Columbo: Somebody killed the Gulf of Mexico, Sir. Your fingerprints are all over the place.
Barack Obama: Sorry Lieutenant. Did you ask Bobby Jindal, Mary Landrieu. or Ken Salazar?
It had to end like this. You don’t allow the amoral rich to run a nation without effective oversight and restraint and expect a just, democratic, and compassionate republic. There’s only one common factor in the failure of great nations: Mismanagement. The USA is heading down a well traveled road to its own Armageddon. Rome, [...]
The Kochs are poster boys for the plutocratic cancer devouring the American republic. By Joe Conason | Posted on Aug 27, 2010 Despite the kaleidoscopic proliferation of political media over the past decade, most of what Americans hear and read about the workings of our democracy can be politely termed superficial. Only very rarely does [...]
We are the Tiger Woods of nations. We’ve been very good at a couple of things for some time now. Things like commerce and belligerence. Or, best yet, commerce backed by belligerence. Things that involve a bit of testosterone. David M Green | ••••••• For the better part of a century now, America has [...]
Public relations is the art of lying expertly to the people, on behalf of powerful interests. By that definition, the US government, and especially its presidency, have been completely corroded by this practice. Obama, probably the smoothest demagog in generations, is setting new records in his exertions to sell the status quo’s version of reality [...]
Emergency Legislation Needed People have called this catastrophe Obama’s Katrina. They’re wrong. It’s much worse than Katrina. It’s worse, not only because of the damage we’ll be seeing as the oil does it’s damage to sea life, estuaries, breeding grounds, jobs, industries, families and entire ecosystems, but also because of the massive failure of leadership [...]
El mojigato Ramos atenta atrapar a Evo Morales Univision’s rat-in-residence Jorge Ramos attempts to redbait Evo Morales in this semi-interview he conducted with the Bolivian president-elect in 2006. Observe closely how this repulsive example of pseudo journalism is actually surprised by Evo’s ballsy response.
Editor’s Note—The Goldman-Sachs scandal is not about the “excesses” of an “out-of-control” greedy bunch of executives but of system in which chastising one firm—if that were to happen in earnest, which surely won’t—is useless because others will soon take its place. Just like believing that a mere change in personnel at the White House would [...]
Gingrich: Obama Is the ‘Most Radical President’ Ever Editor’s Note: In this new section, “Annals of Scum”, we simply present the inflammatory nonsense and falsehoods being spread around by figures like Newt Gingrich, which the corporate media continues to treat with respect. Likewise, we remind our readers, those with a strong stomach and the ability [...]
Exposing Glenn Beck as a Dangerous Fraud— Everything that is revolting about abject careerism in America and success for the sake of success is embodied in Glenn Beck, an opportunistic media criminal that fits the times. But these creatures—given their pitiful stock of talents—could never make it to the top without the support and encouragement [...]
Alan Grayson’s Four-Page Medicare Buy-In Bill Introduced WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW By: David Dayen Wednesday March 10, 2010 8:54 am EDITOR’S NOTE: If Barack Obama had been serious about getting a real healthcare reform program approved, all he needed to do was to introduce a “Medicare for All” bill, which would have been almost [...]
