Author: BooMan

Right-Wing Poutrage

The Republicans crack me up when they complain about the president being political and “campaigning” against them. Here they are, taking a meat-axe to the federal budget, offering to give the president more...

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Bloomberg is Not Our Ally

I don’t consider it any better (really) when Michael Bloomberg spends his money on something I support than when Sheldon Adelson or the Koch Brothers spend money on things I don’t support. So, reading Kos’s...

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Serious Question

Rep. Walter “Freedom Fries” Jones (R-NC) says that Dick Cheney is going to hell for his role in leading this country into war in Iraq. One of the commenters in that article’s thread scoffs at the notion....

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Hagel Filibuster is Defeated

The time has come to drink Jennifer Rubin’s tears, as Chuck Hagel’s confirmation vote has cleared the cloture vote in the Senate and the stupid filibuster is finally broken. In the end, Hagel received 71 votes, which...

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Waiting for the Tantrum to End

Watching cable news, you will see iteration after iteration of Capitol Hill reporters and other commentators expressing mystification that the House isn’t talking to the Senate, the White House isn’t talking to...

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