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Bill Maher Reads My Blog…

…well, not really.  But he seems have figured out what I (and others) have been saying: Word.

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Quote of the Day – June 18, 2009

Freddie over at the steller League of Ordinary Gentleman makes a passionate plea for anti-health care reform folks to take a look at themselves, saying: I believe that for people in the most powerful economy in the history of the … Continue reading

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More on Bill Maher’s Obama Critique

Bill explains what he means: “If not now, when?” I think this is the major point that Bill Maher has buried in his critique of Obama.  His comment that even his own audience, which suffered few jokes or critiques of … Continue reading

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Diversity on Sunday Talk Shows

The Congressional Black Caucus is mad about the lack of blackness on Sunday talk shows. I feel their pain, but generally speaking Senators are more newsworthy than House members and, well, ain't nobody callin up Roland Burris anytime soon.  That … Continue reading

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Congress v. Obama: We’re Kinda Screwed

There's this whole meme out there in the blogosphere — Jamelle rounds all the recent stuff up nicely – around the notion that the real problem with our federal government is that Congress abdicates its duty to be a check on … Continue reading

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