So, Conservatives for Patients' Rights, one of the leading anti-healthcare reform groups, has touted this ad as their "death star" strategy to kill the public option once and for all:
Umm.
Okay, guys, any reader of this blog will know that organizations like CPR (cute) are' [...]
A few random musings on the Kanye West-Taylor Swift-Beyonce-VMA kerfluffle*:
Kanye was wrong to say that Beyonce's video for "Single Ladies" is "one of the best videos of all time." It's a perfectly fine video. There's nothing wrong with it. And, it's certainly better than the pedestrian attempts at [...]
After CEO and co-founder John Mackey's intellectually bankrupt and right-wing screed in the WSJ (are there any other kind they'd print?) yesterday, I'd be derelict and remiss not to join.
Boycotts are tricky things and they incur a lot of mindless wrath and' [...]
Remember when I blogged about things that mattered?
That's so five months ago.
What ever the spark or flame or cold-fusion related technology that allowed me to self-righteously pontificate on life, the universe and everything packed up and moved to Fort' [...]
I planned on blogging about something pseudo-substantial or at least vague to the point of seeming philosophical. But, then, I realized I'd rather just watch "Cop and a Half" starring Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II and featuring bit appearances from pro-skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and Maria Canals-Barrera (then simply' [...]
Dr. George Tiller, one of the few doctors across the country who perform partial-birth abortions, was murdered this morning. His calling was his crime.
A doctor who provided women a choice to make decisions regarding their own bodies was gunned down in cold blood. Because he gave women [...]
I, for one, cannot wait until a bankruptcy judge shreds the union contracts that were toiled, sweat, fought and bled for by UAW members. They're only union contracts anyway! Who really needs a' [...]
I saw Bruuuuuce for the third time last night with my mom and Katherine Haenschen.
Once again I was foiled in my clamoring for a live, full on, E-Street Band rendition of the greatest Rock'n'Roll song ever committed to magnetic tape, transferred to vinyl, remastered and then digitized [...]
I'm as happy as any other progressive that the residents of D.C. will soon have a permanent voting Representative in the House. Even better is that their Representative will be a Democrat (and likely a progressive one) for, like, ever.
This is certainly good news and the trade-off' [...]
Sean Penn gave the hands-down best acceptance speech tonight.
Whether it was shaming the narrow-minded bigots who voted to revoke marriage rights in California, decrying the outright hate-mongers outside of the Kodak Theatre who held signs saying that Heath Ledger deserved to die, or giving mad props to [...]
Even if the economy's tanking and the Phoenix Suns are implodingfaster than Tom Daschle's HHS nomination there's always time for a link-fest. Excited? I know you are.
Forgiving student loan debt is probably one of the better ideas floating around the Internets on how to deal' [...]
Another victim of tin-eared, graph paper-brained accountants and bureaucrats relying upon "analysis" to make their "decisions" based on "what's best" for the taxpayer.
I'd been expecting it since Wednesday so it wasn't shocking. It's still pretty devastating.
Here is (more or less) the text of a phone call that Paul Kelleher made to Bank Of America's estates unit to inform them of his mother's passing: Paul Kelleher: Yes, I'm calling to inform you that my mom died on [...]
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of that cold February day when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper tragically died in a plane crash at the height of their careers.
Here is the Senate's version of the Stimulus Plan:
* Tax cuts for Working Families - $247 billion * Job-creating Investments in Infrastructure and Science - $165 billion * Job-creating Investments in Health - $153 billion * Job-creating Investments in Education and Training - $138 billion [...]
Like the closing of steel mills and auto plants there's something so valuable that's been lost and that ain't comin' back.
Like the chocolate taken out of Hershey's there's something integral missing that you knew you could sense but never really believed until you read [...]
Today it was reported that Merrill Lynch paid out $4 billion in executive bonuses immediately before the Bank of America buyout that was only made possible due to government matching with the use of TARP funds.
That's called "stealing" and yet the Democratic leadership in the Senate [...]
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Austin City Council candidate (and Elvis Costello fan) Chris Riley:
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Okay, so before you wonder, yes, this is serious.
