Posted on 18 March 2010
Taking aim at Kinky Dick Morris, Vice President Joe Biden said the political consultant and commentator is “quick to point out every time I put my foot in my mouth, but Dick at least it’s my foot.” VP Biden was speaking yesterday at Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner.
It’s desperation time for both sides — [...]
Tags: Bipartisan Health Care Reform, Bob Dole, CBO, Comprehensive Health Care Reform, Democrat vs Republican, Glenn Beck, Health-Care Reform, Healthcare Finale, Jon Stewart, Mitch McConnell, New Democratic Voters, Obamacare, Obstructionist Republicans, Peter King, Right-Wing Thugs
Posted on 03 March 2010
Columnist – John SammonMy gun is who I am. Love me. Love my gun. I R a patriot. I live where real Amer-cuns live. I be a member of the Thunderbolt Party. We wear German helmets and we carry the Bible and our guns.
We wear armbands with a thunderbolt on ‘em. Most of us are [...]
Tags: Charlton Heston, Dick Cheney, god, Guns, John Sammon, Moses, republicans, right-wing, Right-Wing Haters, Right-Wing Patriot, Tea-Bag, Tea-Baggers
Posted on 02 March 2010
Dana Milbank: In his 17 years pitching in the big leagues, Jim Bunning was known for his graceful curveball, his rising slider and his sidearm fastball. Now 78 years old and about to retire from the Senate, the Republican of Kentucky is apparently down to only one pitch: the screwball.
For four days, he has [...]
Tags: Dana Milbank, GOP Senators Deny ANYBODY is Unemployed, Health Insurance, Jim Bunning is Denying Satellite TV to Rural Americans, Party of NO!, Republicans and The 'Raw Deal', Sen. Jim Bunning, Senator Jim Bunning Has Cut Off Medicare Payments To Doctors, Senator Jim Bunning Has Shut Down Federal Flood Insurance and Highway Projects, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona: People Do Not Need Unemployement Benefits, Unemployment Benefits
Posted on 24 February 2010
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Alabama Republicans Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt took to the U.S. House floor in July, denouncing the Obama administration’s stimulus plan for failing to boost employment. “Where are the jobs?” each of them asked.
Bonner Asks ‘Where Are The Jobs‘
Over the next three months, Bonner and Aderholt tried at least five times [...]
Tags: $862 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Alan Simpson, Bonner Asks 'Where Are The Jobs, Jo Bonner, Republican Hypocrites, Robert Aderholt, Stimulus Hypocrites
Posted on 26 January 2010
One request from Erwin Berthold, the owner of Big Star Market in Petionville, Haiti, reflects this concern for profit over people. Berthold told the Washington Post about his supermarket, "We have everything cleaned up inside. We are ready to open. We just need some security. So send in the Marines, okay?" That militarization is well [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Benjamin Dangl, Big Star Market in Petionville, Colonialism and Imperialism, Disaster Capitalism Comes to Haiti, Disaster in Haiti, Earthquake in Haiti, Fanmi Lavalas, Fidel Castro, IMF, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, International Monetary Fund, International Peace Operations Association, IPOA, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Peter Hallward, Port-au-Prince, Profit over Life, The Center for International Policy, Toward Freedom