Archive for July, 2009

Jon Stewart Destroys Birthers Movement

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Comedy, Obama, Video

It’s so ridiculous I hate to give it any digital ink, but after Dobbs jumped on the crazy train, well, it must be done. That Republican bill is especially ridiculous. What a cowardly wink and nod to the birthers. Anybody who has their name on that bill should be ashamed of themselves. So then, question….why [...]

July 23rd, 2009 | Permalink| 35 Comments »

Lou Dobbs Joins The Birthers Movement?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Obama, Video

I’m a little late to this game, but wow…just wow… This is how it starts. “Why won’t Obama….?” and then it’s a slow, steady decline. So many sites have debunked this claim, and then there’s the clipping from the newspaper in Honolulu the day after he was born… Yeah, his parents were planning Obama’s Presidential [...]

July 23rd, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Quote Of The Day – Health Care Vote Unlikely

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Health Care

“We’re going to take a little longer to get it right. Initially we had hoped for a full vote by then, but I don’t think it’s going to be possible.” – Senator Dick Durbin talking about a pre-recess vote on health care legislation Well, he should tell that to Pelosi and Hoyer, who are determined [...]

July 22nd, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Latest example of why I don’t feel bad for the journalism industry

By Solomon Kleinsmith | Related entries in News

According to Google News, there are currently 223 articles written about this very important subject. CNN, the New York Times, Reuters, AP and even the British rag The Guardian, have all chimed in. The Washington Post, American Free Press, Newsweek and Politico have gotten in on this serious debate as well.  At a time when [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 19 Comments »

National Healthcare: Breeding Ground For Terror?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Health Care, Media, Partisan Hacks, Religion, Terrorism, Video

As you can see below, the title of this post was an actual caption on Fox News. So their argument is basically, “Because Universal Health Care brings about more diversity, it’s more likely to attract terrorists because Muslims will fit in and not be noticed. Best to have private practices where white, Christian doctors make [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 24 Comments »

California Budget Deal Reached

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in California, Money

Looks like they’ve finally come to an agreement, but at the expensive of the poor and elderly. From LA Times: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced Monday that they had reached a deal to close California’s $26.3-billion deficit and begin paying all of the state’s bills again, potentially ending months of partisan wrangling and [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

The Employee Free Choice Act drops its dead weight, moves towards passage

By Solomon Kleinsmith | Related entries in News

Back in March I submitted a post, on Nebraska’s most active liberal blog, condemning the card check proposal that was at the core of the legislation dubbed The Employee Free Choice Act. I pointed out that a number of the other ideas in the bill seemed sound, like shortening the time between when the threshold [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Biden Says “No” to Stimulus Spending

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Stimulus

Here’s a story you don’t hear about too often: How many stimulus funding bids have been outright rejected? This month, the Vice President has been jet-setting around the U.S. to some of the small towns and cities receiving stimulus money, touting progress, job creation and success. Yet, behind the scenes, Biden might be feeling a [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

VP Biden Visits Ukraine and Georgia

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Georgia, Veep

Some people say “a vice president is just a vice president,” that a visit from a #2 isn’t all that big a deal. However, it seems that Vice President Biden’s current trip has important meanings for all involved. While it may not be as big a deal as a visit from Obama himself, sending the [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Republican Congressman Takes On Birthers…Sort Of

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, House, Obama, Republicans, Video

You have to feel for Rep. Mike Castle. Because dealing with loons like this has to make him question what’s going on with the Republican base. Especially when everybody starts clapping for the birther and booing Castle when he says Obama is a citizen. And then she convinces everybody and pledge allegiance to the flag! [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Permalink| 18 Comments »