Obama: Time to break out the Fagles
Sean MurphyA one-two punch that makes me feel worse, not better, than I did yesterday. First, at The Huffington Post, comes Robert Kuttner's ominously entitled Geithner's Last Stand, here. Then,…
You Using the Whole Fist, Wall Street?
I can't get that hot, asphalt taste out of my mouth. We're all out of money, it seems, but there is plenty of tar to go around. I was only…
This Just In: Richard Cohen is still a Clown
I've found ample reason to be disgusted with Richard Cohen's clownish and self-aggrandizing claptrap many times in the past, including back in January, when I made the following observation: When…
Dead Man Walking
Abortion is a woman's choice? Homsexuality is not a choice? What on earth is a high profile Republican doing make comments like this, in public? There is absolutely no place…
Texas: The New Island of Misfit Toys?
You know the drill. There is no chin under Chuck Norris’ beard; there is only another fist. There is also no brain under Chuck Norris’ head; there is only the…
Send Another Moses
While the Republicans continue to reel, and dig themselves a bit further into that crevasse (while, not wanting to lose any time in the spotlight in an apparent race-to-the-death to see…
Careful with that Axe, Jindal
Note to GOP. This guy: Is going to inspire about as much confidence as these guys: Actually, that's not fair to any of the fine Americans listed above (why would…
February 19, 1942
On this day in 1942 Executive Order 9066 was issued. That is, the infamous presidential/executive order that, validated by America's state of war, gave a president (FDR) the power to consign…
The Krug or, In The Court of the Commerce King
Good riddance to that cynical putz, Judd Gregg. And frankly, thank you very little Tim Geithner for your impenetrable, marble-mouthed "strategy", which wasn't exactly Viagra for concerned Americans' confidence levels. Let's make a bold move that…
Tar and Feather Time, Redux
The Associated Press Wednesday, February 11, 2009; 10:18 AM WASHINGTON -- Internal e-mails indicate the owner of a peanut company urged his workers to ship tainted products after receiving test…