February 2009
“Tonight, we tell America: we know the past, we know we did wrong. My bad. But we...”
– Michael Steele
OK, the wooing me with apathetic hipness “my bad” part aside, let’s be honest about why you guys are in this current predicament. I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: there are less racists in America. Truly, really, that’s it. ‘Limited...
Kenneth's Frequency is Bullshit →
A spokeswoman for Bobby Jindal now says the Louisiana governor didn’t intend to imply that an anecdote about battling bureaucrats “during Katrina” actually took place during the heat of the rescue effort or directly involved the governor, then a member of Congress.
If High Taxes Led to Growth, the Most-Taxed... →
For the record, however, the most-taxed countries on Earth (i.e., the countries where revenue is the highest percent of GDP) are in order:
Denmark
Sweden
Belgium
France
Norway
In terms of per capita GDP these are, respectively, the 4th, 9th, 14th, 15th, and 3rd richest countries on earth while the United States is 17th.
Here Comes the Change Everybody
I thought it was hilarious how after about a week or so into Obama’s presidency, every Republican in America started crowing the predictable cry of “this isn’t ‘change’ we can believe in,” or “this is what you call change?” They were feeling ‘left out’ of policy negotiations and Obama wasn’t being bipartisan enough. Lindsey Graham...
There's only one problem with being nice.
Nice isn’t funny.
Watchapsies:
Kenneth the Page responds to Bobby Jindal Comparison
“The intellectual incoherence is stunning. Basically, the political philosophy of...”
– Krugman, dizzy with disbelief that Jindal decided to, of all things, criticize volcano monitoring.
8 Possible Titles for the $1 Million Octomom Porn →
8. MMMMMMMMILF
7. The World’s Biggest Vagina: The World’s Biggest Vagina (Echo)
6. 8 Is Never Enough (Penis)
5. Eight Men In
4. Nadya Su-layin’ Men: The Gangbang
3. 8 Mile (Vagina)
2. To Infinivadge And Beyond
1. Cocktomom
Michael Steele is more 'hip-hop' than I can handle →
GALLAGHER: Is this a time when Republicans ought to consider some sort of alternative to redefining marriage and maybe in the road, down the road to civil unions. Do you favor civil unions?
STEELE: No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you, crazy? No. Why would we backslide on a core, founding value of this country? I mean this isn’t something that you just kind of like, “Oh well,...
“Gov. Jindal’s stories of self-reliance were inspiring. Like Michelle Malkin, who...”
– Jon Swift (via azspot:apsies)
I love how the Katrina story was used to illustrate how horrible The Government is. Government is bad when it’s inept, and the government was inept when it was run by Republicans. End of story.
Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty →
The liberal approach to fiscal responsibility. It’s coming.
The full David Brooks bitch slap
JIM LEHRER: Now that, of course, was Gov. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, making the Republican response. David, how well do you think he did?
DAVID BROOKS: Uh, not so well. You know, I think Bobby Jindal is a very promising politician, and I oppose the stimulus because I thought it was poorly drafted. But to come up at this moment in history with a stale "government is the problem," "we can't trust the federal government" - it's just a disaster for the Republican Party. The country is in a panic right now. They may not like the way the Democrats have passed the stimulus bill, but that idea that we're just gonna - that government is going to have no role, the federal government has no role in this, that - In a moment when only the federal government is actually big enough to do stuff, to just ignore all that and just say "government is the problem, corruption, earmarks, wasteful spending," it's just a form of nihilism. It's just not where the country is, it's not where the future of the country is. There's an intra-Republican debate. Some people say the Republican Party lost its way because they got too moderate. Some people say they got too weird or too conservative. He thinks they got too moderate, and so he's making that case. I think it's insane, and I just think it's a disaster for the party. I just think it's unfortunate right now.
“If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth...”
– Nate Silver
Grover Norquist: The Conservative Nostradamus →
Here’s but one new bottom line: The Obama-Reid-Pelosi “stimulus” package involves some $1 trillion in new spending and debt. If Democrats and the mainstream media get their way and “pay for” this with a tax hike, the cost will be more than $3,000 for every single American. What’s to be done? Well, the good news is that while Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are working to make America poorer, less...
