(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, April 9, 2010
Capitalism's Achilles Heel: The Cassano Loophole There is a glitch in the system. Alan Greenspan famously said after the collapse that he had "found a flaw" in his free market ideology. He added, "Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder's equity (myself especially) are in a state of shocked disbelief."

(7 comments) SHARE        Monday, February 3, 2014
The Sniveling Apologizers at MSNBC Don't Represent Progressi First, let me be clear that this is not intended for the hosts on MSNBC. It's management that's the issue. The way Phil Griffin has his hosts trot out for one apology after another is revolting. At least, he included himself in the genuflecting to the right-wing last time around. The whole display is pathetic.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Friendly Advice to CNN -- Change Everything CNN just had their lowest ratings in a decade. They are in disastrous shape. When I was on MSNBC, we would beat them with a stick. Even after "pro-CNN" stories like revolutions in Egypt and Libya, Japanese nuclear meltdowns and the killing of Osama bin Laden (CNN does much better when major news or international stories break out), we still beat them. Now they're doing so poorly I might even catch them on Current.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, July 16, 2010
Obama's Last Test The final financial reform package has been dramatically watered down and is riddled with loopholes. But its supporters (and some critics) say that we shouldn't worry because it at least allows regulators to get tough on the financial industry later -- if they think it's necessary. That is actually true. It does have such provisions.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 30, 2009
Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal Is there some sort of mutated virus passed from president to president that causes them to believe that they and their chosen ones are above the law and the US Constitution?

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 27, 2010
GOP Not Allowed to Talk About the "Will of the Public" John Boehner keeps saying over and over that the Democrats must go along with Republican plans from now on because they have to listen to the... will of the public. Well, here's what I don't remember -- the Republicans giving a damn about the will of the public after the 2008 elections. The American people spoke as loudly and clearly as I have ever seen in any election in my lifetime.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, July 26, 2010
"The List" of Journolist Participants is Fake There is now a list going around in conservative websites purporting to be "The List" of media participants in Journolist. It's fake. How do I know? I'm on The List. And I was never on Journolist.

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ban Glenn Beck from Ground Zero So, if we're banning things from near Ground Zero, then banning Glenn Beck makes more sense than anything else. The Park51 Project is actually trying to heal wounds, spread a moderate form of Islam and reach out to everyone in the community. And they certainly have never said anything nearly as offensive about the 9/11 victims or their families as Beck has.

(3 comments) SHARE        Saturday, February 27, 2010
Take the Damn Vote Serious people assure us that there just aren't the votes, even to pass it through reconciliation where you only need a simple majority. You know, there is one way to find out. Take the damn vote.

(5 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Israel Must Release the Full Raid Tapes Every news outlet in the world has been running the tape of the Israeli commando raid on Free Gaza Flotilla released by the Israeli Defense Forces. It lasts about a minute and clearly shows the commandos being attacked by the people on board as they rappel down from their helicopters.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, November 10, 2011
Huckabee the Scrivener: The Man Who Could be President, But Prefers Not To I have been saying for about a year now that the man best positioned to become the next President of the United States is Mike Huckabee. To this day, the Republican voter is desperately in search for the anti-Romney. Even seven out of ten Romney voters say they could switch their vote to someone else. There is no brand loyalty there at all.

(4 comments) SHARE        Monday, August 9, 2010
Would a Black Judge Have Been Biased in Brown v. Board of Education? US District Judge Vaughn Walker is the judge who issued the ruling that Prop 8, which bans same sex marriage in California, is unconstitutional. Conservatives are now claiming that he is gay (which is unconfirmed at this point) and that his gayness presents an obvious bias. Furthermore, he should have recused himself from the case because as a gay man he would have a conflict of interest in deciding a case on gay rights.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, April 29, 2012
WHCD: A Salute to the Centurions I was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight. And I loved 85% of it. This makes me somewhat of a hypocrite because I often criticize a lot of the people in that room, and I especially single out the chuminess of the press with the government.

(6 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, November 3, 2010
How'd That Bipartisanship Thing Work Out For You? If the Obama White House trusts one more idiot in Washington who says they should try reaching consensus with the Republicans, then they deserve the ass kicking they'll get next time around, too.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Big Republican Lie on Tax Cuts The question isn't whether tax cuts or tax increases are always the right answer. The question is at what level of taxes do we stimulate the economy, collect enough revenue to run a functioning government and let people keep as much of their income as we can.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, July 18, 2009
Who Was on the Assassination List? More grim insights concerning the most despicable vice president in American history.

(3 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Progressives Get Clean Sweep on Election Night Last night went just about as well as it could possibly go for progressives. The more progressive candidate won in Pennsylvania when Joe Sestak ousted long-time Republican, short-time Democrat Arlen Specter. Clearly, a win for progressives.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, June 4, 2010
Israeli Defense Forces Execute American Citizen What else would you call it? The Israeli commandos that boarded the Free Gaza Flotilla shot Furkan Dogan once in the chest and four times in the head at close range. Was he still resisting after the third head shot? Did five different commandos happen to shoot him all at the same time in the middle of the night with stunning accuracy?

(14 comments) SHARE        Friday, August 8, 2008
Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist? If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question - what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

(5 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 11, 2010
Obama Administration Misunderstands Capitalism On Wednesday, Kathleen Sebelius went in to chide the health insurance companies. Or at least that's what she was supposed to do according to the notes they handed the press before the event. Instead she wound up being very polite as usual and just pleaded with them to do the right thing and care about their customers. She can't help herself, she's so soft. That's why Obama picked her.