Archive for March 26, 2009
Are W.’s Family Members Ashamed of Their Last Name?
Lauren Bush, W.’s Niece, Debuts Fashion Label Under Different Name.
I don’t believe her.
Think
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
- Thomas Paine
Fox News Info-Babes
Today Rush Limbaugh called two female anchors on MSNBC “info-babes.” Sounds like he’s got these sites on the brain: “The Girls of Fox News;” “Fox News Info Babes;” “Who is the Sexiest Fox News Babe?” “The Foxiest Business Anchor,” GOP Babes Rock,” and “GOP Babes.”
The GOP’s “Budget Proposal”
The GOP unveiled its version of a “budget proposal” today and, per the last 30 years, it’s the same ol’ same ol’ one-thing-will-cure-everything fix: tax cuts for the wealthy.
I’m looking for details on the GOP’s website but I guess I’ll have to dig. Here’s the front page:
Two Nations, Under God, With Liberty and Justice…
A must-read from Glenn Greenwald:
The treatment in our justice system of ordinary citizens (“a nation of jailers”) and our elites (immunity from lawbreaking) could not be more disparate. We have (and are continuing to solidify) exactly the state of affairs that political science literature and the American government itself have long self-righteously warned other countries is the prime enabler for tyrannical rot: a two-tiered system of justice which exempts the country’s elites from accountability.
Good News for We the People
We learned earlier this week that the Bush administration’s Department of Labor Corporate Protection routinely blew off workers who called to complain about being cheated out of wages and/or benefits.
In response, the Obama administration has added more investigators – 250 to be exact – for wage law enforcement.
Elections matter.
Evan Bayh Can’t Get His Story Straight
Evan Bayh, the leader of the Dempublican “Blue Dog” group that includes my senator, “Boulder liberal*,” Mark Udall (D-CO), can’t get is story straight.
By the way, I’m hearing this group of obstructionist, conservative “Democrats” referred to as “moderates” or “centrists.” Who came up with that? Republicans I bet, in order to make them look sane, compared to the fascist, socialist, real Democrats. Let’s not let that take hold folks. These Blue Dogs aren’t “moderate” Democrats. They’re more like moderate Republicans. After all, their stated goal is to “protect business interests” for God’s sake.
(* During the last election, Republican Mark Schaffer, Udall’s opponent, repeatedly referred to Udall as a “Boulder liberal.” That sounds pretty funny now.)
Hoovervilles? No. Reaganvilles
The New York Times reported yesterday that cities are dealing with a “surge in shantytowns.” It’s an “unhappy déjà vu: the arrival of modern-day Hoovervilles.”
I think progressives should get ahead of this and start calling these places Reaganvilles or Wall Streetvilles or Republicanvilles or Greedvilles. Something to point out that free market uber-capitalists who thought that letting Wall Street do whatever it wanted would bring us into the golden light of prosperity for all.
