There is a story that Caligula had his horse Incitatus declared a member of the Roman Senate because Caligula was an insane tyrant with a deep, quite possibly perverse, affection for his favorite beast of burden. There is a competing story that Caligula was less interested in enobling his pet than in humiliating his Senate …
Republican Venality
All Hail the Secret Austerity Czar
Our Glibertarian overlords have big plans for the 112th Congress. Despite wedging on about loving the Constitution, transparency, Government by the people, populism, deficits, etc., etc., etc.–the Leaders of the incoming Republican Confederate Party House majority have shown their fidelity to the oligarchs by crafting rules designed to blow holes into any effort to balance …
“The 9/11 Non-Responders”
A little compilation to forward in retaliation to all your “Gud Bless Thu Yu-Ess-Aye” relations & acquaintances: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook __ __
What Happened to the Brown Menace?
Is it just me, or did the issue of illegal immigration just completely fall off the radar after the first week of November? Did something happen then that would make illegal immigration no longer an issue? I wonder what it was…
Ice Trap
I hope you all aren’t fooled by the trap that one of the twin snow princesses from Maine is setting for the Democrats. Here is the statement on DADT from President Collins: Following the conclusion of today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Senator Susan Collins released this …
Republicans Demand Transparency and Accountability, But Only From Consumer Advocate
We may get to hear more from Elizabeth Warren here shortly: House Republican lawmakers fired the opening salvo Monday in a war they plan against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by this year’s overhaul of financial regulations. Republican Reps. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the leading contender to take the reins of the House Financial …
Just A Reminder
Who formed the DHS? Who formed the TSA? Who had no problem with indefinite detention? Torture? Illegal wiretapping? Who greenlit all these scanners? Who turned away a guy who had a solution to the body scanner freak-out? Something to keep in mind while we all listen to our newly found believers in individual rights and …