Archive for February, 2009

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GDP Reading At 26-Year Low

by Buck • Friday, February 27th, 2009 - 1:45 pm

More bad economic news. And no one to thank for it but those who were in charge these past eight-plus years. The republican policies of deregulation and free tax rides for the rich will be the end of us yet.

GDP slides…



Judd Gregg, On The Take? You Decide

by Buck • Friday, February 27th, 2009 - 7:21 am

Judd Gregg got caught dancing along the outer rim of ethical behavior, but says his toes never crossed the line.

“I am absolutely sure that in every way I’ve complied with the ethics rules of the Senate both literally and in their…



Club Blue

by Batocchio • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 10:00 pm

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Lay Low – “I Forget It’s There”



Carville: GOP’s March To Folly

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 7:25 pm

Excellent commentary by James Carville regarding recent shrieks from members of the feckless republican party.

Commentary: Jindal leads GOP on a ‘march to folly’

(CNN) — Over the course of history, governments, political regimes and leaders have done some stupid things despite all…



More Reason To Keep Republicans From Control

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 5:30 pm

See what eight years of republican politics will get ya?

For the last eight years they implored their constituents to hate middle-easterners. Now, thanks mainly to ingrained ignorance, (along with a little push from the shitty likes of Rush Limbaugh), ordinary,…



As It Should Be: War Coffins No Longer Hid From View

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 4:55 pm

Of all the things the Bush administration politicized… this has got to be the sickest. Hiding military coffins from public view just so Americans would be shielded from the negatives of war was pure crap and showed a total disrespect…



GOP 2012: No Worries – Unless One Of Them Wins!

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 12:29 pm

This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference took a Straw Poll to decide who should win the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Their list:

• Charlie Crist
• Newt Gingrich
• Rudy Giuliani
• Mike Huckabee
• Bobby Jindal
• Ron Paul

• Sarah Palin
• Tim Pawlenty
• Mitt Romney
•…



New High In Jobless Claims

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 10:39 am

If I were a republican, I’d tell these lazy bums they should be out looking for work and not standing in line looking for a handout.

Jobless claims spike to 26-year high

Number of Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits rises to 667,000.…



Bobby Jindal, Rising Republican Idiot

by Buck • Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 10:08 am

For a “rising Republican star,this is the best that the GOP can come up with?

With all things being equal, Bobby Jindal would cut spending on the New Orleans’ levee system. I wonder how the people of that area, both republican…



Club Blue

by Buck • Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 8:30 pm

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Toni Braxton – You’re Makin’ Me High



Should Congress Investigate Wall Street?

by Buck • Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 2:49 pm

BlueHerald ImageJulian E. Zelizer is right, but I would like to add one other point to his argument.

Our press, for a while, did a fairly decent job at helping to inform and educate the populace as to the goings-ons in Washington. We…



The Epitome Of Hypocrisy

by Buck • Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 12:43 pm

BULLSHIT!

“When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created…



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