- House Democrats don’t think they can convince Americans to support… cutting the deficit by making rich people pay more taxes. What are House Democrats even for, anyway? (The Hill)
- Mocking Sarah Palin’s crib notes is a terrible affront to the Baby Trig because Palin is just not subject to the same rules as other politicians, also too. (ThinkProgress)
- Oh, and speaking of which, Sarah Palin simply cannot stop lying about things to serve her political interests. Palin 2012! (The Plum Line)
- FOX News uses fraudulent polls, according to Bill O’Reilly and Karl Rove. FOX = ACORN?!?!?! (Daily Kos)
- Terrible batterer Scott Cohen will drop out of the Illinois Lieutenant Governor race to be replaced by… well, pretty much anyone. (WGN-TV)
- Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), the first Vietnam vet elected to the House, has died at the age of 77. (Press Release)
The Ball’s In Harry’s Court
The Senate Majority leader is not required to honor any Senator’s hold which means Harry Reid can dare the entire GOP caucus (and any conservadems who might feel like joining in) to filibuster every single one of President Obama’s nominees while the entire nation watches on television. But if Reid lets the entire federal government come grinding to a halt becuase of “Senatorial courtesy,” then it’s time to find a new majority leader.
Everything That Is Wrong with the US Senate in One Sentence
One Senator, Richard Shelby (R-AL), can singlehandedly shut down the entire Senate because the administration gave a big military spending contract to Boeing instead of a European company.
- President Obama condemned Uganda’s “death penalty for homosexuals” law at a prayer breakfast organized by the American “Christian” group which supported the law. (AFP)
- Your U.S. Senate will vote on a jobs bill next week, but it will probably die along with all other legislation in the Senate. (USA Today)
- The GOP is soliciting campaign contributions from Wall Street, apparently not recognizing that “Wall Street” is a synonym for all of America’s least favorite people. (WSJ)
- Public funding for healthcare hit record levels this year and will soon exceed 50% of all healthcare spending in the US as more and more people can’t afford their health insurance and turn to Medicaid. If only someone had introduced legislation to try and do something about this… (LA Times)
- HOLY CRAP! SHARK ATTACK! (MSNBC)
How Did Nobody Notice This?
Illinois Democrats just nominated an accused batterer for Lieutenant Governor:
Scott Lee Cohen — a pawnbroker who shocked state Democratic leaders Tuesday night by winning the party’s nomination for lieutenant governor — was arrested about four-and-a-half years ago and accused of holding a knife to a former live-in girlfriend’s neck, newly obtained court records show.
The misdemeanor charge against Cohen was dropped weeks later when the woman — who had just been found guilty of prostitution — failed to show up to testify, according to those records.
…
Cohen disclosed his domestic violence arrest when he announced his candidacy, but the details about the knife and prostitution case didn’t surface in the campaign, as Cohen was considered a longshot.
So let me get this straight. He admitted to having been arrested for DV, nobody bothered to ask him about the details of that arrest, and then they nominated him to the Democratic ticket anyway? Ingenious. Maybe Democrats should just give up on this whole “winning elections” business entirely.
The Jokes Write Themselves
- Before marrying Jenny, Mark Sanford insisted on removing “fidelity” from their vows.
- David Vitter cosponsors bill to stop same-sex marriage in DC after patronizing prostitutes in DC.
- Debate over “America’s Future” featuring Harold Ford, Jr. and Michael Steele.
- Nonsense in Washington Post article refuted by Washington Post poll.
- Iran now has the capability to send “a mouse, several turtles and worms” into space. Oh God! WHO WILL SAVE US FROM THE IRANIAN SPACE WORM?!?!? (Voice of America)
- Oh look, not torturing the underpants bomber has produced meaningful results. It’s almost like we have a functioning criminal justice system in this country! (NYT)
- Adobe and Apple are going to war with each other because of Steve Jobs’ famed new women’s hygiene product, the iPad. (ZDNet)
- Ugh, apparently al-Qaeda is not done attacking us even though the whole underpants bomb thing didn’t work. (WSJ)
- The Democratic and Republican primaries for Illinois governor are both too close to call probably because of “Chicago-style politics” or something. (Chicago Tribune)
Six More Weeks of Winter
- Taylor Swift won three Grammys last night but Beyonce had the most Grammys of all time!1 (ABC News)
- Haiti would like the United States to just run their country now, instead of the Haitian government. (WaPo)
- Your Armed Forces are discharging significantly fewer gay servicemembers recently, probably because of the whole “war” thing. (SLDN)
- Security lines at Newark Airport too long? Just land your plane on the New Jersey Turnpike instead! (KYW)
- Here is your Barack Obama’s $3.8 Trillion budget which will probably die in the Senate along with all other American legislation. (WSJ)
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Simple Answers to Simple Questions
The BBC asks, why do people often vote against their own interests?
Because so many American voters are dumb.
This has been another rousing edition of Simple Answers to Simple Questions.
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