On the house floor yesterday, Rep. Virginia Foxx (Wingnut-NC), noted for her contention that the murder of Matthew Shepard was a hoax and not a hate crime and that health care reform is a bigger threat than terrorism, proclaimed: Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this country. Just as we were the people …
GOP Diaper wetters: David “PP” Vitter, Tony “Depends” Blankley, R. Hudson “Incontinent” Limpboughtenpaidfor, Eric “WeWee” Cantor, John “Sissy-Boy Boehner, and weepy Mitch McConnell. Said GOP House Leader John Boehner yesterday: The Obama Administration’s irresponsible decision to prosecute the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in New York City puts the interests of liberal special interest groups before the safety and security …
Tuesday, November 10,2009 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), together with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), proposed legislation empowering state gambling regulators and attorneys general to examine unregulated derivatives trading and take appropriate action to protect citizens from practices which can harm the foundations of our economy. As part of a broader effort by Congress …
Photo of a melting Norwegian iceberg, by Michael Nolan One sunny summer day in the mid-1990s, in the company of a dozen fellow Ayahuascanauts to be, I was sailing the Prince William Sound in Alaska. Our destination was an otherwise inaccessible forest cabin located along the Sound’s primeval shore. Along the way we passed by a gleaming white glacier that …
I try to avoid The Larry King Show like the plague. The man seems incapable of asking, let alone pressing, a follow-up question to guests who cling to their talking points like a drowning man clings to a life preserver. However, as the clip above show, sometimes truth finds a way to penetrate King’s infotainment containment system. The issue was …
This is too good. From TPM: When it’s a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what’s a GOP lawmaker to do? We’ll give you one guess… Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend Michele Bachmann‘s Tea Party rally …
In response to the withdrawal of Dr. Abdulah Abdulah from Afgahnistan‘s presidential runoff election, the US Embassy in Kabul declared: We congratulate President Karzai on his victory in this historic election and look forward to working with him, his new administration, the Afghan people and our partners in the international community to support Afghanistan’s progress toward institutional reforms, security and …
