If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today\’s is from Bob Hebert\’s visceral column, \”An Absence of Class,\” in which he laments the lack of decorum in the past year\’s debate over...
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Morning Constitutional – Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Good morning, folks. Sarah has a reality show she wants to tell you about, Reese has a new beau, and Joan Jett has some advice for Lady Gaga. And we have a morning constitutional: President Obama signing the health care reform bill into law today, as Republicans vow to continue doing everything they can to kill it. Sen. Judd Gregg hopes to bring back some of that town hall anger. Call somebody an offensive slur and get them to apologize? That\’s what conservative bloggers seem to be trying to do. Tories in Britain struggle with appearances of...
Continue reading...Photoblogging the Revolution
It was a really nice day on Saturday here in D.C, so Estes and I decided to take a jaunt around town and enjoy the sun. Apparently, a number of Tea Party activists had the same idea, so we decided to take some pictures. Below is a photo-journal of sorts of our walk around the Capitol building, where the Tea Partiers had decided to scream about the government.
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today\’s comes from Paul Krugman\’s excellent column entitled \”Fear Strikes Out,\” in which he compares the opposition to health care reform to its advocates. Instead,...
Continue reading...Seal the Deal!
I spent much of the morning watching “Washington Journal” on C-SPAN. Nutters are pisssssed. That said, most of the anger seems to be about the ‘process’ and the ‘back room deals.’ Now, I’ve seen no formal analysis , but based on what I know thus far, most deals were over policy and did not happen more than usual. I have to assume that people complaining about ‘process’ are new to watching legislation happen and either (a) don’t like our system or (b) don’t understand what is happening. Either way, fuck it, we have healthcare and that should...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Monday, 22 March 2010
Good morning, everybody. Borat got married, Rosie wants to come back, and there\’s going to be a new Shel Silverstein book. Now, on to your morning constitutional: \”We proved that this government—a government of the people and by the people—still works for the people,\” President Obama said last night, as the House of Representatives, in a 219-212 vote, passed the Senate health care reform bill. In a separate 220-211 vote, they additionally sent a package of changes to the Senate. The Times has some details on the contents of the bill. Reuters weighs in as well. The...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Despite Brooks sounding like a Communist version of Bernie Sanders today, today\’s Line of the Day (TM) comes from Roger Cohen, who in today\’s column...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Friday, 19 March 2010
Happy Friday, everyone. John Stewart is Glenn Beck, upsets apparently abound and if you needed any more, here\’s your morning constitutional: Who knew that a move from \’This Week\’ to \’Good Morning America\’ was a promotion? Rep. Steve Cohen with a touching tribute to Alex Chilton. \”Oh, I keep the beer in the other fridge.\” Nate Silver counts to 216. Tony Judt on Obama, the EU and Transatlanticism. Finally, this is perfect for a beautiful day.
Continue reading...Here's to the state of Richard Nixon
President George W. Bush famously hoped that history would vindicate his—er—less popular decisions. Well, it seems that history is beginning to vindicate another president that fell in disgrace in his own era. His bigotry, racism, foul mouth and criminal actions notwithstanding, President Richard Milhouse Nixon, in hindsight, is starting to look downright palatable. The filibuster has been, as of late, a thorn in the side of the Senate’s ability to accomplish anything. “Consider the history,” Bruce Ackerman writes at The American Prospect: It now takes 60 Senators (three-fifths) to end a filibuster, but for most of the...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you\’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I\’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today\’s is from Gail Collins, who in today\’s column entitled \”Sex Scandals to Learn By,\” referring to the recent GQ interview with Rielle Hunter, John...
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