Glenn Beck cried on air again this evening, and it's really super cute. America's just a teenager who got beer poured all over her. It's not her fault. She just needs to be honest. And then Daddy will do what's right. Got it? Toss in an old pop commercial and BAM, you get the modern conservative movement.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Glenn Beck is Stealing Colbert's Schtick
Last night on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, Stephen provided pretty compelling evidence that FOX News' Glenn Beck is imitating him.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Levi Johnston Now Does It With Protection
This is most definitely in the top eight funniest nut commercials I have ever seen. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter humor is timeless, in my opinion.
GOP has "the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old"
Paul Krugman's latest op-ed serves as gentle reminder as to why he is one of the greatest voices on the left. This time, he details the foundation for every political decision the party makes: "If Republicans think something might be good for the president, they're against it - whether or not it's good for America." I would definitely suggest reading the entire article, but here's a snippet:
In 2005, when Democrats campaigned against Social Security privatization, their arguments were consistent with their underlying ideology: they argued that replacing guaranteed benefits with private accounts would expose retirees to too much risk.
The Republican campaign against health care reform, by contrast, has shown no such consistency. For the main G.O.P. line of attack is the claim — based mainly on lies about death panels and so on — that reform will undermine Medicare. And this line of attack is utterly at odds both with the party’s traditions and with what conservatives claim to believe.
Think about just how bizarre it is for Republicans to position themselves as the defenders of unrestricted Medicare spending. First of all, the modern G.O.P. considers itself the party of Ronald Reagan — and Reagan was a fierce opponent of Medicare’s creation, warning that it would destroy American freedom. (Honest.) In the 1990s, Newt Gingrich tried to force drastic cuts in Medicare financing. And in recent years, Republicans have repeatedly decried the growth in entitlement spending — growth that is largely driven by rising health care costs.
But the Obama administration’s plan to expand coverage relies in part on savings from Medicare. And since the G.O.P. opposes anything that might be good for Mr. Obama, it has become the passionate defender of ineffective medical procedures and overpayments to insurance companies.
Obama, Journalists, and National Security
The New York Times has a great article today criticizing the Barack Obama White House's apparent opposition to beefing up First Amendment protections for journalists. When he was Senator, Obama co-sponsored a bill that would provide strong protection for government whistleblowers, but now that he's in the big chair, he's stepping back.
Although it pains me to say this, I agree with the recent convert to the Democratic Party, Senator Arlen Specter:
Mr. Specter said lawmakers should vote the bill out and let the Obama administration, which has not taken an official stance on the bill, deal with it openly.
“If the president wants to veto it, let him veto it,” Mr. Specter said. “I think it is different for the president to veto a bill than simply to pass the word from his subordinates to my subordinates that he doesn’t like the bill.”
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Only Film of Anne Frank Released on YouTube
Earlier this week, The Anne Frank House uploaded what is believed to the only known film of Anne Frank to their recently created YouTube page.
It's just a 20 second video, and Anne Frank is only visible about 5 of those seconds, but it's still an exciting find:
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