Despite receiving a thumbs up from a number of conservative foreign policy observers, and the public at large, for his handling of the current Iranian domestic turmoil, the wingers seem to have settled on a narrative that President Obama has been too timid in his response to same. It was a theme dutifully picked up by the MSM at Tuesday’s …
A little song to sooth the pain of infidelity. And appreciate the tape warble near the end as a fitting tribute to Mark Sanford‘s sense of decency. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2shR99NnwCA&feature=related[/youtube] * * The hunger of the soul cannot be satisfied with physical pleasures; the love of home and children is not augmented by the unwise pursuit of pleasure. —The Urantia Book
The Sanford family during happier times 10. Needed a break from his family…values. 9. Has a Senator Ensign problem (affair with another woman). 8. Has a Senator Craig problem (affair with a gay lover). 7. Has a Senator Vitter problem (chatty prostitute). 6. Was hospitalized for an ass transplant after getting his butt kicked by the South Carolina legislature for …
A puffy but erect Lindsey Graham appeared at the Washington DC GOP Headquarters, Sunday, with the obviously deceased, desicated, and decaying Arizona Senator John McCain, where the duo attacked President Obama for not doing enough to lead the free world. Clearly frustrated, Graham said the president had been “timid and passive” more than he would like, and that the president was “S’pose teh lead the free world, not foller it.” When asked what specifically he wanted the president to say, Graham stroked his tie briefly and said President Obama should just be more “aggressive” and “hands on.”
Democrats settle into the job they know best Dems never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity (see, e.g., healthcare). Rethugs never miss an opportunity to bully Dems into missing an opportunity. And the circle of life goes merily along… UPDATE: Apology to House Dems: While the Senate has cowered from the debate over a public option in the face …
Truth in advertising from the Medical Industrial Complex Bob Cesca at HuffPo, in his post The Health Insurance Mafia Deserves a Good Screwing recounts his personal experience of losing his family’s medical insurance after his provider, without cause, raised their premium threefold overnight; and makes the case for a public option. Atul Gawande of The New Yorker provides a clue …
It’s National Monkey Week, a few special days each year when we take our Homo Sapeins ego a little less seriously by contemplating our humble hairy origins as Primates.
