Archive | January, 2011
ObamaCare Repeal Name: “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act”
Dude, I think Eric Cantor (R-VA) may be the one. Not the presidential nominee, silly, my soul mate. Now I just need to figure out how to tell my wife and kid. And yes, that’s the legal short name of the bill. And the legislation, which is clear as crystal as to its intentions, is [...]
Reagan Aide, Military Expert Found Murdered in Delaware
3. January 2011
What a gruesome story. John Wheeler, a military expert and decorated veteran who served as an aide to both Bush Administrations and the Reagan Administration, has been found murdered in Delaware. Wheeler, who was instrumental in getting the Vietnam War memorial built, was last seen on an Amtrak train last Tuesday. Today it has been [...]
Steele Somehow Messes Up Softball Question
3. January 2011
So gaffetastic is Michael Steele that he can incorrectly answer a question about his favorite book. Ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. The candidates had some interesting answers to the question of what their favorite book was. In order, their answers were… Michael Steele: War and Peace. (He then said, oddly, [...]
Seattle Seahawks Go to the Playoffs
2. January 2011
The state of the National Football League: The New York Giants with a 10-6 record are done, while the Seattle Seahawks with a 7-9 record move onto the playoffs. And the latter will now enjoy home-field advantage against the New Orleans Saints with their 11-5 record.
Five Must-See Political Movies
2. January 2011
These are movies than any self-respecting political junkie should have seen already, and that anyone newly-intrigued by politics absolutely must see. 5. The American President Against the advice of his best political aides, a widower president decides to start dating again. But his new love is a lobbyist who, well, you have to see the [...]
2010: Deadlier in Mexico Than Afghanistan
2. January 2011
More individuals were killed by drug violence in Mexico last year than lost their lives in the war in Afghanistan during the same period of time. Just in case there was any doubt that Mexico is now a war zone. The Daily Times: KABUL: More than 10,000 people, about a fifth of them civilians, lost [...]
Good News: Issa Already Folding Like a Cheap Suit
2. January 2011
He won’t investigate the potentially-felonious job offer to Joe Sestak because, hey, other presidents may have done it as some point, too. And so we’ll potentially allow the White House to get away with having broken federal law. I expected Republicans to wait at least until taking power before folding like a cheap suit, but [...]
Five Commonly-Repeated Historical Myths
2. January 2011
I’m declaring a jihad on historical inaccuracies because I’m sick and tired of full-grown individuals accepting myths as reality. This list is the first in a series, a full listing of which you’ll find here (as they become available). 1. Marie Antoinette said “Let them eat cake” In 1769, Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote an autobiographical [...]
Stalin Statue in Ukraine Destroyed by “Extremists”
1. January 2011
The statue was erected by the local Communist Party, which obviously wants to honor the man who murdered 7 million innocent people in Ukraine alone. So I’m not shedding too many tears over the statue’s destruction, apparently by people with a conscious. Extremists blew up a controversial monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on New [...]
ABC Warns Republicans: Don’t Concentrate on Repealing ObamaCare
1. January 2011
They’re right on the face of it, though obviously their motivation for the warning is defending the legislation rather than providing helpful political advice. AMY WALTER: If Republicans decide they’re going to spend the first six months of this year going over and debating the individual mandate or ObamaCare or whatever they want to call [...]
3. January 2011
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