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The Next Hostage Taking: The FAA
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen Chuck Schumer says the GOP is "holding a gun to our heads" in the FAA fight over the GOP's war against unions: Still smarting from concessions they were forced to make in the debt deal, Democrats are railing against a new round of Republicans "hostage-taking" — the deadlock over temporary financing
Stephen Colbert explains how to negotiate with terrorists
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stephen Colbert uses the folktale of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" to explain how to negotiate with terrorists. (Not Work Safe). "When handling budget negotiations, Troll Obama should never have let the Republican billy goats clomp over his bridge." (Begins around 3:35 mark). The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor
Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on the debt deal
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
For those of you who need your fix of righteous indignation from Keith Olbermann, here is his Special Comment on the debt deal.
Transcript below the fold.
Goodwill Hunting: Matt Damon Defends Public School Teachers, Like His Mom
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Huffington Post reports on Matt Damon's appearance over the weekend during the Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action in Washington D.C. Damon's mother is a public school teacher and when confronted by some wingnut libertarian reporter from Reason.tv, Damon hit back at her and her cameraman pretty hard.
Robert Reich: Ransom Paid
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been concerned for the health of Robert Reich lately. I am quite certain that the events of the past several weeks have made his head want to explode. He has been Cassandra, prophesying disaster, but he is cursed by the Robert Rubins and Larry Summers of the world so that no one
Arizona’s twin embarrassments make fools of themselves
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator John McCain has a suggestion for who should serve on the "Satan Sandwich" Commission. John McCain suggests former Bush budget director Rob Portman for Super Congress (no, really): "I’m not making the decisions but one of my candidates would be Rob Portman, former head of OMB. A very sober, knowledgeable person, I
Sen. Mitch McConnell vows to violate the Constitution hard and repeatedly
August 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a previous post, I gave you the expert analyis of the 14th Amendment by law professor Jack Balkin at the Balkinization blog. Under What Circumstances Can The President Ignore the Debt Ceiling?: The Fourteenth Amendment imposes a constitutional duty on both the President and Congress not to act in such a way
The specter of totalitarianism in the Tea Party
August 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen,a man of solid conservative credentials (albeit he would be described as an "establishment" conservative by the radicalized far-right) has a problem with the Tea Party taking the country hostage to achieve their political objectives. Buried within his opinion is this remarkable paragraph: Cohen sees the specter of totalitarianism in
