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Archive for August, 2009

The So-Called Opposition Party’s Health Care Plan

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics, Republicans

In today’s Washington Post, RNC Chairman Michael Steele outlined what the GOP is calling it’s Senior Health Care Bill Of Rights:
PROTECT MEDICARE AND NOT CUT IT IN THE NAME OF HEALTH CARE REFORM: President Obama and Congressional Democrats are promoting a government-run health care experiment that will cut over $500 billion from Medicare to be [...]

I Told You A Birth Certificate Wouldn’t Satisfy The Birthers

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Now, they want to know if Barack Obama was circumcised:
The fine Real Americans at the Free Republic have found Obama’s achilles heel: his Long Dark Staff of White Insecurity.
hoosiermama:
The only other thing that hit me was that Sinclair said BO was not circumcised. When my son was born in a hospital that was done as [...]

Now That’s What I Call Stimulating The Economy

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News, Politics

Your tax dollars at play:
WASHINGTON – The stimulus package is living up to its provocative name by funding a bacchanalia of behavioral sex research, a Post analysis reveals.
The next fiscal year is set to be one of the friskiest ever in the nation’s science labs, as researchers probe the ins and outs of sex [...]

Eric Holder To Appoint Special Prosecutor To Investigate Bush-era Torture

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, George W Bush, Politics, War On Terror

Well, that didn’t take long.
Only hours after the President’s spokesperson said that the President would let Attorney General Eric Holder make his own decision on whether to investigate torture during the Bush Administration, it’s being reported that Eric Holder will appoint a Special Prosecutor just for that purpose:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided [...]

Obama To Give Holder Free Rein On CIA Investigations

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, George W Bush, Politics, War On Terror

After previously saying that it didn’t want to dwell on the claims that many have made about the Bush Administration’s prosecution of the War on Terror, the Obama Administration has apparently decided to let the chips fall where they may:
WASHINGTON — President Obama does not intend to voice his preference for whether anyone is prosecuted [...]

Glenn Beck Is Getting Crazier By The Second

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politics

Consider this cover of his forthcoming book Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government:

That’s an East German uniform.
Of course, one must admit that Beck has shown an affinity for German garb in the past:

I think someone has replaced Beck’s meds with sugar pills.
H/T: Dave Weigel

A Birther In Congress

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

It appears that we’ve got a birther in the person of Congressman Trent Franks, representing the 2nd District of Arizona:
The other main issue dealt with numerous speakers questioning Obama’s birth certificate and why there wasn’t an investigation into whether he is a naturalized citizen. One woman said a newspaper announcement of his birth in Hawaii [...]

The Latest Victim Of The Great Recession: European Unity

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Europe, Foreign Affairs

The economic downturn has put a damper on efforts to consolidate Europe into something other than the loose confederation it has become:
VIENNA — Herbert Stepic, an Austrian banker, and Laszlo Seres, a Hungarian entrepreneur, have never met, but they are tied together by 20 years of business, tens of millions of dollars of debt and [...]

So Much For Hitting The Ground Running

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

The Obama Administration has filled less than half of it’s policymaking positions:
WASHINGTON — As President Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still without most of his own team. Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of his top appointees are in place advancing his agenda.
Of more than 500 [...]

Rand Paul Speaks To Supporters In Richmond, Texas

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Politics

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