Author - JumpyPants

Republican Party

Conservatism

With CPAC wrapping up and Rush Limbaugh's masturbatory speech being replayed all over cable news, I think it's important to repeat: Conservatism, for all of its bluster, has failed. At least in our...

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The Media

Super Stupid

Whenever there's a snowstorm or cold weather, Drudge digs up a story about a "global warming" meeting scheduled during the inclement weather. Here's a headline from Drudge's front page today:...

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Quote

Doof Quote of the Day

"We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life. Liberty, Freedom. And the...

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Congress

Go!

Awesome: President Obama’s budget director said the White House would consider using a Senate procedural tactic so that only 50 votes would be required to pass major healthcare and energy reforms...

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Consumer Nation

Okay, I Quit

The Snuggie has sold four million units. Four million Americans looked at this hunk of shit and said, "Yes. I must have a blanket with sleeves. And no. I don't have any self respect." (Source:...

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Karl Ruprect Rove

Rove’s Excuses

Vanden Heuvel did a great job laying out the basic argument for the Republican fiscal hypocrisy. However, more revealing in this clip is Rove's laundry list of excuses. When confronted by the...

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Not Politics

R.I.P.

All around the tubes today, I'm seeing the headline: "R.I.P. Paul Harvey." Indulge me here. I don't ask much of the world, but can we retire the acronym "R.I.P." from the English language? It's...

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The Media

Paul Harvey Died

CHICAGO – Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks...

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