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Archive | January, 2009
Tip O’Neill’s After Hours Salon
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g32oijfkhH4 Well, this certainly seems fitting in the afterglow of Republican stiffing the new, popular President, all the while people are freezing because of a failed power grid. Nope, can’t spend money on that. But when it’s Tip O’Neill time that means we enjoy our favorite beverage, putting all worries on ice. Free for all [...]
A Personal Note on Labor and the Middle Class
“I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem, to me it’s part of the solution.” – President Barack Obama I married a blue collar craftsman not all that long ago. Today, after many, many years as a Southwest Gas technician, he took early retirement. One of the things he’s said over [...]
Turkey’s Endrogen Walks Out of Davos Panel
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGKFUatFG8M&eurl Resisting efforts by Mr. Ignatius to end the session, Mr. Erdogan continued, saying to Mr. Peres, “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill.” – New York Times Even at Davos, moderating a panel on Gaza can be diplomatically dangerous. David Ignatius might just have caused an international incident between Israel [...]
Clinton ‘Monster’ Critic Likely Tapped as Senior NSC Aide
Both the Associated Press, as well as Al Kamen, are reporting that the woman who caused such a stir back during the primaries just might be working closely, even traveling with Secretary Clinton. There’s buzz that Samantha Power, an early supporter of Obama who advised him on foreign policy, may be reunited with Hillary Rodham [...]
Blagojevich Speaks After Impeachment
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2wtcFe4HI4 After the statement above, Mr. Blagojevich continued talking… and talking… and talking. He’s some piece of work. Hello Governor Quinn: According to state law, Pat Quinn, the lieutenant governor, assumed chief executive power upon the vote and was expected to take the oath of office for ceremonial purposes before the end of the day.Mr. [...]
The Last Thing I Want to See During the Super Bowl
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c&eurl Kudos to NBC. The network rejected the stomach-churning ad. NBC is coming under fire from pro-life advocates for rejecting a television commercial a pro-life group hoped to run during the Super Bowl. The ad shows a beautiful picture of an unborn child during an ultrasound and asks what would happen if President Barack Obama [...]
Dems Hit Republicans with Stimulus Ads
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Qdt8uQm68&eurl Consider it rapid response to die hard Republican partisanship. Americans United for Change, MoveOn.org Political Action, AFSCME and SEIU are hitting the Republicans hard, nationally, but also senators in their home states. More ads here.
A Good Headline
This is more like it: Obama sets himself a high political bar The economic stimulus bill is his first big test in replacing ‘old habits’ with less partisanship in Washington. That’s a headline worthy of what Obama is trying to set up. Compared to Mark Halperin’s “bad sign” drivel it’s the difference between journalism and [...]
Halperin Compares Obama to Bush
This is instructive. After reviewing the media who was very kind to Obama, it’s painfully obvious in Mr. Halperin’s latest appearance that he’s trying to go in the opposite direction to prove he can criticize the popular new president. People who make a living at writing about these things just don’t know what to do [...]
Obama Iraq Strategy Challenged by Odierno
A new president always gets his challenges from the deeply imbedded establishment. When you inherit wars that goes double. We’re about to find out whether Obama can listen to the military, respect what they’re saying, but stand by his commitment to honor the Status of Forces Agreement, as well as his promise to begin to [...]
Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Act
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-eiM2S4Eqg –updated and edited with new content– I’d like to add a little color to what happened this morning. First, President Obama now has his BlackBerry clipped to his belt. But on the Ledbetter signing, VPOUS Biden, who created the Violence Against Women Act, and Secretary Clinton, a champion for women in the workplace and [...]
House Republicans Stiff Obama
The new president is going to get blamed for whatever doesn’t go right in the stimulus, so I sure hope he’s happy at the end of this, because he’s going to own it. Candidate Barack Obama said he would be bipartisan, so President Obama brought Republicans in to the stimulus debate. He went out of [...]
Self-Important Gasbag Alert
Well, Dick Armey sure went out of his way to prove his central point, politics as he represents it is “juvenile.” “I am sure damn glad that you are not my wife, ’cause I’d have to listen to that prattle from you.” – Dick Armey While telling Mr. Armey he was delusional to think he’d [...]
TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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