Things You Won't See on CNN, FOX, Etc. - Taxes Hit 30 Year Low Under Obama

What? I bet the eviil Liberal Media is all over this. BWAHAHAHAHA!

Think Progress; Under Obama, Taxes Hit a 30 Year Low.

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Quote of the Day: Krugman

"[S]ince Obama keeps talking nonsense about economics, at what point do we stop giving him credit for actually knowing better? Maybe at some point we have to accept that he believes what he’s saying." --Paul Krugman

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The Perfect Obama Picture

We'll see what happens, but this pic is not reassuring to proponents of the safety net. Unless it's to remind us how many time Reagan raised taxes while in office(which it won't be).


The guilded furnishings, royal red carpets, picture of St. Ronnie smiling down benevently...A lot of thought and choreography went into this little message pic.

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Obama; "The Big Zero" In Closed Doors With Republicans

I like that description "The big zero". Kiss your Medicare bye-bye granny?

The big zero is meeting with the Republicans this morning after the House voted not to raise the debt ceiling. This is where the zero “deals” with the Republicans to slash Medicare. It’s all working out as he and his corporatist pals have planned.

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Today's Headline: Budget Deal Update

Today President Obama said he was optimistic that the Democrats and Republicans working together could avert a government shutdown. The Republicans responded by saying that, "the President is a big poopypants, with kooties and boogers and we're gonna shut down the silly government anyways, because we can and because it'll please our BFF's, the cool Koch Brothers. So there...Liberals...PFFFT"



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Tom Tomorrow With Middle-Man Strikes Back

Perfect fit.








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Obama's Weekly Address, On Outsourcing Jobs Overseas

Has President Obama lost his love and longing for bi-partisanship with RGOP(Rabid Grand Old Party)? Here he is in this week's speech showing Republicans* as(always) grand old hypocrits regarding American jobs.


* Note; Not that I consider the Democrats a ton better. BUT, they are better...There's the rub.
I've been on a bit of a sabbatical from the old Blog. For one thing this low-end part time chef job I have has varying hours, and that's been difficult. We have our first granddaughter(YAY), I'm STILL looking for a good job. All that means little time...Annnddd, I've also finally given in and joined Facebook. It's begun to take the (little) time I had for my pet Blog here.
Between Twitter and Facebook, work, WoW, etc. My vague little known Blog is becoming an orphan Alas...I'll keep it in suspended animation long as I can. Mourned by only me(sniffle).

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Obama Fights Back - The Rolling Stone Interview

You should read it.



Obama in Command:
The Rolling Stone Interview

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Democratic Strategy? Where? Where?

Yep...

"..Let’s say Obama’s people have correctly deduced that there’s no chance in hell of getting anything through Congress. They have two basic options. First, they could get on the teevee every day and say, “This is my plan to help. Republicans in Congress won’t pass it.” They could hold rallies in Maine. Allies could run ads. At least people would know who is for and who is against…and just what it was that people are for or against.
Option two is back off proposals you’ve previously made and have Axelrod get on the teevee and say, “there is some argument for additional spending in the short-run to continue to generate economic activity.”

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Oil Catastrophe, And The Obama And Leno Show

Hard to watch or even think about the catastrophe unfolding in the gulf. I imagine BP's response to this disaster is similar to Dubya's Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's comment about the 9/11 attacks; "No one could have predicted planes being flown into buildings"?
BP; "No one could have predicted an oil rig exploding and breaking off from the well"?
...Bastards!
Maybe the Fed can hire a few hundred thousand of we "unemployeds" at a decent wage and send us down to try and help? Hmmm? Doubtful? I think so to.
They seem to be to busy fiddling time away...this is a disaster on so many levels though it's frightening.

