What Bob Herbert Said

I'd say this about sums it up nicely.

Unlisted Number

It's the end of the year so it's time for lists to start popping up all over the place.

The top 25 censored stories for 2009.

Que Sarah Sarah

Dick Cavett's thoughts on Bible Spice.

Anybody Else Notice...

...that Air America Radio, despite years of expert predictions of imminent failure by right-wing wishful thinkers, is still on the air heading into a new era of Liberal-Fascist-Latte-Sipping-Socialist-Marxist-Communist-Secret-Sharia governance?

O-Yeah

The Company She Keeps

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses Gov. Palin's reading list.

Fare Unbalanced

Least surprising news item of the day.

Surrrrrrrge!

Get Your War On looks at "The Surge!"
More of "teh funny" at 23/6

How To Play The Game

Chuck Schumer puts it bluntly.

Blowing Off The Truths

Another lie about Obama gets spread by the right.
Because facts are just an inconvenient truth.

X Misses The Spot

Five years into the "Sweets and Flowers" festival in Iraq, Craig Unger reviews the crunchy cluster that got the party started in the first place.

"X seems to suggest that all this could have been the result of mere ineptitude. However, I cite, on the record, no fewer than nine former officials in the military and intelligence worlds who characterize the Niger document episode as black propaganda or part of a disinformation campaign that was intentionally done to mislead the American people into supporting a war."

Five Years Into "Stay The Course"

Op Ed in the NY Times - Mission Still Not Accomplished:

Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney refuse to let these facts interfere with their benighted notion of keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely and insisting that Iraq — not Afghanistan and Pakistan where Al Qaeda and the Taliban have gained ground — must remain America’s top priority.

It was clear long ago that Mr. Bush had no plan for victory, only a plan for handing this mess to his successor. Americans need to choose a president with the vision to end this war as cleanly as possible.

Happy Birthday, Man

Happy 50th.
But what have you done for me lately?

BBC Headline Of The Day

"They have urged them to get tetanus vaccinations before they flagellate themselves and are nailed to crosses, and to practise good hygiene. "

Because it doesn't matter if people think you're crazy. They'll be won over by that fresh Irish Spring scent.

Barack Lichtenberg Obama

Speaking of Roger Lichtenberg Simon, did you know Lichtenberg was also the site of the extensive headquarters complex of the Stasi!!!???
Isn't that an important and relevant observation?!?