Christy has a great take on the Rush Limbaugh situation. Having the insight of being a former prosecutor, makes her one of the best to listen to also. Now I have a couple of things I been thinking about on this. First, let’s look at the known facts on this case: Rush Limbaugh was detained […]
When you can’t manage situations, then you must throw money at it. That seems to be the Republican way of dealing things and it causes a big mess and a bigger burden for the U.S. tax payer: Among the many superlatives associated with Hurricane Katrina can now be added this one: it produced one of […]
Via CBS4 WEST PALM BEACH Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening. Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic when officials found the drugs, among them Viagra. Limbaugh […]
Last week there was a buzz on the blogosphere, mainly from the right, that Olbermann could be losing his job. We now find out that is no where near the case, and him along with Chris Matthews are the only two protected from changes right now: If NBC’s selection of Dan Abrams, an on-air anchor, […]
Now the talking points on this should be very interesting: Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack by Republicans for trying to set a timetable for withdrawal. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) […]
The newly constructed conservative Supreme Court has made a ruling overturning the campaign finance laws of Vermont: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Vermont’s limits on contributions and spending in political campaigns are too low and improperly hinder the ability of candidates to raise money and speak to voters. In a fractured set of opinions, […]
Take this quick quiz and see if you can guess who said what. You got a choice between Ann Coulter and Adolf Hitler. I ended up only missing two but I have read enough of Coulter’s trash to know many of them. (DISCLAIMER: I only read Coulter trash to provide my readers with thoughtful debunking […]
I posted yesterday about an article in Friday’s WaPo, which said Jon Stewart was hurting democracy. Now a new site is born. Check out Enemy of Democracy and help support Jon Stewart (h/t Paulpaz in the comments)
Now that the war-mongering lunatics of the right-wing are preparing their latest in viscous attacks, murthalied.com, we find out that Murtha has been telling the truth all along: The U.S. military charged a soldier with voluntary manslaughter on Sunday for shooting an unarmed Iraqi man in February, the latest of several such cases to come […]
This is truly disgusting. We send these people over to fight in a war that illegal and based upon fabrications, misinterpretations and flat-out lies, yet our country refuses to do anything for them. Thousands of U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are facing a new nightmare – the risk of homelessness. The U.S. government […]