This morning on CNN Tom Kean, former member of the 9/11 commission, was talking about how Obama is “taking on to much”, echoing the same right-wing talking point we have heard all year. Let’s think about that. To a Republican like Kean, Obama shouldn’t be focusing on other things besides terrorism. We just had 8 […]

The threads aren’t lining up with the comments totally. I think it’s from me deleting a bunch of old posts that were never published or anything. I think I got most lined back up, but if you do see a problem please let me know.

Last night I posted the good news that December marked the first month since the start of the Iraq war that no U.S. service members died in hostile actions. I hope that is the start of a new trend, but given the recent developments of a judge dismissing all charges against Blackwater, I can’t be […]

The last decade is by no doubt the Bush decade since he held office for 4/5 of it, so the fact that we had zero net job creating during the decade should really stick to his legacy. To put it in visual terms, check out this graph: You can only blame 9/11 for so much […]

What happened in Iraq last year, and last month particularly, was really good news. We can’t let that over shadow the bad news that has come out of Afghanistan. 2009 was the deadliest year for U.S. forces in the 8+ year war: */ Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov […]

December 2009 was the first month that no U.S. forces were killed in hostile action in Iraq since the war started: */ Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2003 0 0 58 50 8 18 28 16 18 33 69 25 323 2004 39 12 35 126 […]

Oh for fuck sakes! Honestly I’m in the boat of “who cares”. People are going to hear the word, so why keep trying to hide it. I’m sure we can except some outrage from the fundamentalists though. You know, the same people who just turned the other cheek when Cheney used the word.

Happy new year everyone. I hope all have a fun night and remain safe. If you get too bored I hear the golfing is really nice in Hawaii right now. One less asshole hitting the links.

It’s becoming very obvious that Andrew Breitbart is getting his jollies off by twittering about fisting and other sexual acts. Just check out his feed: What is your favorite @mmfa Soros-funded ‘senior fellow’ moment of ’09? #fisting #watersports #acorn #mao #yosisargent #infinity 6 minutes ago from web My fave 09 Soros senior fellow @mmfa ‘R […]

Chris Matthews shows his infinite wisdom yet again: “And I think we have got to get serious about catching terrorists, not just catching weapons. I‘m waiting for the terrorist who knows kung fu or something that gets on an airplane without a weapon. God knows what that is going to be like.” Welcome to the […]