Latest Posts
-
The Blog Hole: Health Care Reform, Spock is a Marxist and Making Fun of Barry
Chicken Soup for the Republican Soul: The country is in serious crisis, and all the Republicans can do is stomp their little feet, bark, and fill their diapers with dumplings of rage. Believe it or not, godless fruity liberals, the country needs a healthy opposition party. Mickey Edwards suggests pumping Valium into the hysterical divas who are the de facto ideological mascots of the party, and letting the grown ups step in and contribute positively to our national discourse. [latimes.com]
Spock Is A Space Marxist: Did you see the Star Trek reboot this weekend? Because if you did, you're a socialist. Possibly, a full-bore Bolshevik. The Volokh Conspiracy explores the universe of Star Trek, and concludes that creator Gene Roddenberry's utopia is full of money-hating hippies. He's wrong of course — Star Trek's Federation is a military dictatorship in pastels. Set phasers to "nerd fight." [volokh.com]
Health Care Cage Match: Hey, forty million or so uninsured Americans, here's some good news: get the flu! Your health care is coming! Actually, that's not the good news. The good news is that the various competing tribes that comprise the health care industry are sitting down with the Obama Administration and beginning something resembling negotiations. Tom Lindmark thinks this is a positive step, but there's alot of haggling to come if anything is to change. [seekingalpha.com]
Bush Bashing Obama: Conservatives are complaining that no one is making fun of President Obama, at least, not the way Bush was mocked. But man, Bush made it so-o-o easy. The Right Wing Pinko takes a shot at throwing peanuts at the Big O… and fails. Because our new president isn't funny. Which, in it's own way, is kind of funny. [rightwingpinko.com]
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Care, Republicans, The Blog Hole -
The Blog Hole: Dog Marriage, Terrorist Neighbors and Mustardgate
Terrorists To Move In With Grandma: David Kurtz calls The Incredible Shrinking GOP out for their most recent attempt at fear-mongering — a campaign against the detainees at Guantanamo being moved to the US, and directly into YOUR community . Possibly locked in a broom closet at the local diner. Basically, the Republicans have no faith in our prison system, which is not terrorist-proof. Sure, they can warehouse murderers, drug kingpins, and domestic terrorists. But those Middle Eastern-flavored terrorists… they have magical powers. [talkingpointsmemo.com]
Speaker of the House And Her Goldfish Memory: Nancy Pelosi is all "I didn't know about waterboarding." But the CIA is all "Uh-uh, you did!" And Nancy Pelosi is, like "Nuh-uh!" But then the CIA goes "Whatevs!" Rick Klein dishes the details on a scoop that reveals the shocking news that politicians are two-faced hypocrites. Three faces, if you count the Speaker of the House's face lift. Hey, oh! [abcnews.com]
Mr. God Warns Of Legal Puppy Molestation: Think Progress ponders Pat Roberstson's recent statements equating gay marriage to dog brides, harems, and a new MSNBC show, To Get Hitched To A Predator. Let's just ignore the absurdity of this temple merchant's argument, since gay marriage is a pact between consenting adults, and those things he equates it to re not. Rather, focus on how committed he is to telling his nutty flock what they want to hear… because they cut his checks. [thinkprogress.org]
Obama, Marx, Liberace All Loved Mustard: It must be a slow news week, says Ed Morrissey. Because only on a slow news week would a non-story about President Obama's preference for Socialist Dijon mustard on his Working Class burger be all the rage. First of all, let's be clear here: the only thing that belongs on a burger is mayo. Ketchup is for toddlers. Mustard, really, for hot dogs. But I digress: the conservative subtext here is that Mr. Obama is some kind of fancy fruit for loving spicy mustard. Not true. He just has lousy taste in condiments. So, where's the Dow right now? [hotair.com]
Tags: Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Robertson, The Blog Hole -
The Blog Hole: Sad Republicans, Lady Judges and Your Comments Will Get You Arrested
The "P" in "GOP" Stands For "Pariah:" The Republicans are stumbling through the political forest, much like the Democrats of the 70's and 80's. The main difference, Matt Steinglass points out, is that the Democratic party of last century was way too many cooks, and the modern GOP is just one cook. One cranky, fat, white, middle-aged, gay-baiting, tax-hating cook who doesn't like to share. [mattsteinglass.com]
