Friday Awwwwwww
My blog tends toward the overwhelmingly negative, so it’s high time I spotlighted some presidential cuteness.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AFP) – A visit to see the president of the United States is probably the best excuse in the world to skip school, especially if he then personally writes your teacher a note.
President Barack Obama, who has [...]
…Then the Terrorists Win
The accused murderer of Wichita doctor George Tiller gets his wish, after all, as Tiller’s clinic confirms that it is closing for good.
George Tiller’s clinic will close in the wake of the Wichita abortion provider’s shooting death, lawyers for the Tiller family said today.
Lee Thompson and Dan Monnat, the family’s lawyers, said in a statement [...]
Anti-Union Stoopid from MSNBC
MSNBC’s Morning Joe is well-known for banging the corporate gong, but their contortions can be painful to watch (video at link):
The Morning Joe crew was on an anti-union tear this morning, claiming the union label on a company means “sell.” Mika Brzezinski went so far as to say of unions: “They cripple the system that [...]
Determined to Attack Inside the United States
Anchorage broadcaster Shannyn Moore breaks out the t-word to describe recent attacks on churches, and implicates American media apologists for violence:
It’s shocking to write. But it’s time to start calling it what it is.
When Jim D. Adkisson walked into the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church with 76 rounds and a shot-gun, he killed 2 people [...]
Meanwhile, Back in the Bubble
Former President Bush (say that again if it helps) isn’t just bragging about all his Big Boy accomplishments in the White House. Having fled to an exclusive Dallas suburb (which repealed its all-white bylaw only in 2000), he now congratulates himself on becoming a regular guy:
“It was a humbling moment for the former commander in [...]
Summer’s Here, The Time Is Right
The Iraq War, which no one seems to care much about either continuing or ending, drags on. Typically, the forgotten enlisted troops pay for our indecisiveness:
US soldiers are now being forced to steal water in Iraq. With supplies tight, and the number of trucks carrying potable water even tighter, troops have resorted to stealing water [...]
The People’s Smoke
Cigarettes are patriotic–and patriotism is mandatory.
In an effort to kick-start the Chinese economy, Communist Party officials are being asked to do their bit – by smoking. In Hubei province’s Gongan County, the order has come down from above that local government staff must consume 23,000 cartons of locally made cigarettes every year, which translates into [...]
Tone Deaf–Again
The current swine-flu epidemic is a good reason to take another look at the economic stimulus bill. Guess who’s left looking stupid and evil yet again?
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus [...]
Bill O’Reilly is a Corporate Dirtbag
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, like most of the hard right in media, has rediscovered the pleasures of contrarianism since the election, with fascism less in fashion in American politics. Don’t miss this howler from Wednesday night:
This is obviously a major story — when a powerful corporation which controls a major part of the American media [...]
Remember When?
Jason Leopold reminds us of a previous liberal vendetta against waterboarding, carried out by Ronald Reagan’s Department of Justice, back when we thought the practice illegal:
In 1983, the Justice Department prosecuted a Texas sheriff and three of his deputies for waterboarding prisoners to get them to confess to crimes.
The deputies were sentenced to four years [...]
