Bird’s-Eye View

Here’s the latest attack ad from the Republican National Committee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haay-y4E6pA

This strikes me as more evidence of a directionless, bitter Republican brand in a year Democrats are confident of winning the White House and expanding their majority in Congress. It makes a false deductive argument in one segment (Marxists support Obama, therefor Obama must be a […]

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Add this to the list of scandals during the Bush administration:
Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales broke the law by using politics to guide their hiring decisions for a wide range of important department positions, slowing the hiring process at critical times and damaging the department’s credibility and independence, an internal report concluded […]

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Saw “The Dark Knight” on Saturday. Un-flippin’-believable. Jack Nicholson who? Everything you’ve heard and seen about Heath Ledger’s turn as the Joker is true, and just try to get the movie out of your head after seeing it. Just try to fight the temptation to see it twice or three times. It’s superhero genre meets […]

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Maybe this will get things going:

Political reform activist Gene Stilp brought his trademark pink pig and 11 contestants to the State Capitol rotunda on Monday for a beauty contest of sorts.
The point of the “Miss Legislative Reform” pageant was to push for proposals that are currently stalled in the Legislature, such as mandatory term limits, […]

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John McCain’s new web ad attacks the media’s apparent love affair with one Barack Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfogMFL7UJo

So let’s say this works. Let’s say John McCain is swept to victory in November because the electorate sees the media swooning over Obama and gives the sympathy vote to McCain. By the way, are we forgetting that McCain once called […]

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Barack Obama’s wrapping up the world tour. Astounding crowd in Germany and the speech was on target, but now, get home and start battling John McCain on your weakest front: energy policy. Unfortunately, no matter how false or misleading they get, the Republicans appear to have the American public convinced in an over-simplistic formula: More domestic drilling […]

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I simply love this. CNN.com posted a story with the headline “10 ways to avoid a speeding ticket.” Here’s their list:

Drive within 5-10 mph of surrounding traffic
Try to stay in the middle of the pack
Find a “rabbit”
Don’t change lanes frequently, tailgate, drive aggressively
Avoid the fast lane (that one’s hilarious)
Watch for cutouts and modulate your speed […]

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Joe Klein from Time gets it right about why Obama hasn’t seen a bump in the polls during his well-covered overseas trip to the Middle East:
People may be thinking, what on earth is Obama doing over there when we have so many problems back home? Why isn’t he talking about the economy? No doubt, the […]

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I’m being called to the arena by a Talkbacker named Right of Smart. So here’s my response: 
Oil companies know the American public is willing to spend only so much on gasoline, much like the health insurance industry knows their customers can spend only so much on coverage. If prices go too high, oil companies lose customers, […]

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CNN.com has an articledetailing both sides of the argument about whether America should drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR):
No one really knows how much oil the coastal plain might contain - no one has ever actually drilled there.
But based on the region’s geological features, and its proximity to the oil rich […]

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