Author: BooMan

Quote of the Day

This one comes from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH): “When a bully asks for your lunch money, you may have no choice but to fork it over. But cutting a deal with the bully is a different story, particularly if the...

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Thought Experiment on Health Insurance

For the sake of argument, let’s say that every privately owned home in the country is going to get old, have its electrical system go bad, catch on fire, and burn to the ground. And let’s say that you own one of...

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Scalia and Thomas are Nuts

Let’s say that you are put on trial for a murder that you didn’t commit. And then let’s say that you are convicted of that murder. And let’s say that you appeal your conviction but the conviction is...

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A Look Ahead

Jane Hamsher is right. And she deserves a ton of credit for her organizing and indefatigable energy. She has obtained the pledges of enough House Democrats to assure that the House cannot pass a health care reform bill that...

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Tommy To Cut the Rug

In my fantasy, Dancing With the Stars will have an all-Republican season, with two teams: the indicted and the convicted: Tom DeLay, the former Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives, will be a contestant on...

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