The Answer: Stick to Our Values

One of the most important, yet most frequently violated, laws of punditry is that your own priorities and preferences aren’t always relevant. I would love it if the GOP dedicated itself to cutting government by two-thirds, leaving only a minimal

Been watching this happen the last couple weeks and have decided to jump in.

The original idea has to go to John Hawkins, who adapated the tradition from Twitter. The idea being pass along blogs you like and link

In a staged pseudo-news event, the White House arranged their network record to cover Barack Obama and Joe Biden trip to local burger joint.    That MSNBC sees fit take orders for the White House and what cover and tries to

Robert Reich, Salon, issues a warming:

The President seems to me especially thoughtful and passionate about one of the great moral questions of domestic policy today: widening inequality of income and wealth, and therefore of opportunity and political power.

Jan Schakowsky (Illinois – Nine) is a useful idiot.   Schakowsky gave a speech where she revealed her vision and hope for so-called health care reform.  View her deranged speech  here (will not embed).

Schakowsky’s speech is a gold

Speaker Tablecloth, Nancy Pelosi, knew about the Bush admintration enhanced interrogation from Day One.   Michelle has the story:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew from September 2, 2002 that enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, were being used on jihadi detainees.

More,

From Kimberly Kindy and Ceci Connoly, Washington Post:

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering an unprecedented fall vaccination campaign that could entail giving Americans three flu shots – one to combat annual seasonal influenza and two targeted at

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• A measure of commitment: A great one from Don Surber: The EPA should turn off its air

Arthur Brooks, at  The Wall Street Journal suggests that there’s a bit of a culture war going on about the future of capitalism.  The headline suggests that “The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism “

There is a major cultural

I know Eric already rambled on Colin Powell.   However, I am still going stick my two cents,   For the record, Chris Strohm, Congress Daily

The Republican Party is in big trouble and needs to find a way to move back

Part of me, says not to go here.    Part says, read twice what I say before you bombard Eric.   So here is goes.

Is it ever permissable for a man to slap a woman?   Maybe, video

Or maybe not. Barbara

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• Letters, we get letters:  One of the questions I get about every other week, here at CasaDeBit,

Apparently, that FOIA demand from Fox News did the trick, at least partially:

The White House plans to soon release a photo from the controversial Air Force One-style flyover of Manhattan last week, despite claiming earlier that there was

Let’s look this situation over, shall we?

  I dunno about you, but on the face of it, I’m going to take a great deal more seriously, the pronouncements of someone who looks like this, and think it looks good…

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