Ed Siegel
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Senate Fuelishness
Senate Republicans should be embarrassed by the floor debate on energy this week. Their transparent pandering to oil and gas interests and hedge funds should outrage every American with genuine concern about our nation’s future. Senators acting as oil company...more »
Posted on August 1, 2008 2:45 PM
Jindal for VP - inspired!
John McCain stopping in Louisiana to meet with potential VP candidate, Gov. Bobby "the Exorcist" Jindal.This is an inspired choice to succeed the Evil One in residence at the Naval Observatory. ...more »
Posted on July 22, 2008 11:21 AM
CHANGE
Change that we can believe in! Yes indeed. Change that's happening right before our eyes. To change... to switch, ah there it is. That change we can believe in, it's the old bait and switch....more »
Posted on July 2, 2008 9:21 AM
George Will: Serious Person
In Newsweek, George Will proposes a series of 12 questions to Obama. Many (most) of the questions were inane attempts a gotchas, but there were a few of them I would like to discuss, mainly because I don't like their...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 3:42 PM
The Hundred-Year Presence
I'm sure glad John McCain explained his position to me on the 100-year presence in Iraq. He explained that it's going to be just like Japan, right? You have to give it some time. I mean, look how long it...more »
Posted on May 1, 2008 1:39 PM
Did Rev Wright Fall On His Sword?
Looking back over the past few weeks, my take on the Obama-Wright situation is a little different from what I am generally hearing. After Obama gave his speech on race relations, that should have been enough to put it to...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 11:30 AM
The Philly Debates: Chewed, Swallowed, Yuk, Reswallowed, Digested, and .....
The vitriol from us on the non-right and the media critics at large over the Phreakshow in Philly has been very properly directed at Stephanopoulos and Gibson. These pages have been full of rhetoric from my fellow TPMers expressing that...more »
Posted on April 20, 2008 11:17 AM
All Hail Petraeus!
I watched with great interest the hearings conducted by Senator Biden on April 2, in preparation for the two days of testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before the several Senate and House committees this week. Given...more »
Posted on April 10, 2008 12:05 PM
Bitching at my wingnut
Dear Senator Roberts: I am deeply concerned by the outrageous assertions made by Director of National Intelligence J M McConnell during a March 28,2008 speech at Furman University. In his comments, Director McConnell attempted to disparage the Senate and...more »
Posted on April 2, 2008 10:40 AM
And the last eight years?
I don't care who beats John McCain in November. The important thing is that he is beaten - hopefully in a landslide, but that doesn't matter either. That said, I have read nothing in these pages discussing what either Obama...more »
Posted on April 1, 2008 10:44 AM
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I quit entirely in 2004 after the "election" but my wife remains hooked on local news and HGTV. Occasionally will look in on Jon Stewart or Colbert, but even there all the flashing imagery is disturbing because it sucks you in to like a hypnotic state where you get pretty mindless.
All of that flickering in the visual fields is also said to increase cortisol secretion. That could be true based on my anecdotal experience. I dropped 20+ pounds when I quit watching TV, even though I didn't increase my activity level at all. In addition, my wife says that my bullfrog-volume snoring has all but disappeared.
Posted at August 2, 2008 4:58 PM in response to How many people have stopped watching MSM?
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Really Good Ad Copy- I wish I knew how to produce it. Maybe somebody with the chops and tools will pick it up and do it for YouTube
Posted at August 1, 2008 4:56 PM in response to The "attack" ad I'd run against McCain if it were up to me.
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My bad - mac was wrong. Whoda thought?
Anyway, this can't be a serious ad.Posted at August 1, 2008 3:22 PM in response to McCain Attack Ad
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just tried to go there - mac tells me the url is not valid and cannot be loaded. They took it down that quick?
Posted at August 1, 2008 3:18 PM in response to McCain Attack Ad
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No - her father is John J Gillian who served as Ohio Gov in the early 70's. Use the Google friend, it will put you in touch with real info and save you the embarrassment of rather foolish speculations. I think you will find Gov Strickland is about 67 and Sebeilus just celebrated her 60th birthday on May 15.
Posted at May 22, 2008 9:14 AM in response to Vice Presidential Profiles: Kathleen Sebelius (Gov-KS)
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Get real. Faux news gets 2-3 million viewers max, and maybe a half million in the 25-54 demographic. There are 300 million of us here. The don't even reach 1 percent of the population. Even the worst performing major network news kicks fox's ass with 5-6 million viewers.
Posted at May 3, 2008 9:40 AM in response to I know we make fun of Faux News but ... they're kicking everyone's ass
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I don't think the article specifies. Recommend you check http://www.cbpp.org/policy-points4-18-08.htm
It's a short piece and it addresses a number of right wing tax fallacies.http://www.cbpp.org/policy-points4-18-08.htm
Posted at May 2, 2008 8:43 PM in response to George Will: Serious Person
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What a load of crap.
Posted at May 1, 2008 11:37 AM in response to The Truth VS. Barack Obama
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I recall an earlier debate back when Edwards was still in, where the moderators went into their reflexive idiocy and the candidates didn't buy in - they redirected the conversation into more substantive areas and made the moderators look a little silly and petty in the process. It might have been Russert - don't recall for sure.
Anyway, one or both of them should have grabbed CG and GS by their rhetorical collars and shook them. These are supposed to be leaders. If Fosberry wants to hand out a B- for this kind of mediocrity, students will flock to that classroom.
In my view, a C- is a gift for both of them. But these aren't students, are they? Would you have your surgeon operate on you with a proficiency for managing the moment to moment situation similar to the quality of what we observed from our candidates? I'd be damned scared!Posted at April 20, 2008 1:24 PM in response to The Philly Debates: Chewed, Swallowed, Yuk, Reswallowed, Digested, and .....
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privatizing=corporatizing=legalized graft
they'd never try it if they couldn't use the corporate shieldPosted at April 20, 2008 11:30 AM in response to Let's Not Drink The Kool-Aid-- or anything else
