Bill Nelson
October 1 at 11:06AM
On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen proposed a brilliant plan to cover the uninsured. Since Max Baucus killed the public option, simply send him your medical bills. And don't worry, the health care industry has given Baucus over three million dollars, so he should be able to cover it. I guess if we can't send him some balls and integrity, this is the next best thing.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.
April 21 at 2:20PM
 WorldNetDaily's Brad O'Leary alerts us of a real, actual issue that real, actual, non-paranoid-schizophrenics really, actually have to concern themselves with…
Gird your blogs, because if liberals in Congress get their way, President Obama will have sole discretionary authority to shut down the Internet or critical parts of the Internet should he feel his presidency is being tested. Worse, under the guise of cybersecurity, Obama will essentially be granted the power to destroy free speech on the Web.
On April 1 of this year, Sens. Rockefeller, Snowe, Bayh and Nelson introduced bills S. 773 and S.778, collectively called the Cybersecurity Act, which would give President Obama dictatorial power over the Internet during a time of national crisis or emergency.
Don't get me wrong: Concerns that President Obama and liberal congresspeople are plotting to declare martial law over the entirety of the Internet and start dictating what right-wing bloggers are allowed to say is in no way a completely-invented issue that borders on the senseless ravings of a sanatarium resident.
It's just that I'm more concerned with the high-levels of Goblin that scientists have been discovering in our drinking water.
January 21 at 6:59PM
Earlier we gave you a taste of the red-hot celebrities who descended upon Washington in hopes of getting within eyeshot of mega-church mega-star Rick Warren!
What you may not realize is that inside the Beltway, the likes of Tom Brokaw, Michael Wilbon and company are considered second-tier celebrities. Sure they may have fame and fortune, but can any of those guys invoke cloture on floor debate or suggest the absence of a quorum?
For those kinds of stars, we want you to meet the men and women who keep Washington running… Escorts.
But also, here are some photos of us with members of Congress.
Here's California Congressman Henry Waxman, who celebrated his recent election as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee by purchasing a shiny new pair of platform shoes.
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January 14 at 4:42PM
 Last week, I bet Dennis that if the Giants beat the Eagles, he would supply me with 800 Philly cheesesteaks. If the Eagles won, I would have to write a mildly amusing blog post about whatever mildly amusing bet the mildly competent Senators from the two states represented in the Orange Bowl made on this year's national championship game:
Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most pressing musical issue in the nation's capital is whether a stone-face senator from Oklahoma will hit the high notes in "Rocket Man" to pay off a college football bet.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is slated to serenade Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida with his very own rendition of Elton John's 1970s classic Wednesday afternoon.
Coburn owes Nelson because the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in last week's BCS title game. Nelson chose "Rocket Man" because he is a former astronaut who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in the 1980s.
If Oklahoma had won, Nelson would have had to sing the title song from the musical "Oklahoma!" It also happens to be the official state song.
If Plaxico Burress hadn't shot himself in the leg, you wouldn't have had to know about that.
May 31 at 11:16AM
Right now, the Democratic party movers and shakers are meeting in a darkened, smoke-filled room that someone from C-Span seems to have found a way to smuggle a camera into.
So far, it's full of all the pathos and heart wrenching speeches you would expect. For instance Sen. Bill Nelson of Nevada Florida(sorry guys, late night), previously known for sitting politely and voting as he is told, just finished a speech of the type he's probably only used to making every six years. He talked about some disabled woman wanting the Florida and Michigan delegates to be counted, which is compelling, because as we all know, the disabled, like children are always right.
Watch the DNC Rules Committee Meeting Live
If the above "Justin TV" embed doesn't work, you can always try c-span. Now C-Span doesn't have an embedded player that we can put on the blog here, nor does it have a universally functional Flash player, but if you squint your eyes just right and pretend it's 10 years ago, you can watch the whole thing on Windows Media or RealPlayer.
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