I wonder how long until I can use this link?

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Of the many myths which permeate our collective subconscious, there are 2 which bother the ever living shit out of me: 1) Republicans are the party of war, and are the primary driving force behind the infamous military industrial complex in the US, while the democrats are a party of peace and love and hippies […]

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Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) in his post-“doing something”about our financial institutions orgasm: It’s a great moment. I’m proud to have been here. No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But we believe we’ve done something that has been needed for a long time. It took a crisis to bring […]

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Great.  Not only are lawmakers “doing something” in an attempt to fix what was messed up the last time they did something, but they’re doing it tense, tired, and trying to make a joke of a serious matter.

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I’m not saying that some people don’t need some help during down times, but perhaps this news might incentivize going out and finding a job rather than sitting at home even longer by extending unemployment benefits.  Again.  For the third, er, fourth time.

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Wes Benedict, Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, in a statement concerning government reaction to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: When President Obama gave his Oval Office speech on Tuesday, there was one important word missing: the word ‘liability.’ The president never mentioned that, thanks to liability caps provided by the […]

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Lori Montgomery and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post on the rejection of yet more spending: The Senate effectively rejected a slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid late Thursday, rebuffing President Obama’s call for urgent action to bolster the economic recovery. Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) voted with a […]

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Joe Davidson of The Washington Post on the very late Government Efficiency, Effectiveness and Performance Improvement Act of 2009: In a display of what passes for government efficiency, the House didn’t manage to approve the Government Efficiency, Effectiveness and Performance Improvement Act of 2009 until 2010 was half over. Eager to jump on the efficiency […]

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Apparently, Obama is back to thinking he’s fucking El Supremo.  Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary of the White House, in a NPR interview on using executive strong-arming with BP: Mr. GIBBS: Steve, I’d say we’re working on that with a whole host of entities. The point of this is to create, if need be through the […]

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Wow.  John Tierney of The New York Times on proposed legislation to close the gender gap in the sciences: The gap in science seems due mainly to another difference between the sexes: men are more interested in working with things, while women are more interested in working with people. There’s ample evidence — most recently […]

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