Well, try and think about something else.
On a bit brighter note the White House Correspondent's Dinner was last night. Here's a bit of the event featuring the President and Jay Leno(who I don't have a high funnyman opinion of).
The word is that the President "slayed" 'em, and Jay bombed.
You be the judge:



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The Week's Fun | In Nasty Pants

This is how I remember it to:

THE WEEK IN PANT-SHITTING

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Robert Gibbs On Daily Rundown

Robert Gibbs gives Savanah and the Toddler his SOTU talking points:

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Obama will give a nice speech(DUH), some tough talking points(but not to tough, musn't point fingers), the obligatory Democratic hand across the aisle bi-partisonship redux, some wonderful plans for the country, how tough people are having it, naming a few names, how things are going well in Bush's(and Obama's) 2 wars)...
And then...He'll go back to the Oval Office and continue to do what's cost him the backing of his Democratic base; treating his Wall Street/banking employees(Geitner, etal) as if they care about me or millions of other Americans being unemployed, or anyone other than bankers and Wall Street for that matter, kissing Republican behinds(Cough!-Joe LIEberman-Cough!) while they call him unamerican, punching Liberal/Progressive "Hippies" in the face, expanding the Pentagon war machine, "freezing" domestic spending(that may be the dumbest one yet), etc. etc....
To say he's disappointed me so far is an understatement. I knew he wasn't a Liberal during the race and he wasn't my original choice but I did think that, unlike the herd of Democrats on Capital Hill he was smart, courageous and had a heart for people like me. Lesson learned so far.

Oh, and HERE'S a good idea. He could take instructions from Republicans, like good ol' Troll Eric Cantor. No way he'd steer a Democratic President wrong. BWAHAHAHA!

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Democrats Assume Fetal(Don't Kick Me) Position

This sounds about right:

Obama and his team and our Congress critters really do seem intent on staying in the fetal position until the Republicans have the House and Senate under their control.

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Update: That Infamous Bow

Found at Bart's.

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President Obama | Video: The National Health Care Speech

I watched the speech and was fairly impressed. At least he mentioned a "public option" which was more than I expected. If he'll stand by it and fight for it I'll be truly impressed, not to mention grateful. Here's the complete speech, which I thought was pretty good, not his best but pretty good:

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As a bonus here's Robert Reich with a quick explanation of what the "public option" really is in a nutshell:



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John Hodgman's Nerdilicious Roast of President Barack Obama

I wanted to put this up yesterday but got involved with chores and WoW so here it goes now. Better late than never here's comedian/writer John Hodgman's nerd send up of Obama at the Radio & tv Correspondent's dinner.


Family just called and they're almost home. They probably have a few Father's Day surprises, so I gotta go. Maybe back later today.

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Mad Magazine | The First 100 Minutes

They still funny.. The new mad Magazine's cover:


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The Inaugural Address

Here's the inaugural address by PRESIDENT Barack Obama. Not his best speech but very good:

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Which Inauguration? | Ohhh, That Inauguration!

Well it's over. Damn, the Bush era is FINALLY gone. It's finally PRESIDENT Barack Obama. A very good speech, I didn't get to see all of it. Maybe YouTube will have it up later
Here's our new first couple. Ain't they cute? And sharp as tacks to?

Photo: Greg Nash/WDCPIX

Thanks Kos.
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Inauguration Watch | From Work

Huge crowds in Washington for Barack Obama's inauguration. Me, I'll have to watch it here at work during lunch. It's a wonderful feeling, but also very scary. I "hope" he can dig us out of the dubya hole.
There's so many horrific problems facing my country and the world. And I the fear that Obama will follow that middle of the road, go along to get along route that he won't be near what we need.
Meanwhile the corporate media's giddy. We'll see how long that lasts. I'm assuming that it'll last till, and if, Barack starts stepping on some corporate toes for the poor, the middle class, the environment, taxes, and all the other political corporate no-no's.
It's going to be interesting to watch, and for Barack, his beautiful family, and the world I wish him the best.
Meanwhile here's Keith Olbermann with 8 years of dubya, in 8 minutes:



On a somewhat related note I watched a bit of "Meet the Tool", with Karl Rove's dance partner David Gregory a few days ago. He was grilling Rahm Emanuel for being obviously not bi-partisan enough for the current political climate(meaning Democrats in charge) with this Cheney-esk sneer on his face. I stayed on the channel for maybe 5 minutes till I couldn't take the snide gotcha of Gregory. I'm not a fan of Emanuel, but I'm also one of those who knew that as soon as Democrats were back in the White House that hard questions would return, and the gloves would come back off of our corporate media. That's certainly not a bad thing per se, but it's pretty much been missing for eight years and David Gregory is one of the poster boys for that.
What. A. Tool.

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