The news is full of coverage of the anniversary of 9/11. You can change the channel without being reminded of what happened 10 years ago today. It was one of the most tragic days in American history and one none of us will ever forget. And while we spend the day remembering this anniversary, let’s […]
Stories like this are becoming all too common in our society today and we really need a large national discussion on how what is causing it and how to fix it: Sladjana Vidovic’s body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom. Days earlier, […]
For months the news was inundated with coverage of “illegal activities” by ACORN. Last night Rachel Maddow showed for the first time the unedited “undercover” video tapes that lead to ACORN’s demise. ACORN has a very good case here against FOX News, James O’Keefe and Andrew Breitbart. Their quest for ratings have cost a lot […]
Image by thisisbossi via Flickr Here is a disturbing new trend appearing in America: There’s a new slogan making its way onto car bumpers and across the Internet. It reads simply: “Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8” A nice sentiment? Maybe not. The psalm reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” […]
Greg Sargent believes so: Whatever you think of Media Matters, there’s no denying that the group led a campaign against Dobbs that had to have played some kind of role in his departure. CNN president Jonathan Klein reportedly told Dobbs months ago that he wanted Dobbs to tone down his opinions. It’s hard to imagine […]
This from a new CBS/New York Times poll is stunning: The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down health-care costs than the private sector. [SNIP] The national telephone survey, which […]
Times are tough for poor Rupert, so he has decided the time is coming to charge people to read his news: Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation‘s newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix a ”malfunctioning” business model. Encouraged by booming online subscription revenues at the Wall […]
Well, Specter, take [Sen. John] McCain with you. And his daughter [Meghan]. Take McCain and his daughter with you if you’re gonna… Republican Leader Rush Limbaugh on news of Specter switching parties. That’s a pretty bad statement, but even worse is his rationale for it: …..It’s ultimately good. You’re weeding out people who aren’t really […]
If you been following my blog for awhile you know that I take the demise of the GOP very seriously. Sure they are fun to pick on and its funny to watch, but our democracy is reliant upon a two party system to enact a system of checks and balances. That very ideal is in […]
Rush Limbaugh will be addressing CPAC on it’s final day today. I wonder why kind of reception they will give the man who constantly airs his desire for our President to “fail”? Yesterday our troops heard from the commander in chief that the end is near in Iraq and were given a date certain when […]