Remember on Christmas day how that Al Qaedia terrorist tried to blow up a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit using explosives sewn into his underwear? Hundreds of people came perilously close to losing their lives.
When the attack failed, decent humans breathed a sigh of relief.
Republican officials, led by our own John Cornyn, celebrated. ‘What [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Hundreds almost killed in an act of terror? What a great opportunity for John Cornyn to raise money
Are African-Americans turning on President Obama?
Hardly. President Obama won 96 percent of the African-American vote last year and is almost certain to get those numbers again in 2012.
Nevertheless, the Congressional Black Caucus recently criticized the President over economic policy and jobs. As a result, Obama found himself on the defensive in an interview with April Ryan of the Urban Radio [...]
Medicare for all
In its current form, the Senate’s health care reform bill includes an individual mandate but does little to force private insurers to keep costs down. Progressives are outraged at Senate Democrats and the Obama administration. Why? Because liberals have compromised and compromised. It never seems to be enough. As Ezra Klein explains:
. . . progressives [...]
John Cornyn isn’t pro-rape, he’s just anti-rape victim
Companies like Halliburton/KBR force their employees to give up their constitutional right to access the courts. So if a Halliburton employee has a claim against the company, he or she can’t file a lawsuit. Employees are instead forced to fight it out in arbitration, a private process where there are no juries, no appeals, and [...]
PG’s final campaign interview with Annise Parker
Mayoral candidate Annise Parker stopped by the studio on this, the last day before Houston’s runoff election. Among the topics discussed: New polling putting her 13 points ahead of Gene Locke, plans for her first hundred days in office, what she thinks Mayor White got wrong, and the historic nature of her candidacy. That plus [...]
Fox News reporters are good at geography
Fox News’ Steve Doocy and Martha MacCallum obviously agree that if you’re in the media promoting war, you have a responsibility to be as informed as possible. Doocy of course is Fox’s foreign policy expert.
It’s that kind of geopolitical expertise that landed Doocy and MacCallum on Bill O’Reilly’s show the other night to explain that [...]
Totally rational people brace for the end of American sovereignty
President Obama plans to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next week. The goal of that gathering is to reach an agreement limiting dangerous greenhouse emissions so that we don’t destroy our planet. Well, that’s the ostensible goal.
The geniuses on the far right who have taken over the Republican Party — led by [...]
