“Our democracy is a light, a beacon really, around the world because we affect change at the ballot box and not because of these outbursts of violence.” ~ U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, March 25, 2010 I’ve reached the end of mourning, the occasion marked as I was watching Sarah Palin say she’s a victim of “blood libel.” She’s had days to compose a response, and this is it? There are a lot of things she could have done here, but…
There are some Senators who drive me nuts, but nobody more so than Joe Lieberman. Some years ago, I used to have a modicum of respect for the guy as a moderate. Now he’s a snake. At least my more-red-than-red Senators here in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, are predicable in their unthinking Bush loyalist stance. They can always be relied upon to vote exactly the way I don’t want them to vote. Oh sure, Joe, let’s go into…
The Daily Show’s new Middle Eastern correspondent, Aasif Mandvi: Does the inevitable mushroom cloud have a silver lining? Video – WMV Video – QT Thanks to Crooks and Liars for hosting this (or view it at YouTube) and to BB for passing it along.
Bill O’Reilly visited Gitmo just before three prisoners committed suicide. Jon Stewart: “I can’t believe they lasted that long after an O’Reilly visit…” O’Reilly claims the prisoners are POWs…. What does that make Condi? See video at Crooks and Liars Video-WMP Video-QT O’Reilly’s response? He claims that you’d have to be a stoned dopey college kid to watch Stewart’s show. In fact, as Media Matters for America has previously noted, a study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center indicates that…