Regarding the Republicans' reasons for objecting to Obama's stimulus plan, and their own solutions for keeping the tax cuts for the rich ( Read more... )

"I was on the yellow line on the Metro this morning headed to L'Enfant Plaza, where I had to pick up an inauguration ticket at my friend's place. All of the sudden, as we're just meters away from the station, the conductor announces cheerily: "Sorry, L'Enfant Plaza is now closed. The next stop is Pentagon". So this train full of people, thinking ( Read more... )

"There's a lot of personal pique, invective, put-downs & neocon sour grapes in these posts. The whiners, complainers, & doom-sayers need to chill out & realize that times have changed. The quarter-century neocon experiment in fiscal irresponsibility, greed, self-interest, & national hubris failed. It brought us down, our country is broke, its ( Read more... )

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I strongly recommend this reading of a keen Alaskan citizen about the Alaskan election results:
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/

"It's interesting how you folks wish to belittle our interest in Palin's clothing budget. For sure its a very minor issue. No argument there.

But....in ( Read more... )

Holy Shit! Obama won North Carolina, Missouri, and it's still pretty tied in Montana and Indiana. Ooohhhh shiiiiiittt.... He's up ONLY 24,000 votes in INDIANA right now and 881 votes in Montana although that's only 55% complete ( Read more... )

"I'd buy the trickle down theory if these corporations would actually re-invest in our country, but as long as these corporations act like corporations and invest where the cheapest labor is, overseas, then trickle down is never going to work"

Is anyone else amused by the fact that sarah palin is wearing a polar bear pin on her jacket during her interview for hannity and colmes tonight?

In case you haven't seen this, please please please watch this
I almost fell off my chair laughing
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/
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