Archive for the ‘Wayward press’ Category

April 25th, 2011

Obviously, the reason why Franklin Graham used his national television appearances on Easter Sunday to promote Birtherism is because President Obama has not invited him to the White House for lunch.  Really.

April 12th, 2011

Turns out that although Paul Ryan budget plan cuts $4.3 trillion dollars in spending, mostly for the poor and middle class, it also cuts taxes- mostly for the very wealthy — by nearly $4.2 trillion dollars, leaving only $155 billion in deficit reduction over ten years.  You could get that just by cutting farm subsidies in [...]

April 6th, 2011

A few days ago, I suggested that the Republican Party elite are trying to put the visibly crazy members of their party in mothballs in the run-up to the 2012 Campaign.  One can tell this by watching the actions of the Official Party Organ, Pravda Foxnewskaya, in much the same way that Kremlinologists of yore would [...]

April 4th, 2011

A few years ago, Mark told me that it’s easy to be a blogger on the west coast: wait until 9 pm Pacific time, look at David Brooks’ column, and point out how idiotic it is.  He was right; it IS easy.  But today, it’s necessary. Today (or tomorrow?), Brooks, who favored the extensions of [...]

April 4th, 2011

As I noted below, Paul Ryan’s proposed budget for next year will adopt the policy of ending Medicare.  Of course, we should expect the right wing’s talking points to say that it’s not ending Medicare — it’s just “reforming” it, or “transforming” it, or “modernizing” it etc. etc. This led commenter “Calling All Toasters” to [...]

April 4th, 2011

No, he’s not a Mossad agent, just a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and he wrote one of the most important lines in contemporary American journalism.  Concerning Paul Ryan’s House Republican budget proposal, Ben-David observes: The plan would essentially end Medicare, which now pays most of the health-care bills for 48 million elderly and [...]

February 27th, 2011

Newt Gingrich’s ideas are so profound! It’s a wonder they can be encapsulated in one New York Times fluffer!

February 22nd, 2011

Flat or round? Who is to know?

February 21st, 2011

I didn’t know that Rupert Murdoch also bought The Financial Times as well as The Times….

February 14th, 2011

There is any easy way to reduce federal spending by $47 billion a year — it’s so easy, in fact, that no one can consider it.