When It Comes To Bullets, Less is More: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is quietly reinventing the Pentagon, and Michael Klare is paying close attention. The main news headlines cover how Gates has killed big-ticket weapon systems, like the F-22 Raptor, a super jet fighter designed to fight time-traveling Soviets. But the real news is that he's putting our entire Military-Industrial Complex on a diet. [thenation.com]
Nominate A Lady Judge: A woman should be nominated to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court, Lauren Stiller Rikleen argues. Her logic is solid, void of ideological hyperbole, and reason is employed effectively. And yet… should gender be a consideration? Don't throw things, I'm just asking. [boston.com]
Thoughtcrime To Become Actual Crime: Be careful what you post in the comment section, suckers. Because if the potential bill Future Storm highlights gets passed, you could get shipped to the can for two years. For hurting my feelings. Because I'm a very sensitive person. I write poetry in black-and-white composition books. Now, tell me I'm pretty. [futurestorm.com]
Tags: Republicans, Robert Gates, Supreme Court, The Blog Hole -
The Blog Hole: Joe the Plumber, The End of Newspapers and Cheap Houses
Joe The Plumber Fears The Fabulous: The Paris Hilton of the Conservative Movement panders to his base, a group of people with an insatiable appetite for being condescended to, and told exactly what they want to hear. For instance: gays carry gay plague. Which is why Joe the Plumber told Christianity Today that he won't let them around his children. Ain't no son of his learnin' how to decorate. [christianitytoday.com]
In The Past, Words Were Printed On Dry Tree Guts: Larry Dignan breaks that Amazon.com will be launching a new, large-screen version of it's popular electronic book, Kindle. But, sadly, this upgrade isn't for saving the newspaper industry. Instead, it's a pivot towards the lucrative college text book market. Sorry, infosaurs. [zdnet.com]
Republicans Lost In Emo Forest: The easiest political column to write these days is the one about the GOP being in crisis — they've lost their way in the polls, with their base, and their transition to minority party has been, to be kind, awkward. Michael Van Der Galien has a little advice for Republicans: try not panicking. Your very public identity flux only benefits the Democrats. The evil, communist, baby-hating Democrats. [poligazette.com]
The Housing Market Will Improve… In, Oh, Twenty Years: Some market analysts are claiming that the housing market has hit bottom, and is going to rebound. But John F. Wasik is all "Hey, Wait A Minute!" Happy days are not here again, at least when it comes to houses. It's going to take a little while for that market to correct itself. Well, not a little while. Probably a long freakin' time. [bloomberg.com]
Tags: Economy, Joe the Plumber, Republicans, The Blog Hole -
The Blog Hole: Cranky Germans, The GOP is Sad, and Famous Sci-Fi Author Pens Hate Rant
Cranky Germans Unhappy With Obama: Remember how Presidential-candidate Obama rolled into Berlin during the campaign and was greeted by thousands of Germans throwing celebratory bratwursts and hailing him the greatest American since David Hasselhoff? Yes, well, that's over now. The English-version of Der Spiegel rounds up the best opinion from the German press, and they're already disappointed with America's President over how he wants to try terror suspects. [spiegel.de]
Republicans Get A Little Help From A Liberal: Normally, anonymous blogs drive me batty — they lack a fundamental political courage. But the simply named Anonymous Liberal posts a critique of the current Republican Party that isn't a totally dismissive, snarky tract. The real problem with the GOP is past incompetence, and an inability to accept responsibility for their actions. [anonymousliberal.com]
Swine Flu Is Dead, Long Live Swine Flu: So, like, the normally sober brainiacs at The Economist are relieved that the "swine flu" seems less severe than thought, but warn that it still threatens the world. So don't freak out, but freak out. Which is pretty good advice for this day and age. Let's all make T-shirts. [economist.com]
Space Nerd Hates The Gays: Orson Scott Card is the author of the sci-fi classic "Ender's Game." Great nerd tome. Recently, he's also become an anti-gay marriage loonybird. Is that offensive, to sneer at another person's beliefs? Naw. Check out America Blog's recap of Mr. Card's awesomely fanatical screed. It's scary, in a "ha-ha-omg" sort of way. [americablog.com]
Tags: Barack Obama, Germany, Marriage Equality, Republicans, The Blog Hole
