Month: October 2009

Quote of the Day

This is rich: “The fact that our numbers are up 30 plus in the news arena on basic cable I’d like to think is a sign that we are just putting what we believe to be the facts out on the table,” said Michael...

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Open Thread

It’s 3-1 Tigers in the bottom of the fifth. Is Detroit really going to pull this out? Update [2009-10-6 19:35:44 by BooMan]: Now 4-3 Twinkies in the bottom of the seventh. Update [2009-10-6 19:45:52 by BooMan]: Damn. Went...

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Annoying Stupid Politicians

Never mind that the administration says it doesn’t want them right now and that they will complicate its diplomatic efforts; lawmakers always think that they know best and that the public always rewards bellicosity. So,...

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Why So Pessimistic?

David Sirota thinks that the the left doesn’t exist in this country. Depending on how you define ‘exist’ and ‘the left,’ I might agree with him. Certainly, we don’t have any viable political...

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Another Dimension on the Chessboard

If you’ve been following the health care debate closely, this is not news to you: Emanuel and other White House advisers made a calculation early in the healthcare debate that they needed at least one powerful industry on...

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