Monthly Archives: August 2009

Communists Everywhere!

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 9:41 pm by Bob Cesca

Once again, Glenn Beck goes full Joe McCarthy. Blowing his crazy whistle on alleged “communists” in the White House. To repeat: Everyone knows you never go full Joe McCarthy. Share

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Loaves and The Public Option

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 5:42 pm by Bob Cesca

Jamison Foser makes an excellent point about the public option fight in Congress: If people who want a public plan and won’t vote for a bill without it can be described as “preventing something getting done” by insisting on “all … Continue reading →

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Coup d’Etat

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 4:39 pm by Bob Cesca

Wikipedia defines coup d’etat: A coup d’état, or coup for short, is the sudden unconstitutional deposition of a legitimate government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment — typically the military — to replace the deposed government … Continue reading →

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The Wingnut Answer To Everything

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 2:24 pm by Bob Cesca

Death. And more death. Share

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Compromising on Life & Death

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 12:40 pm by Bob Cesca

Without falling into the “Obama should do X” trap and at the risk of joining the cacophony of theories about the recent polls, I think it’s pretty clear why the president’s numbers are sagging. While Americans tend to say to … Continue reading →

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Cheney and the ‘No Attacks Mythology’

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 8:09 am by Bob Cesca

Here’s Dick Cheney on Fox News Sunday: I guess the other thing that offends the hell out of me, frankly, Chris, is we had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty … Continue reading →

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Morning Awesome

Posted on 08/31/2009 at 6:00 am by Bob Cesca

U2 – “The Wanderer” (Live) Originally recorded with Johnny Cash as the final track on Zooropa Share

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Begging Self-Destruction

Posted on 08/30/2009 at 5:52 pm by Bob Cesca

Going back to what I wrote about Friday night, there’s this item from Glenn Greenwald calling for a purging of corporate centrists from the Democratic Party. Naturally Glenn includes the Obama administration in his rundown of villains. While Greenwald calls … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare

Posted on 08/30/2009 at 1:52 pm by Bob Cesca

Ezra Klein: But taken as a whole, the attitudes seniors express on health care are arguably the greatest vote of confidence anyone has offered reform. Seniors live in America’s version of Canada. They have single-payer health care. And they love … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Let Them Win This

Posted on 08/30/2009 at 9:37 am by Bob Cesca

Steve Benen wrote a quick and very razor sharp overview of the current status of the healthcare debate. In short: this is a fight we should easily be winning. The political numbers are winnable, the pain is real and the … Continue reading →

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Morning Awesome

Posted on 08/30/2009 at 6:04 am by Bob Cesca

U2 – “Lemon” From the very underrated Zooropa album Share

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Health Reform & Entrepreneurs

Posted on 08/30/2009 at 12:44 am by admin

by Lee Stranahan Socialism. Bad for business. Yeah, right. Gary Locke: The pernicious price of runaway health-care costs also has a dampening effect on entrepreneurship. How many aspiring owners of businesses are locked in jobs they don’t like for fear … Continue reading →

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The Scene from Inside Glenn Beck’s Brain

Posted on 08/29/2009 at 8:22 pm by Bob Cesca

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you an exclusive view of the actual voices inside Glenn Beck’s bulbous head: Share

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Glenn Beck Hates Name-Calling

Posted on 08/29/2009 at 4:38 pm by Bob Cesca

The Punch-Me Face has feelings, too. Whoops! I just called him a bad name. In other words: Mean bloggers are calling me names! WAH! Now let’s spend another hour making sarcastic googly eyes while calling the president a Nazi, communist, … Continue reading →

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Ted Kennedy, Jr.’s Eulogy

Posted on 08/29/2009 at 1:30 pm by Bob Cesca

This was perhaps the most moving eulogy of the day. Part 2 after the jump… Share

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