Comcast is out. AT&T supports idiot tea-baggers. Directv is owned by news corp (fox “news”). Hmm. Dish network may be free of right wing lunacy. But it looks like I’d have to spend $40/month (special price) to get three of the four channels I watch a lot. And that rate increases after a year. So [...]
Read the comments of my video. Its clear this video got 5,000 views because a certain group of people think its something its not. I even had the explanation there for the curious. 7 different plants (lupines, snapdragons, catnip, red onions and some I’ve forgotten). My newest video is here. I’m up to 7 views [...]
With and without PAYGO, the deficit has increased dramatically since Pelosi became speaker, under both Presidents Bush and Obama. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s November monthly budget review contains a chart that shows the deficit steadily climbed from $161 billion in 2007 to $459 billion in 2008, and peaked at $1.4 trillion in 2009. By [...]
Yahoo.com is literally swamped with dumb people, parroting right wing talking points. Its the new AOL. On yahoo answers, we are treated with 90%+ garbage questions, asked repeatedly. For example, there’s the right’s big 200 million dollar / day lie which ended up on more than half a million websites within a day or two [...]
This morning, Bloomberg reporter Drew Armstrong broke an incredible story revealing that health insurance companies, like UnitedHealth and CIGNA, funneled $86.2 million into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2009 to pay for the Chamber’s multifaceted campaign to kill President Obama’s health reform legislation. More at thinkprogress
Its simply unbelievable we elected so many republicans who don’t understand how the deficit works. They don’t realize that tax cuts (reduced tax revenue) and increased spending ARE THE SAME THING, as far as the deficit is concerned. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
AT&T was the top contributor — with a whopping $351,500 — to members of the House Tea Party Caucus, led by the extremist Michele Bachmann, according to July totals from OpenSecrets.org I will be cancelling my AT&T services. And Comcast. No need to give money to corporations attempting to buy our elections. Unfortunately, that means [...]
I’ve tried to care about this show. Unfortunately, I seem to be falling into the Bourne trap. Every time I try to watch the Event I end up falling asleep. I’m not sure why that is, but obviously I haven’t grown attached to the main characters. The pace doesn’t seem fast, but a lot has [...]
Last year, I noted that Conner walked nearly twice as often as he struck out, in his debut at Vancouver. This year, at Kane Country, Conner walked 126 times. In 134 games. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Connor-Crumbliss.shtml That led to a 0.421 on base percentage. Conner also struck out 92 times, but I’ll take that ratio. Why do I [...]
Last month, Cenk Uygur posted “Why Rahm was 100% Wrong” on huffiingtonpost.com The Rahm Emanuel strategy was to cut deals with power brokers in Washington and ignore what liberals wanted. This was best illustrated when he called liberals “fucking retarded” for trying to push for real change. His attitude was that you could ignore progressive [...]
Bob Cesca says what I’ve been saying, and we all know – those that pay attention to politics. “If you happen to be a swing voter who’s considering the Republican slate next month, you’re being tricked. That’s not to say you’re an idiot, but the Republicans are doing an excellent job masking over what they [...]
Turns out, he’s a bit of a weeper, glen beck style. This is nothing new for Boehner. He cried on the floor of the House to get Bush’s TARP bailout passed for another recent example. Anyone remember how the right treated Hillary Clinton for this display of emotion? Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to [...]
by Pat Bagley http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/5b66494b-6630-4263-904f-a9cdad754020.html More by Pat Bagley can be found here
This link keeps a running list of Fox sponors. http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news-sponsors/fox-sponsors-a-l/ I have contacted some of these – the companies that I currently give money to and let them know that I disapprove of their propaganda (fox “news”) sponsorship.
For the past two years, foxpublicans have spent half their time whining about spending, despite their policies accounting for a vast majority of the deficit. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman talks about deficit hysteria here, and not long ago he wrote this op-ed entitled, “hey small spender” This list will include all legislation signed [...]
5 Reasons Americans Are So Wrong About Major Economic Facts I’ll highlight number 3 on their list. 3) Blame the Media The role of the media is to inform. So the media bears responsibility for this triumph of misinformation. But the problem with blaming “the media” is that “the media” isn’t unified enough to blame. [...]
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