Archive for February, 2009
They try to make them do a revote, I say no, no, no
A few days ago, Washington Post reporter Shailagh Murray suggested—on the basis of nothing—that there should be a revote in Minnesota. Apparently, that’s what Coleman is shooting for now: But five weeks into the election contest trial, the court has repeatedly issued rulings that narrow Coleman’s chances of either collecting enough newly counted ballots or [...]
February 26, 2009
· 
Angry DougJ · 
129 Comments
Posted in: I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To, Media
Why Libertarianism Can Sometimes Drive You Insane
Yesterday, in a snarky post about Matt Welch (and again, someone I genuinely enjoy reading), I asked the following: “Do our libertarian friends at Reason feel the same way about those receiving welfare?” In my email this morning, I found a link to this Jesse Walker piece: “What gets people upset, and rightfully so,” President [...]
February 26, 2009
· John Cole · 108 Comments
Posted in: Politics
Let The Games Begin
The NY Times with a preview of the budget: President Obama’s budget proposal for 2010 projects a stunning deficit of $1.75 trillion for the current fiscal year, which began five months ago, reflecting a shortfall of more than $1 trillion as the fiscal year began, plus the costs of bank bailouts, the first wave of [...]
February 26, 2009
· John Cole · 65 Comments
Posted in: Politics
First They Came For The RINO’s
Allahpundit responds to Rush telling them all to STFU about Jindal’s hideous performance: Sounds like Ace and I are now Republican personas non grata. As are an awful lot of commenters in last night’s megathread, I might add. That’s okay. One of these days Andy Levy and I are going to start a secular, hawkish, [...]
February 26, 2009
· John Cole · 135 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Republican Stupidity
There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing
Burkean bells are going off everywhere! Sully….Ross what’s his name…Joe Klein. They all talk about him like we’re supposed to know who he is, so I’m guessing this isn’t new. But just to be sure, I’d like to know: has it always been like this or is this like when the New Yorker suddenly decided [...]
February 25, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 177 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells
Your Nightly Moment of Zen
Blogged out, but I just got a picture in today of a pet that I have to post. Yes, there are still dozens of pictures in my folder waiting to be posted, but if you want to fast track your pet on to this blog, a sure-fire way is to send me a picture of [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 102 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread
And While I Am Chucking Out Advice
The thing I simply can not figure out about the GOP is why they just don’t lay low for a little bit. That really is their best alternative, despite the fact that the fringe is screaming “OPPOSE! OPPOSE! OPPOSE!” First off, the scare tactics about socialism and government take-overs and blah blah blah just is [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 58 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
Is it because he is brown?
Ann Althouse, via Sully, on criticism of Bobby Jindal: Expressed by Josh Marshall (“absolutely cringeworthy”), Andrew Sullivan (“Jindal’s entrance reminded one of Mr Burns gamboling toward a table of ointments”), and others. Why are all these people so confident that they are not manifesting racism? There’s just something about this man that doesn’t seem right, [...]
February 25, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 73 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Clown Shoes
Next Nexter Right">The Next Nexter Right
This should be fun (via Sullivan): I just got off the phone with a very plugged-in Republican strategist who told me that Republican reaction to President Obama’s speech, which the party will roll out in the next few days, will mark the beginning of a new GOP approach to opposing the president’s initiatives. (No, Bobby [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 56 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Republican Stupidity
Operation Leper, Part II
Awesome: LIMBAUGH: [T]he people on our side are really making a mistake if they go after Bobby Jindal on the basis of style. Because if you think — people on our side I’m talking to you — those of you who think Jindal was horrible, you think — in fact, I don’t ever want to [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 125 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Republican Stupidity
What Does This Mean
Supreme Court ruling, and as a non-lawyer, I am interpreting this to mean the FSM is getting the shaft and there will not be statues of his noodly appendages in a public square near you any time soon: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday, in one of the most closely watched free speech decisions [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 40 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Reasonable Republican club
Yesterday, George Packer drooled all over David Brooks’ vacuous “Burkean bell” critique of Obama, which can be summarized as “it sounds complex, so I don’t think it will work.” Today, Amy Sullivan tells us that Bobby Jindal would have been brilliant if only he’d told us what he’d really thought: Jindal is a smart guy, [...]
February 25, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 41 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells
A Righteous Rant
And for those of you who think I am being too hard on the libertarians, let me point you to this righteous rant (the issue is also mentioned here at Reason): This is what happens when you declare “war” on American citizens. You dehumanize them. And you instill an ends-justifies-the-means, win at all costs mindset [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 47 Comments
Posted in: The War on Your Neighbor, aka the War on Drugs
And Now For The Important News of the Day
Puppy incoming: The whole world, it seems, wants to know: What kind of dog are the Obamas getting and, for goodness sake, when? Speaking to PEOPLE at the White House recently, Michelle Obama leaned in and confided: “You’re getting some scoops here.” So, when? In April, Mrs. Obama says – after she and the President [...]
February 25, 2009
· John Cole · 52 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging
Losing the thread
Atrios makes a point about wingnut mythology that’s along the lines of what I’ve been thinking for a while: I’ve written before that I think part of the problem that conservatives/Republicans face is that their mythology has become a bit too complex for mere mortals (people who don’t listen to Limbaugh and read The Corner [...]
February 25, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 146 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells, Media
