Posted by Ben Armbruster, Think Progress at 4:36 PM on December 29, 2008. Tamron Hall slams Kate Obenshain for defending Chip Saltman’s controversial Christmas greeting. Today on MSNBC, anchor Tamron Hall hosted a segment discussing RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting this year that contained a CD with the song “Barack the Magic Negro” [...]
Archive for December, 2008
30 Dec
MSNBC Host: It Wouldn’t Be ‘Funny’ If Someone Called Me ‘Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady’
29 Dec
The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency
By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted July 1, 2008. A shorter version of our long national nightmare. As part of our look at the year — and Bush presidency — in review, Alternet is “resurfacing” its best and most popular pieces of 2008. In a lot of ways, choosing the Bush administration’s 10 greatest moments — [...]
28 Dec
Don’t believe everything you read
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist / December 28, 2008 ‘I BESEECH you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.” So wrote Oliver Cromwell in 1650, and the world would be a better place if Cromwell’s words were prominently posted over the desk of everyone who works in the pundit racket [...]
28 Dec
Cheney Admits To War Crimes Because His Pardon Is Already In His Christmas Stocking. Please Speak Out For Lumps Of Coal.
www.usalone.com/in.htm Speak Out Against The Planned Bush Blanket Pardons BEFORE They Can Happen Pay no attention to the handful of Christmas pardons granted by Bush. This is mere political window dressing to distract from the bumper crop of blanket absolutions, including one for himself, scheduled to be released just before midnight on Jan 19th. Cheney [...]
27 Dec
Fox News Spins History (Again)
Posted by David Sirota, Daily Kos at 12:00 PM on December 25, 2008. The New Deal was responsible for extending the Great depression, according to the “fair and balanced” propaganda channel. I appeared on Fox News yesterday to discuss both the Blagojevich flap and the imminent economic recovery package from the Obama administration. You can [...]
25 Dec
Person of the Year 2008
Why History Can’t Wait By DAVID VON DREHLE Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 CALLIE SHELL / AURORA FOR TIME You probably sat in a fancier conference room the last time you refinanced or heard a pitch about life insurance. There’s a table, some off-brand mesh office chairs, a bookcase that looks as if it had been [...]
25 Dec
Cheney’s Shocking Admissions on How Close He Came to Nearly Destroying the Country
By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted December 24, 2008. In a series of departing interviews, Cheney challenges anyone to repudiate the imperial presidency constructed in the Bush era. As Vice President Dick Cheney goes public in exit interviews about his vision of expansive executive powers, it’s getting clearer how close the American Republic came to [...]
23 Dec
Krugman: We’re in for a Year of ‘Economic Hell’
By Paul Krugman, The New York Times. Posted December 23, 2008. Whatever the new administration does, we’re in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic hell. After that, things should get better. Whatever the new administration does, we’re in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic hell. After that, things should get [...]
23 Dec
America’s Torture Disgrace
NATIONAL SECURITY America’s Torture Disgrace In a recent interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney confirmed that, in the period after the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration embraced a policy of torturing suspected al Qaeda detainees. Cheney did not refer to the Bush administration’s practices as “torture.” In fact, he insisted that “we don’t [...]
23 Dec
Dick Cheney Embraces “Go F*ck Yourself,” Historically Low Approval Numbers
Posted by Blue Texan, Firedoglake at 11:15 AM on December 21, 2008. Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn’t know, is actually rather common among the Undead. Share and save this post: Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn’t know, is actually rather common among the Undead. [...]
23 Dec
The Seven Deadly Deficits: What the Bush Years Really Cost Us
By Joseph Stiglitz, Mother Jones. Posted December 22, 2008. And how President Obama can get the economy back on track. When President George W. Bush assumed office, most of those disgruntled about the stolen election contented themselves with this thought: Given our system of checks and balances, given the gridlock in Washington, how much damage [...]
19 Dec
Cheney admits authorizing detainee’s torture
David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster Published: Monday December 15, 2008 Outgoing VP says Guantanamo prison should stay open until end of terror war, but has no idea when that might be. Monday, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney made a startling statement on a nation-wide, televised broadcast. When asked by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl [...]
