Month: August 2009

Sunday Morning Funnies

Watch as Lawrence O’Donnell presses Republican Congressman Culberson on his claims that health care reform is socialist, telling him he needs to vote to repeal Social Security and Medicare too…and keeps pressing him...

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Movie Reviews/Local Public Library Plug

Hi ya’ll, I just got back from a 3 movie day.  I saw in the following order: GI Joe, 500 Days of Summer, & The Time Traveler’s Wife. GI Joe the cartoon, was more entertaining than the movie.  I’d...

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Reflections

I’ll have more to say on this soon, but one notable thing about Netroots Nation was the split between people who are trying to get the Progressives to stand firm and torpedo any health care bill that isn’t good...

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Don’t Trust Rasmussen Polls

I really want to urge Democrats not to believe any Rasmussen poll that can’t be tested by an actual election. Every opinion poll that they put out seems unhelpful and demoralizing to Democrats, and they rarely agree with...

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Casual Observation

I find Rick Perlstein’s column comforting because it reminds me that right-wingers have been crazy for pretty much ever, and that the current display of irrational hatred wrapped in delusional conspiracy is their standard...

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