Did Major Garrett Break the White House Email?

Is the White House overreacting to an overreaction? Last Thursday, you may recall, Fox News’ Major Garrett got into it with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs over Garrett’s questioning of White House email procedures.  He asked Gibbs a question that there was only one way to answer, then attacked him for trying to answer it.  On [...]

Media Eager to Report Death of Public Option

The big story this morning, aside from Mad Men and Michael Vick, is the death of the public health insurance option.  On  TV, on newspaper front pages, and on blogs, various stages of the public option’s demise are being reported.  The basis for all of this pessimistic reporting?  Statements, this weekend, by Press Secretary Robert [...]

Protests – Compare and Contrast

Fox News Reporter Griff Jenkins, lauded after attempting to climb over and barrel through security to interview Ward Churchill – questions PROTESTERS about whether they care about free speech, while they are exercising their right to it: CNN Reporter Susan Roesgen fired for behaving similarly: New Hampsire protester legally exercises his state right to bear [...]

Cash For Drunkards? Psh.

Hi! This is Tommy Christopher. I’m totally not Caleb Howe. If I were, my site would be THIIIS awesome, which it isn’t. So Caleb, who I definitely am not, and who is much better at Twitter than I, Tommy Christopher, is trying to do a fundraising gimmick where he takes a shot whenever people contribute [...]

Hey, Folks, it’s the House Healthcare Bill By Request! Section 312 Subsections B and C

(in radio-guy voice) Welcome to Tommy eh-eh-eh-X’s House Healthcare Morning Zoo! (funny sound effect)  This next request comes from the poster with the most-er, the tweep who will make you weep, Kimberly HANEYYYYY! (cue sexy sax music) Kimberly writes in “Dear Tommy EH-EH-EH-X!!! (explosion sound effect), please decipher Pg 145 Line 15-17 – in your [...]

Fundraising Drive Update

Update 2: It is on like DONKEY KONG, Howe! http://bit.ly/10qajZ #cashfordrunkards Update: My heartfelt thanks go out to those who have donated already.  We are still, however, well short of our immediate needs.  Even a small donation will help.  The next few days are crucial, because funds raised now will enable me to travel to [...]

Apocalyptic Freeze-Frame of the Day: Captain Ed Olbermann

When I found out, last night, that Keith Olbermann had named my pal, Ed Morrissey, the Best Person in the World, my first reaction was “That goddam copycat!”  I had just named Ed one of the best people in the world over the Twitter, not two days earlier.  Kudos to KO, though, for assembling the [...]

Now We Finally Know What Sarah Palin Reads

Sarah Palin has been getting justly picked apart by the sane portion of the media all week for her “Death Panel” crazy talk, which she posted on her Facebook page last Friday.  Curiously, she has not offered much in the way of elaboration or defense of the outrageous and dishonest claim.  That is, until now. [...]

Billie’s Quickies…”Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“Republican mayoral candidate Anna Falling said Tuesday that putting a Christian creationism display in the Tulsa Zoo is No. 1 in importance among city issues that include violent crime, budget woes and bumpy streets.” (credit where it’s due) A creationism display…..AT THE ZOO! Number one priority…. Free Health Care? No thank you! Even if the [...]

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