Last night, I went to set up the VCR to record “24″ (I know, I live in the stone age) and caught the last few minutes of President Obama’s press conference.
Thanks to the wonders of the amazing internet workers, I was able to find a YouTube clip of the segment I saw.
NPR’s Mara Liasson asked [...]
This doesn’t look good.
Via, Washington Times:
President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so [...]
From the Anchoress, who is a brilliant blogger, by the way, and humble about it, which makes her all the more a pleasure to read.
We’ve watched the press pretend to beat their breasts for “not asking the tough questions of Bush” in the time leading up to the invasion of Iraq. That’s a distortion; they [...]
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I just saw this on C-SPAN.
“Michael Steele, Former Lt. Gov. of Maryland was elected the new Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He received 91 votes on the sixth ballot. Eighty Five votes were needed to win.”
The video of his acceptance speech will be available soon.
In the meantime, here is his speech at the RNC [...]
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Republicans are acting like Republicans again.
The House passed the stimulus bill.
No Republicans voted for the bill
From the Times Online (UK):
Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan today, the first such strikes since Barack Obama became president and a clear sign that the controversial military policy begun by George W Bush has not changed.
Security officials said the strikes, which saw up to five missiles slam [...]
Here is an example of the kind of tug-at-the-heartstrings story we hear all the time. Poor, unsuspecting Arab gentleman mistaken for a terrorist by the evil Republican administration that hates brown people is torn from his home and family and subjected to the harsh conditions of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay.
Said Ali al-Shihri traveled [...]
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Can I just say, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
This clip from the Daily Show is so hilarious.
I wondered how long it would take before someone pointed out that they are saying the same things. I must admit, though, less time than I thought.
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With all this talk (and talk, and talk…) about President Obama and the coverage given to President Bush’s legacy, the man who seems to have been overlooked in all the hoopla is Vice President Dick Cheney. Well, except that he was in a wheelchair today.
The only things I was able to find about him were [...]
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“This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal.” – Barack Obama
The day is finally here. The day we have been reading about on bumper stickers for years. 01.20.09
I have been trying to look past my own disagreements with the people who will be running [...]
