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Countdown 261 days ago
Fun with Numbers: Good Evening from New York. As Boss Limbaugh and the Republicans continue to demand that nothing be done by the government to fix the economy... Advocating instedd, the same failed, hands-off, rich-get-richer, everything else goes into the toilet approach, that got us into this mess in the first place... This morning, a very real reminder of what's at stake... and what is being done by President Obama to fix it. Our fifth story on the Countdown: Following the news that the unemployment rate has jumped -- again -- to its worst rate in a quarter century... The President, attending the graduation ceremony of the 25-Ohio police cadets... whose jobs he helped save... by signing the stimulus plan. ...(read more)Countdown 262 days ago
Party Tricks: Boss Limbaugh was the first to declare an open desire for President Obama's failure...Making it safe (if not mandatory) for other Republicans to follow suit. In our fifth story on the Countdown: Doctor Ada Fisher has become -- 34 days after his election -- the first member of the Republican National Committee to call for Michael Steele's resignation as that Party's chairman. The question tonight: How long until others follow her? ...(read more)Countdown 264 days ago
Ditto Heads: In the parable of the Scorpion and the Frog, it is only after much pleeding -- and a promise from the Scorpion that he will not sting the Frog -- that the amphibian finally consents to carry his poisonous cargo across a river. The Scorpion, as every child learns, stings the Frog anyway, saying, as they both sink, "it is my nature." Conservative Columnist Jonah Goldberg briefly citing the tale today in his defense of Boss Limbaugh and his open desire for President Obama to fail. Quote: " The Scorpion must sting the Frog ." Our fifth story on the Countdown: Mr. Goldberg and the Republicans evidently could not be bothered to read through all 489 words of the parable. The lesson is: the Scorpion and the Frog both die. ...(read more)Countdown 270 days ago
Non - State of the Union Fallout Hey. How about that Bobby Jindal speech, huh? Our fifth story on the Countdown: Now that he's given a Republican Response slammed by apparently all but one Republican, what's he going to do now? He's going... to Disney World. Seriously. Taking the family to Orlando. At least that's his story. And unfortunately, his story last night -- the lynchpin anecdote...Apparently not true. ...(read more)Countdown 272 days ago
Citizen Inane: Contrary to the popular idiom: Some things do not have to be seen to be believed. I have never personally witnessed nuclear fission -- yet I believe in its capacity for power and or destruction. I have never personally met Irahnian president Ahmedeenijad -- yet I believe he exists. Nor have I ever met Senator Richard Shelby... who -- in our fifth story on the Countdown -- has perpetuated the treasonous, unsubstantiated rumor that President Obama is not a citizen of the United States. On what grounds? Because the Alabama Republican says he has never seen his birth certificate. To be perfectly clear: ...(read more)
