The “Karen Ryan” story gets more and more interesting. In case you haven’t been following it, many regional television stations ran a gushingly positive story about the new Medicare drug benefit. The report was filed by “Karen Ryan” from Washington. When a few people decided to do some background research on Ms. Ryan, they discovered [...] Read more »

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So, I’ve started reading Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies, and already the controversy surrounding the book has me nearly tongue-tied. There’s so much to respond to it’s incredible, so much pro-and-con back-and-forth I’ve read and I haven’t even read the book yet. I just don’t know how to respond.
One thing about the arguments against Clarke: [...] Read more »

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Did you catch John Stossel on the Daily Show? He was talking about the ENORMOUS size of the Federal Government and how we should pare it back to nothing again.
These people crack me up.
John Stewart asked what he’d eliminate, and he started red-lining top-level departments, like the Department of Commerce and Department of Education. [...] Read more »

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Sometimes I feel like I’m just part of the echo-chamber, here, but I haven’t seen too many people comment on the Right’s supposed disdain for “nuance.” Here’s an example from Right Wing Nutjob Ann Coulter:
bq. The study also explained that “conservatives don’t feel the need to jump through complex, intellectual hoops in order to understand [...] Read more »

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Mac’s made a
mix tape of violent music and wants to know what she’s missed. I thought to comment on it, but then I decided I’d just make my own list…

Run for Your Life – The Beatles
Smack My Bitch Up – Prodigy
Knocked Out – Paula Abdul
‘Till My Head Falls Off – They Might Be Giants
Pistol [...] Read more »

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