Brad over at Sadly! No:
One of American liberalism’s saddest myths is that the American people are inherently good, optimistic folks who have been duped into voting against their interests by crafty Republicans who play on their spites and resentments. If only the Democrats could nominate someone who embodies a new kind of politics where people […]

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The idea came out of the vice-president’s office. Of course.
Do they make false flag lapel pins?

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What we’ve been seeing these past few days, with the GOP trying desperately to tag Obama as “arrogant” and more of a celebrity than a serious candidate, is merely a mutation of the “Democrats are elitist” meme that has been trotted out - successfully - in the past two elections, at least.
The particulars are different […]

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This is just completely typical, isn’t it?
While the U.S. oil industry want access to more federal lands to help reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, American-based companies are shipping record amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel to other countries.
A record 1.6 million barrels a day in U.S. refined petroleum products were exported during the first four […]

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McCain’s new ad, and the wingnut chorus, would have you believe that it’s Obama.
I seem to recall that she was a Bush backer, big time. From a 2003 interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82py_wk5vE4

Wolcott chimes in:
America is a country based on celebrity, a country where nearly everybody wants to be a celebrity, an American Idol, and decrying the cult of […]

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Hilarious. Via a colleague, Tom Tomorrow on the latest wingnut talking point:
Sean Hannity is on my radio, telling me that Obama is so incredibly arrogant, he believes he is the anointed one, chosen to change America, etc., etc.
It’s just more of the usual right wing crap, of course. But the funny thing is, there was […]

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This story was in our papers yesterday - the degree to which the junk food industry targets kids, spending $1.6 billion in 2006; soda ads alone accounted for $492 million.
And so we have several FTC recommendations, in resposne to the report:

Media and entertainment companies should limit the licensing of characters to healthier foods and drinks.
Schools should adopt […]

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Just stumbled across this - from “Back in the USA,” McCartney covers Carl Perkins. Rocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkgswHdYP0

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This sort of goes hand-in-hand with the economics discussion we’ve been having ’round these parts, the new housing/”mortgage relief bill” signed by The Decider this morning:
“We look forward to put in place new authorities to improve confidence and stability in markets,” White House spokesman Tony Fratto said. He said the Federal Housing Administration would begin […]

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This apparently washed ashore near Montauk, N.Y. Leading to the obvious questions: WTF is it? And, whose viral marketing scheme was this, anyway?

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Cheech & Chong to reuninte and hit the road for a comedy tour:

Marin said he thinks dope humor can be as funny today as it was back in the ’70s.
“I think it’s time for a revival of dope jokes. It’s a much bigger audience now, it’s much more widespread and institutionalized,” he said in an […]

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Hilarious.

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…I too, just like Christopher Hayes, would make a huge deal out of it if I discovered Obama was wearing a $520 pair of loafers.
Because it would show how out of touch Obama was with real Americans (trademark). Who does he think he is, wearing a $520 pair of shoes. Elitist!
But it wasn’t Obama; it […]

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Bad when China does it. But:
Nonetheless, to watch U.S. Senators like Sam Brownback actually maintain a straight face while protesting China’s warrantless spying on the email and telephone communications of foreigners, and lamenting that private companies feel unfairly pressured to cooperate with China’s government spying out of fear of losing lucrative business opportunities, is so […]

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Not good news:
A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday.
Derek Mueller, a research at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said it the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn’t rebuilding ice […]

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Daniel Larison, posting over at Sullivan’s place (but more and more becoming a daily read in his own right, at Eunomia), riffs on a recent Limbaugh comment endorsing Chinese fuel subsidies - and what that says about this particular type of “conservatism”:
Limbaugh offers here the absurd spectacle of “conservatism” as the embrace of endless consumption […]

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Hm. Gotten a lot of feedback on last week’s bit about the credit crunch, including some from a guy who teaches international relations at a local college, who said this:
It is elementary in history that a society focused on consumption is easier to rule. Why should we expect our government to be any different?
That in […]

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Whatever the country’s shortcomings, can someone please tell me why John McCain is also trying to pick a fight with Russia?

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Eeeenteresting:
Nine of 12 targeted Republicans running in the most competitive Senate races this fall are either skipping the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., or have not decided whether to attend.
As noted by Chris Bodenner over at Sullivan’s place, make it 10 - Liddy Dole has “a busy week scheduled.”
You don’t think this has anything […]

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As per yesterday’s discussion of the crazed, armed wingnut in Tennessee and how he got that way, the talk turned - naturally - to Ann Coulter.

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