Straight talk on economy — from Obama
(transcript of video here) Obama spoke about the current economic crisis in Colorado yesterday; video and text of speech as prepared at link. And, for those who keep saying that …
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Oklahoma's Mickey Edwards pleads with Congress to uphold Constitution
Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either. But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and …
Black Monday
Perfect framing for this attack of McCain’s cluelessness on the economy on this historic day: played on Fox News, with the tanking numbers from Wall Street on the visual beside …
Oklahoman helps Joe Scarborough shovel it for GOP
This is precious. Today, in “Scissortails” a hodge-podge board editorial — usually good for a laugh anyway — the Oklahoman takes issue with something that happened on MSNBC during the …
Judge denies motions for new trial for WM3
Bad news on Wednesday for the West Memphis Three and their supporters. Motions for a new trial, based on recent DNA evidence, were denied by a circuit court judge. In …
9-11 Remembrances
Today most media outlets aired some kind of 9-11 themed programming. I heard that MSNBC even re-broadcast the NBC news coverage from seven years ago (which I watched live) . …
Liberal Pride
I disagree with some of the finer points (I call myself a progressive, not a liberal, which is a term that came later to mean what it means now), but …
Accidental Truth Telling
I love it when this happens. In fact, I love it so much, I’m going to post such occasions regularly. Republican tool Joe Scarborough [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 9/10/08] MATTHEWS: […] …
Obama's Anger Catch-22
I don’t have to tell anyone that politics is a nasty business. But this latest ad from McCain, which casts Obama as a pedophile, really defies description and categorization. Anyone …