Can I ask you commenters a favor? Quit citing poll after poll after poll of Bush’s approval ratings. They suck. They are historically low. I will concede they are probably going to stay that way, barring a miracle. So until they change dramatically, quit citing them. Why? Because they DO NOT MATTER. This administration CLEARLY …
Congrats Are in Order
Ezra Klein, paid hack. Good luck, Ezra.
Screw ‘Em- They Don’t Need the Money, Right?
I guess good government is just too much to ask for: The IRS has frozen refunds for hundreds of thousands of low-income taxpayers without telling them they’re being investigated for tax fraud or giving them a chance to defend themselves, the IRS taxpayer advocate said Tuesday. In a blistering report to Congress, Taxpayer Advocate Nina …
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Health Care, Coming to a Government Near You
I have stated repeatedly that I think the fight over some form of nationalized health care is over, and that we will one day have a European-style system in place. The only question is when big business will successfully pressure the government to take over and how much of their current health care funding responsibilities …
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More Rhetoric on the Abortion Front
This will no doubt inflame the passions of the intended audience: God sees embryos as “full and complete” humans, Pope Benedict said on Wednesday in an address that firmly underlined the Roman Catholic Church’s stance against abortion and scientific research on embryos. “The loving eyes of God look on the human being, considered full and …
Favorite Gifts & the Meme of Fours
I don’t want to leave on a down note (see the post just below), so an open thread. Put the favorite gift you gave and the favorite gift you received in the comments. *** Update *** Guess I am not out of here yet- I got tagged by Ezra: Four jobs you’ve had in your …
The Season of Giving
Kevin Drum lists a number of conservative blogs he reads on a daily basis (we don’t make the cut, which means there is room to grow next year!), and I thought it would be interesting to list the liberal/progressive/Democratic blogs I read on a daily basis. These are in no particular order: The Carpetbagger Report– …