“I served 25 years on the bench and I’ve seen the results of this attempted...”
– Judge James P. Gray
I’m getting very cautiously excited about what might be on the verge of happening in California. Turning this into a fiscal argument is ingenious.
Kellog's Brand Damaged by Dumping Phelps →
As it should be! I for one continue to do my part. For example, the other day I was really stoned and hungry but still turned down a bowl of Raisin Bran that my friend offered me.
Never again, Kellog’s. Never again.
I wonder what was on Bristol's iPod →
The findings indicate that “people who are exposed to certain messages in music are more likely to copy or emulate what they hear,” said Dr. Brian A. Primack, a pediatrician and lead author of the study released Tuesday.
In other words, teens who hear about degrading sexual practices in their favorite songs might decide to try them out themselves. However, it’s also possible...
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Watchsoupsoup:brooklynmutt:
White House Tells CNBC’s Santelli: Grow Up!
Oxdown Gazette
Polls Rule →
Only 30% say Obama hasn’t done enough to cooperate with Republicans in Congress — the GOP base vote, basically — while 62% say he’s doing the right amount and 6% say it’s been too much. Flipping it around, only 27% say Republicans have done enough to cooperate with Obama, with 64% saying not enough and 5% saying too much.
David Brooks Gets It →
I always feel weird when I agree with this guy, but he completely nails it today (yesterday… whatever).
The nation’s economy is not just the sum of its individuals. It is an interwoven context that we all share. To stabilize that communal landscape, sometimes you have to shower money upon those who have been foolish or self-indulgent. The greedy idiots may be greedy idiots, but they are...
Traders 'Revolt' →
Don’t bother clicking the link… It’s the thing Drudge is currently flashing a siren about and using red type. You know it’s a big deal! Actually, whatever, click it, it’s hilarious.
It’s some loud-mouth trader on the floor in Chicago yelling about how much he hates Obama’s plan to help out the millions of Americans behind on their mortgages facing...
“We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.”
– Michael Steele
You could cherry pick at least 20 equally awesome quotes out of this article detailing Steele’s “off the hook” makeover plans for the GOP. You really have to hand it to this guy, he’s a true master of hip-hoppery.
Politico internal memo revealed →
Like a bunch of people, I checked Politico multiple times a day during the election because I was suffering from what can best be described as a crippling dependence on political news morsels in any shape or form, but haven’t really gone there since November because honestly, who gives a fuck… If you are or were like me, you might enjoy this super intense internal memo.
Baugher is back, and on Blogger. →
(via soupsoup)
Today is the best day ever!
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:
Now that the anonybloggers have been driven out of town, get ready for some glamour shots and oblique come-ons to web 2.0 founders. Looking back, I wonder, if only I had the courage, what could I have accomplished…
True. That.
Get ready for a bunch of consequence free shots of my balls. I’ve been saving them up!
The Joe Rogan: An open letter to Kellogg’s re:... →
poortaste:
optimisto:
Praise God
Hell yes.
Every night, all she wants to watch is 'Nights in...
“I deleted it,” I tell her…
She never remembers.
“Now, I have to say that given that they were running the show for a pretty long...”
– President Obama (via meredithnyc)
More Dubai Fail →
Shahar Peer, an Israeli, was scheduled to play a Russian, Anna Chakvetadze, in the first round Monday of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a major stop on the early-season circuit that features all but one of the top-10 players. Peer, ranked 48th, had planned to play this $2 million tournament for some time, but there was always the specter of real-world invasion, the matter of a visa...
“Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate,...”
– Alright Bobby Jindal. I’ll admit, I’ve hated you since I first heard your name uttered, but this… this is just too much.
The stimulus might create 50,000 jobs for Louisiana. With an unemployment rate hovering around 6%, a deficit of $3 or so billion and who knows how many people on welfare (easily...
I believe the correct term is... sarcasm? →