , about a president’s budget to Congress is that it’s “dead on arrival.” The same can be...
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TEA PARTY Remedial Education: GOP Sandbags Teabaggers on Earmarks; What's Next?

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Here's your first test, Teabaggers. Whatcha gonna do about it? Give it the old college try and walk away from the country club Republica...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

DISPATCHES FROM THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT: THE BRAIN OF GLENN BECK IS UNDER OUR CONTROL

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Please resume all normal activities. FULL STOP. Dear boys and girls: Do you believe in coincidence? Zeitgeist? I didn’t think so. How abou...

When All Else Fails …

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As the last political argument lost to Glenn Greewald (from beautiful, sparkling Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Maravilhosa) reverts to steering vie...

Ted Rall: We Need a Revolution

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Cartoonist Ted Rall sounds off on the tenor of these pre-revolutionary times and presidential leadership: "We need an FDR." Or an ...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Message to Glenn Beck: We're Coming For You

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In the wake of Glenn Beck's latest contemptible rant against the Tides Foundation, showing no sense of remorse or responsibility for hav...

The Last Gasp of Aging White Power: But Time Is Not on Your Side

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By Tim Wise, AlterNet Posted on November 5, 2010, Printed on November 9, 2010 This essay by Tim Wise is the most compelling and poetic pie...

Bravo, Madam Secretary! A Delightful Side of Hillary Clinton

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Maybe Hillary is just now getting comfortable in her role, but if this is the result, we'd love seeing more of America's most charmi...
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Beck-O’Donnell Feud Chronicles Startling Revelation: Two-Thirds of Beck’s Followers Are Socialists!

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When a dopey but dangerous guttersnipe like Glenn Beck smears Lawrence O’Donnell — admittedly, Lawrence can well defend himself (tonight), i...

LUNATIC Watch: Beck Deflects Incitement of Violence, Smears The Left With HIS VIOLENCE

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In his continuing and relentless campaign to incite violence against the Left, Glenn Beck piously opened the show by playing the victim, whi...
Monday, November 08, 2010

Capitulator-in-Chief Responds to Critics of His 60 Minutes Surrender Interview ... in Song!

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Headline Equivalent of The Freudian Slip

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Can't say that I disagree with the spirit of this headline from the wingnut rag, DC Caller. Can it be that someone over there has a sens...

Keith Is Back! Griffin Capitulates to 300,000 Progressives Petitioners

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Phil "Empty Suit" Griffin quickly capitulated after our petition drive gathered 300,000 signatures demanding Keith's return. O...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

Musical Interlude: Dado Villa-Lobos

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Dado Villa-Lobos was the guitarist of Brazil's most influential rock band, Legião Urbana, led by the late Renato Russo. This sinuous, at...

MSNBC's Katzenjammer Kids: Old Mischief-Making, New Realities

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Salon columnist Glenn Greewald affirmed what this blog has been saying for some time now: An inchoate and incoherent MSNBC narrative that i...
Saturday, November 06, 2010

Bill Maher Slams Jon Stewart's False Equivalence; We Need MORE Incivility

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As much as Phil 'Empty Suit' Griffin might think it so, Keith Olbermann is not the equivalent on the Left of wingnuts in Rupert Murd...

World's Worst Person Makes a Comeback: Phil Griffin

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MSNBC president Phil Griffin, pictured below, tops the list of world's worst persons with his ludicrous suspension of Keith Olbermann. U...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Leaning Backward: (MS)NBC Suits Strike Again

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NBC has suspended Keith Olbermann for making campaign donations. Specifically: $2,400 to Congresspersons Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffo...
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