Author: BooMan

I literally agree with every word that Steve Benen says in his piece on the way the press is treating Obama’s pitch for a jobs bill. But I also think it’s legitimate to ask the president how the hell he thinks...

George Will should probably drag his sorry ass down to the Wall Street protests and ask some people about the “consent of the governed.” Ironically, what he’s trying to sell is less attractive than Ford’s...

Unemployed people don’t pay taxes and tend to use government services, so obviously high unemployment creates a drain on the budget. Many Democrats would like to see the deficit Super Committee’s forthcoming fiscal...

I used to have cordial relations with Harry Reid’s office. That ended abruptly on May 20th, 2009. I heard it first hand from his office. But, fuck them. I was right and they were wrong. Reid hasn’t done too many...

I am writing this on a MacBook Air that you all bought for me, but I could be typing it on my iPhone, or CabinGirl’s iPad, or her MacBook Pro, or her iPhone. Steve Jobs is dead. That’s a technical term. In reality,...