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Rove's 'Hatch'et job
Surprise! WaPo reports that Rove tasked Agencies with political appearances to help GOP candidates in election campaigns.
View ArticleLetter to Senators Feingold and Kohl
For what its worth I penned this letter to my Senators, both of whom serve on the Judiciary committe with Sen Leahy.
View ArticleIf Obama wasn't praising Reagan
Then why didn't he say what he meant. Maybe he meant that Reagan had this powerful political effect, BUT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. Why didn't he state clearly that it was wrong?Mr. Obama said of the...
View ArticleWhispering campaign with Mitt and MSNBC in FL
I did a quick search, and found that, amazingly, no one (not even at DKos) is reporting on this. I know that I am not the only one to notice this as I saw some comments on last night's debate threadIn...
View ArticleMitt's Zugeständnis-Rede
Or concession speech. Sorry, my German friends, but I use the German because as I listened to this (and his opener Laura Ingram) I was thinking what a wonderful speech Herr Goebbels had written. As I...
View ArticleThe two faces of MSNBC
I get most of my news from the Internet, and a lot of that from foriegn sources. Its strange to live in a place where you just don't trust the news orginizations.I've given up on the networks, and now...
View ArticleBREAKING: Nader is running
MSNBC and NBC are reporting that Ralph Nader is running for POTUS.
View ArticleOpen letter to Keith Olbermann
Mr. Olbermann:I don't know any other way to effectively get in touch with you, so I do it in this forum, where I know that you go from time to time. I simply don't understand MSNBC's lack of coverage...
View ArticleAlaska Legislature to issue subpoenas in Troopergate
Andrew Halcro, Alaska reporter and blogger is reporting that the Alaska legislature will be issuing subpoenas for testimony in Troopergate
View ArticleTony Perkins says McCain must adopt Palin's beliefs
Posted today on CNN, Tony Perkins says that McCain is at a critical point. He says that her faith is being attacked, being used as a weapon against her. People are watching. It will be very important...
View ArticleEarmark Reform? Thanks, already done John
An emphatic talking point in the McCain campaign is his rant against earmarks and government spending in general. From the April 20 edition of This WeekHere’s $100 billion right here for you, George....
View ArticleMcCain, sexism, and Michelle Obama w/poll
Recently in the McCain campaign against ‘earmarks’, McCain surrogates have been pointing to a $1 Million earmark for facility expansion at the University of Chicago Hospital, where Michelle Obama...
View ArticleCNN Full Court "press" against Obama, stimulus, you
OK, more of a rant than a diary. But I can't take it anymore!! And I am mad as hell. It's obvious that media owners and their well paid on-air talking heads are engaged in an all out assault on this...
View ArticleScarborough on hate: listen to both sides
As linked in today's punditry, Paul Krugman had a piece entitled "The Big Hate". In the piece he added his voice to the concern that mainstreaming of the right wing hate message is radicalizing the...
View ArticleDOJ Introduces The "Daily Show Defense"
This will be short, but bears some attention and I noticed there are not any dairies here on the subject. But that inventive DOJ has come up with a new strategy to block anyone from finding out about...
View ArticleO'Donnell strikes nerve, sets tone we should follow UPDATED
As I am sure most of the folks in this community already know (via the theone718 diary) that in ten minutes of must see TV, Lawrence O'Donnell completely destroyed not only the "evil Socialist" meme of...
View ArticleIs Dick Armey opposed to Freedom of the Press?
I was happy today to see Rachel Maddow on Meet the Press although I felt she got less screen time than any other panelist. As always she was in command of the facts. Again laying out the corporate...
View ArticleIn other news, Lindbergh has landed.....
This will be a short diary, but maybe Keith Olbermann needs to re-look at his campaign against Glenn BecKKK and FOX
View ArticleBaucus - Conrad hand victory to Joe Wilson
No, I'm not kidding. Apparently our two capitulators in the Senate, Baucus and Conrad, have bowed to the mighty pressure of Joe Wilson (6 yr old - SC)
View ArticleTea Parties “Thank you Mr. President”
OK, so this wasn’t a sign at any tea party today. You know that the only reason Armey and Co. started bankrolling these morans was to give themselves hours and hours of free airtime, simply to trash...
View ArticleThe new CONTRACT 'ON' AMERICA
More proof that they have no new ideas, just more of the same duplicity and stale talking points. Just a loosely regurgitated and repackaged combination of buzz words (freedom, liberty, Mom, apple...
View Article"Lamestream media" - now advises Tea Party candidates
Don't you just love the 'liberal media'? In a surprise (not a shocker) Chris Cilliza of the WaPo offers up some unsolicited advice to the unlikely candidate for NV-Sen, Sharrrrrron Angle.
View ArticleGOP scofflaws and pay-for-play used in WI union busting
Heard a union worker roll through this on the Ed show just a while ago. Seems like you need some tax cheats and payoffs to break the public service unions here in WI.
View ArticleGovernor Walker, a view from the inside UPDATE
I’ll give him one thing, the Governor must be a good poker player. You would have to be to go on so many programs and tell the lies that he has.I had started to do the research on this, but in that...
View ArticleGovernor Walker: “This should come as no surprise”
That is Governor Walker’s defense of his plans to effectively legislate the public service unions out of existence. Yesterday I linked to Assemblyman Mark Pocan’s blog in (a view from the inside)....
View ArticleBREAKING: WI Senate plans to ARREST Wisconsin 14
I don't have any more detail at this time other than alocal news report but apparently the remaining GOP Senators passed a resolution that gives them the authority to do this.From the coverage:senators...
View ArticleGlaring evidence of white (affluent) vs. black (poor) "Justice"
So, last night I was bored. Was flipping the channels when i came across an ABC 20/20 segment. The story follows Paul Ghysels, a Vietnam era Navy vet. At retirement he decides to move into the...
View ArticleLike US policy in the Middle East. Clinton promises more of the same.
In an article published in HuffPo and reprinted in CommonDreams.org, Jefferey Sachs looks at Hillary’s speech to the CFR on ISIS. What he, and probably many others, see is a continuation of our failed...
View ArticleIt is well known that money in politics affects only Republicans
I have long thought that corporate money in politics is corrupting. Well before Citizens United or McCutcheon even. Corporations are beholding to their shareholders (many of which are in the executive...
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