Archive for the 'criticism' Category
Specter’s Phoney-Baloney Hearings
Arlen Specter, King of the Bullshit Hearing, is back:
Using an Inquirer series as a road map, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter said yesterday that he would preside over a Senate hearing in Philadelphia on Monday to explore how widespread witness intimidation has damaged the city’s criminal justice system.
“This is a good place to start,” said Specter, [...]
Grayson Reads the Obituary List
Booman Tribune:
It’s Grayson’s willingness to gut his opponents like a fish that endears him to many progressives who are sick of watching Democrats back down from a fight…
If I have any advice for Grayson, it is this. Put the people of your district first, and your desire to influence the national debate second. If you [...]
Smacking Sestak
Last week, I bashed Arlen Specter around quite a bit.
This week it’s Joe Sestak’s turn.
I’d like to add a few more words here. I think it’s great that Sestak’s defying the Pennsylvania Democratic machine. There is something truly disgusting when the party apparatus lines up to support a long-time Republican the day he becomes [...]
I Almost Feel Sorry for my Local Republican
We usually reserve these pages to talk about stupid things that Democrats do. God knows they give us plenty of material. Sometimes, however, we need to look within our own party to determine whether constructive criticism is appropriate…
Admittedly, our Republican Party has its problems. Philadelphia is criticized as being a “one party town,” and there [...]
Maureen Dowd’s Column is Worthless
It’s classic MoDo, catty, shitty, and devoid of any original content except what she makes up.
The woman is obsessed with Bill and Hillary Clinton’s mafrriage, and it’s bordering on mental illness. But here’s a stool sample:
The price set by Kim for releasing the two captured American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, was [...]
Or Maybe Not: Obama Owes Me a New Neck
Via daily kos, politico reports that Obama is walking back Rahm’s comments on public option:
WALKING BACK RAHM? A day after his chief of staff suggested the White House could live with a public option-free health care reform bill, President Obama released a statement (from Russia!) reaffirming his support for a government-run [...]
OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: HIRE SKWIRE, FIRE DOWD.
diane.mcnulty@nytimes.com
Clark Hoyt, public editor: public@nytimes.com
Dear Diane and Clark:
I point you to the following website, associated with the Philadelphia Weekly…
Brendan Skwire is performing an invaluable public service today: The Philly blogger is fact-checking Maureen Dowd — and, by extension, Sen. John McCain — on her characterization of a number of “pork” earmarks in a new spending [...]
Philadelphia Newspapers LLC Files for Chapter 11
The Democrats Angrily Stamp their Trotters
Jim Conte, art
This is rich:
As the country’s recession deepened, the government provided hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds to rescue the nation’s floundering banks. Now, lawmakers want to know how that money is being used: to increase lending to consumers or spent on executive bonuses, luxury jets, and posh trips to Las Vegas [...]
Dear Barack Obama…
Really?
Rick Warren: But the issue to me is, I’m not opposed to that as much as I’m opposed to the redefinition of a 5,000-year definition of marriage. I’m opposed to having a brother and sister be together and call that marriage. I’m opposed to an older guy marrying a child and calling that a marriage. [...]
