"there should be a dress code of respect....I wish that [Obama] would wear a suit coat and tie."How off the point can you get, Andrew?
John Cole made very well yesterday: "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years."Until the Republicans admit to themselves that their wicked ways got us into this mess, they will never be realistic about getting us out.
"In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis -- the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures; that we can ignore fundamental challenges such as energy independence and the high cost of health care and still expect our economy and our country to thrive.Why the Republicans have this swagger having rode the country into the ground belies their true juvenile rich boy persona en masse.
I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change. They know that we have tried it those ways for too long. And because we have, our health-care costs still rise faster than inflation. Our dependence on foreign oil still threatens our economy and our security. Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage. We've seen the tragic consequences when our bridges crumble and our levees fail.
Every day, our economy gets sicker -- and the time for a remedy that puts Americans back to work, jump-starts our economy and invests in lasting growth is now."
"So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time."How many times has the media thought Obama was off the mark only to be completely wrong. From the primaries, to Hillary, to McCain and Palin, Obama has showed his grace and brilliance time and time again.
"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban," Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. "And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -- I'm not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that's not what we're saying. I'm saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with."He added that if Democrats don't give the minority party more "options or opportunities," Republicans "will then become an insurgency."
"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings".Currently running on bus ads in the UK. Big ups, Richard Dawkins!
Good to see 40 Republicans doing the correct thing. Taking care of children when they are outside the womb is what more conservatives need to learn how to do. They love their embryos and "Culture Of Life" rhetoric, but always come up short when it comes to taking care of real people.President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a much-needed win a day after he lost his nominee to lead his drive for sweeping health care reform.
"This is good. This is good," a smiling Obama said as he entered the East Room for the packed, ebullient signing ceremony.
The bill went to the White House fresh from passage in the Democratic-controlled House, on a vote of 290-135. Forty Republicans joined in approval.
"When Barack Obama launched his presidential bid in Springfield, IL, here's what he said: 'I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.' The irony? The folks that have caused him the most trouble in the last two years have old Washington hands like Jim Johnson, Bill Richardson, and Tom Daschle. If President Obama listened to his own rhetoric, he would have avoided all three embarrassments. He's been making the case of changing the ways Washington did business, and NOT relying on old Washington hands is one of the ways to avoid old mistakes."This is a process that is very hard to change but in due time will happen. You need some experience to learn from and, unlike the deniers of the previous Bush Administration, Obama will admit when he is wrong.
This creepy guy is former excommunicated Bishop Richard Williamson, he is from "the traditionalist St. Pius X Society, founded in 1970 to protest the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council, including liturgical reforms and a document that absolved contemporary Jews of guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus." 
Citigroup Inc is exploring the possibility of backing out of a nearly $400 million marketing deal with the New York Mets amid concerns over how lenders are using government bailout money, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.The Yankees may not be much better, I heard they're looking for funding, too. Do stadium naming rights even make sense anymore?
"The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."In diagnosing a sociopath, three or more of the following are required:
Australia's government has announced a 42bn Australian dollar ($26.5bn; £19bn) stimulus plan, targeting infrastructure and those on low incomes.That's how the rest of the civilized world works, they invest and stimulate their own economy when times are bad.
The country's Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said that A$28.8bn would be invested in schools, housing and roads.
"To support jobs in the middle of a severe global recession, the government must stimulate the economy in the most immediate manner possible," said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
"And first off the government doesn’t create jobs. Let’s get this notion out of our heads that the government creates jobs. Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job,” - newly elected RNC chairman Michael Steele.None. Ever. How absurd. Wiki "New Deal" or "WPA".
Excluding education and hospitals, State and local governments employ about 8.0 million workers, placing them among the largest employers in the economy.As a Republican he would have no idea about Blackwater going from a million dollar operation to over $1 billion in contracts.
Pia Glenn is making headlines for portraying Condi Rice in Will Ferrell's new Broadway play, "You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush".Comcast continued this morning to investigate how pornography interrupted its feed during the final quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday.Maybe people thought it was a GoDaddy.com commercial?
It is unclear how many viewers were affected by the clip, which lasted about 30 seconds, and featured full male nudity, said Kelle Maslyn, a Comcast spokeswoman.
“We are mortified by last evening’s Super Bowl interruption, and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming,” Maslyn said in a statement. “We are aggressively investigating the situation including the possibility of foul play.”
Comcast is working on a plan to compensate customers, but nothing has been set in stone, Maslyn said.
The pornography clip was from Club Jenna, an adult cable television channel. Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.
The Wonk Room’s Pat Garofalo notes that while the Iraq was was financed with borrowed money and turned “a budget surplus into a record deficit and debt,” the economic recovery package will “boost consumer demand and put people back to work, while simultaneously investing in long-term strength through infrastructure, health care, and education.”Source: ThinkProgress
