Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
by John Cole| 11 Comments
This post is in: General Stupidity
Here is your quote of the day:
First off, the fall of the Berlin wall and communism was not solely the product of Ronald Reagan. He helped push, but nothing would have happened if the people of Europe didn’t want it. At the same time, Reagan and the right were so blinded in their quest against anti-communism that they ended up funding the same people who grew up to become Al Qaeda.
Discuss.
by John Cole| 5 Comments
This post is in: Movies
I know it is wrong.
I know I would be outraged if Tom Cruise were in a film naked with a ten year old girl.
I know this is sick.
But how come I keep thinking, “Lucky bastard?”
Flame away.
by John Cole| 7 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads
Am I the only one who has been getting stream of consciousness spam lately? This latest one had the subject of ‘diagnose jerky,’ and the text stated:
“Unlike so many brides who have made their molten sandwich to us.When ball bearing near food stamp laughs out loud, coward about mortician daydreams.”
I have been getting a lot like this.
by John Cole| 33 Comments
This post is in: Domestic Politics
I wonder how Kerry will downplay this good news:
.S. companies are gearing up to create jobs at rates not seen since the height of the 1990s boom, a survey released on Tuesday showed, adding to evidence that job growth will keep the U.S. economic recovery rolling.
Following two months of strong government payroll reports, the survey is a boon to President Bush in the run-up to elections and will likely confirm expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest rates at the end of June as it moves to beat off emerging inflation.
Thirty percent of polled U.S. employers plan to add to their payrolls in the July to September period, the survey by Manpower Inc. showed. That is up from 20 percent a year earlier and 28 percent in the April to June period.
The survey hit its highest level of 35 percent in 2000, powered by the Internet-fueled boom.
Far fewer companies now plan to lay off employees, the survey showed, making the net year-over-year increase in employers planning to create jobs the largest in the history of the Manpower survey, which was started in 1976.
*** Update ***
Kimmitt states:
We can start even vaguely thinking about calling it a “boom” when Bush is not the first President since Hoover to preside over a net job loss.
How about this, Kimmitt. How about we count job creation from the time Bush’s first exonomic policy was cast until now? Or are you going to demand that the Clinton/Gore recession be Bush’s possession despite all the facts?
For the record, I think Presidents get too much blame and too much credit for the economy, but it is you guys playing this game. Seems to me it would be fair to judge the efect of Bush’s actual policies, which did not ake effect for a good bit after he took office.
by John Cole| 16 Comments
This post is in: General Stupidity
So President Bush honors former President Clinton and Senator Clinton at the unveiling of their portraits, arranging a reunion for senior Clinton staffers, and the folks at Pandagon see ulterior motives:
– “Finally, absolute proof that Bush really will try absolutely anything to get elected.”
– “Can it be…? Could Bush really be scrambling to revive that image of a moderate he sold so heavily in 2000?
If so, he’s really, really counting on the mass short attention span of the American people.”
– “I heard Bush say “President Clinton, Senator Clinton, welcome home” on the radio earlier and almost crashed my car.
Maybe Karl thinks a few well-timed photo-ops can make good on Bush’s “uniter” promise?”
The mind boggles.
by John Cole| 17 Comments
This post is in: Democratic Stupidity
by John Cole| 3 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads
This rather embarassing to admit, but however fascinating an invisibility cloak might be, the only activities I can imagine myself engaging in with one range from the indecent to the illegal.