What are the right-wingers upset about? They got everything they wanted. I could understand why some on the other side of the aisle are mad, but not those on the right. McChrystal made a request, Obama gave him everything he wanted, and the troops are going to be there faster than he even requested. And …
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That’s It, I’m Done With Twitter
Which of these tweets is more annoying- Major General Josh Trevino: You can go to his feed where he repeatedly claims Bush won his war. I guess that means we can withdraw from Iraq now without being called traitors. Josh is now busy making fat jokes. All in a days work for the up and …
Post Speech Open Thread
I missed the speech and now have to rush to Walgreens to get bandages because I sliced my thumb open while taking out the trash. Reactions (to the speech, not my thumb dripping blood into the keyboard).
Things To Do/Look For In Obama’s Speech
I’m going to miss the speech because I have something else to do, but I do want those of you watching the speech to do a couple things as he speaks. Every time Obama says something like “We need to finish what we started” you need to yell out loud “BECAUSE BUSH AND CHENEY DIDN’T.” …
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Banksta, banksta
This sounds like a bad Law & Order episode waiting to happen: I called Goldman Sachs spokesman Lucas van Praag to ask whether it’s true that Goldman partners feel they need handguns to protect themselves from the angry proletariat. He didn’t call me back. The New York Police Department has told me that “as a …
Why Didn’t Anyone Else Think of This?
Via Atrios, more wisdom from Ben Nelson: In lieu of a “war tax” to pay for a troop increase in Afghanistan, Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) is proposing war bonds. “We didn’t have a war tax in the second World War,” Nelson said, and instead the government sold Americans bonds.”People invested in their country, in …
Open Thread
No photos today; the post below took all of my non-science time. I promise more tomorrow. Chat!