Snark of the Day; John Cole

Explain why this is a good bill. I double dog dare you. And if you can’t or won’t, explain why I shouldn’t be siding with the GOP in opposition, despite how crazy they are

John Cole, Balloon Juice, via James

All in all, after reading the list of boondoggle, pork-laden goodies in that so-called stimulus bill, I must conclude that there aren’t two people up there who have ever balanced a checkbook or paid off a credit card. Why, to

Jay Newton-Small, Time, on the coming  Beltway cage fight, Obama-Pelosi:

For all his high-minded talk of bipartisanship and common purpose, Barack Obama was always aware that Republicans in Congress weren’t going to simply set aside their philosophical differences and

Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, warns of the coming meltdown of Barack Obama:

If [Barack Obama] doesn’t quit the messianic style and perpetual campaign mode, and begin humbly governing, then he will devolve into Carterism-angry that the once-fawning press

This is one stupid b*tch, video:

Hat tip:   Jeff Emanuel:  Red State.

House Democrats, you elected this twit Speaker.   Shame on you!

Addendum I: (Bit)

Does anyone remember during Reagan and Bush41, how we were told in no uncertain

Well whore is not the perfect way to describe Samira Jassam, but it will do.   This story is disgusting on several levels,  Herald Sun (AU):

A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising

Philip Sherwell, Telegraph(UK) asks:

[Is Barack Obama’s] determination to push through Mr Daschle’s nomination, regardless of the developments of the last few days, was either politically tone-deaf, inept, naïve loyalty or straightforward “I won” arrogance. Or some combination of

Is Speaker Tablecloth about to rejoin the rank and file, Ed Morrissey, Hot Air:

Congress just started the 111th Session just four weeks ago, and already some Democrats have had enough of Nancy Pelosi’s ham-handed tactics. A rebellion has

Unfortunately, new facts have come to light – involving his failure to pay substantial taxes that were owed and his sizable income from health-related companies while he worked in the private sector – that call into question his suitability for

This is f*cking pathetic.   A neighborhood is gripped by terror and the residents are forced to hold prayer vigils.   As if prayer vigils ever made a dangerous neighborhiood safe, WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY:

On Dayton Street, in the neighborhood where

Chrissy Matthews may still get a tingle from the mere thought of  Barack Obama, but Matthews’ tingle does not extend across the pond, Toby Harnden, Telegraph(UK)

Obama, however, cannot get away indefinitely with high-minded but empty statements about changing

Fox News is reporting some democrats want to “gut” the Pelosi-Reid-Obama debt bill:

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Republicans and Democrats alike want to gut the nearly $900 billion program of

David Duke is pissed,  Davidduke.com:

By David Duke, former Republican member of the House of Representatives in Louisiana, and former Chairman of the Largest Republican District in the state

The Republican Party leadership in its latest act of self-immolation

Jonathon Porritt, British nincompoop, prefers trees to people, Sarah-Kate Templeton, Times(UK):

The Optimum Population Trust, a campaign group of which Porritt is a patron, says each baby born in Britain will, during his or her lifetime, burn carbon roughly

I quess Sarah not a Bithead, yet, Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times(UK):

LESS than two weeks into his administration, President Barack Obama is being portrayed by opponents as a new Jimmy Carter – weak at home and naive abroad –