The Local Crank

• Conservative Hypocrisy Watch

  Congressional Republicans were for transparency before they were against it. [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:48pm EST
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• Senate Arcanum

  An interesting overview of the convoluted, Byzantine rules by which the Greatest Deliberative Body in the World operates and how they might apply to the healthcare reform debate.  It’s a bitter irony that Democrats loved these rules when they were in the minority and Republicans bitterly denounced them as “undemocratic” [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:01pm EST
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• Free Range Children?

  Good article from TIME Magazine on a phenomenon I have been noticing for some time: over-parenting.  It brings up a larger issue of the infantilization of American society in general.  You see this on both the Left and the Right–with the Right wanting to “protect” us from immorality and the [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:50pm EST
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• Bad Moon On the Rise

  The Great and Powerful Kos has polling data showing a HUGE enthusiasm gap between Democratic and Republican voters for the 2010 midterm elections.  To me, this suggests that Democratic voters 1) have incredibly unrealistic expectations of how things actually work in politics and therefore 2) are disappointed that Obama, Pelosi [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:24pm EST
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• Yes, You Are Being Screwed on Your Taxes…

  …no, it’s not how you think. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:05pm EST
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• Independents Day

  Some political science geekery:  interesting analysis of recent poll numbers, arguing that Obama’s loss of support among Independents is not as catastrophic as it has been played in the MSM. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:52pm EST
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• The State of the Debate

  Good article from Nate Silver on the various threats to Health Care Reform from the Right and the Left. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:58am EST
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• Social Engineering

  A good column from Tim Giago (Oglala Lakota) about the Indian experience with social engineering, Christian “charity” and do-gooders who had “only the best interests” of the Indians at heart. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:31pm EST
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• The Rule of Law

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  Eric Holder announces, rightly, that the scumbag terrorists who masterminded 9-11 will be tried at the site of their horrific crime, the Southern District of New York, before a civilian judge and jury.  The Right-Wing Howler Monkey Media Chorus and the Republic Party (which has become so debased that support [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:49am EST
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• Republicans Eat Their Own, Part Three

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  New poll indicates that Olympia Snowe, one of the last of the Republican moderates and one of only two Republicans left in all of New England, would be soundly thrashed in a primary against a hypothetical “conservative.”  This, combined with pretend Republic Party chairman Michael Steele’s not-so-subtle threat against Joseph [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:40pm EST
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• Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

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  Fuck no. Thank you.  This has been Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:42pm EST
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• Fifty Years In the Making

  House passes healthcare reform. Joseph Cao (a Baylor grad, I am proud to say) casts the only Republican vote in favor.  The big fight now moves on to the Senate, and of course we have no idea what will happen in conference.  Still, Obama can rightfully be proud of this [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:13pm EST
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• ATTENTION, JOHN BOEHNER!

  It’s called “Schoolhouse Rock”; look into it.  You, too, Todd Akin.   [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:39am EST
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• Republicans Eat Their Own, Part Two

  Just getting warmed up in Upstate New York, the Glenn Beckians set their sights on other heretics. Obviously, it’s early in the presidential process yet, but I can’t help but notice that the stars seem to be aligning for a lunatic fringe Republican nominee in 2012… I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.   [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:46pm EST
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• David Vitter:

  Cowardly chickenshit.  I understand that Republicans need all the votes they can get in the Senate, really I do.  After all, Democrats have to hold their noses while the likes of Joe Lieberman stab them in the back.  But I cannot for the life of me fathom how any Republican [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:26pm EST
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• Republicans Eat Their Own

  Not sure how throwing a moderate overboard for an extremist who doesn’t even live in the district is a sign of strength.  What message does this send to the last two Congressional Republicans in all of New England, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins?  Sounds like the same message Scozzafava got: [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:54pm EST
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