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Who thinks it is super cool the way Brian Linse’s website loads (with that uber cool fade in)?
Does anyone know why Tacitus’s website is loading for April?
*** Update ***
He was hacked. He is fixed. All is good.
Go wish TalkLeft a belated Happy Blogiversary.
I am getting to be so disgusted with this new ‘compassionate’ Republican party that I don’t know what to think anymore. The deficit is what, 400 billion? I can’t even keep track of the damn thing, it is growing so fast. I am all in favor of tax cuts, but could I please see ONE PROPOSAL to cut spending? Just one? Pretty Please?
On top of that, it seems like we are trying to outspend the Democrats. Look at this story in the NY Times:
Legislation providing prescription drug coverage under Medicare won strong bipartisan approval Thursday in the Senate Finance Committee as part of the most far-reaching changes in the government’s health care program for the elderly since its creation in 1965.
“Both parties have promised for years to add prescription drugs to Medicare,” said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, as he presided over a daylong debate carried out in front of dozens of health care lobbyists. “Today we’re here to deliver.”
“We’re about to pass landmark legislation,” added Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the senior Democrat on the committee and Grassley’s partner in crafting the bipartisan bill.
The reported price is 400 billion over ten years, which means that if it is anything like every other federal program, it will costs 1.2 trillion over ten years. Oh- and that laughable ‘tax cut’ for the poor who are not paying taxes. Tack that onto the deficit- hell- let’s give everyone a $5,000 rebate. What the hell? What is one more torpedo in a sinking ship?
I feel like I need to go to some bizarro self-help group, where I stand up and have to say:
“Hi. My name is John Cole, and I still think running deficits is bad.”
Graphic from Yahoo via Oliver Willis
Fiscal conservatives, my ass.
The trip to Dallas and back went off without a hitch. No accidents, no tickets (1 warning), and no missed flights on the way home. All is well.
A few quick notes-
– ATTENTION ALL SOUTHERN FOLK- Ford, Chrysler, and Chevrolet all sell something other than monster trucks and SUV’s. They are called cars. You might think they are kinda interesting- they even fit 4 whole people- they have this thing called a back seat- sorta like a bigger version of an extended cab, if you will. I know some of your women were a touch on the hefty size- but other than your dates, I didn’t see you hauling anything to justify the 9 million Dodge Power Ram 950000 monster trucks I saw on the road.
– The life expectancy of a Tennessee State Trooper has to be shorter than that of a D-Day infantryman at Omaha beach. All of I-40 west is named in memory of a trooper- which could explain why there were none on the road issuing tickets. I drove 85 miles an hour the whole way from Nashville to Memphis, and people were passing me like I was going 40. Amazing- so much for the ‘law and order’ South.
– I learned that in the south, the four food groups are barbecued, deep-fried, breaded, and dessert.
– I stopped in Hope, Arkansas, birthplace of the Big Me, aka Billy Jeff. If Arkansas is their vision for the whole country, the Clintons must be defeated at all costs. There was a spectacular hole in the wall BBQ joint there (The Smokehouse?), and I had the best pulled pork sandwich I have ever had.
– Dallas leads the nation in middle-aged bottle blondes with boob jobs.
– If everyone in the South would drive slower and talk FASTER, they would find their life to be much more fulfilling (one theory of mine was that they drive like hell to make up for all the lost time spent speaking at such a slow rate of speed).
– The South is hot. Damned hot.
Steve Gilliard at the Daily Kos has compiled the complete list of reasons you should hate Martha Stewart and should not be upset she was indicted. I have to admit, I am feeling a mild bit of glee about her indictment because she is such an obnoxious shrew, but even though I hate the woman, I think there is much worse going on in the Wall Street boardrooms than this matter. Cripes- they just let a bunch of brokerage houses that screwed us for hundreds of billons off with measly fines.
Remember this:
Citigroup Global Markets is the corrupt Saloman Smith Barney. They just changed their name to hide the perfidy. Don’t forget.