tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551228880111235062024-03-05T01:04:07.463-08:00Commentary SoupBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-47447155802984007242012-02-16T09:04:00.000-08:002012-02-16T09:04:58.096-08:00Funny Article on Fighting Unemployment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-02-14-Roger_Poster_Cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-02-14-Roger_Poster_Cropped.jpg" /></a></div> Love this campaign poster and the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rogersmith/fight-unemployment-deport_b_1276543.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=021512&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">article</a> that goes with it.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-48717176779402618642012-02-15T08:16:00.000-08:002012-02-15T08:16:16.632-08:00Cool game allows you to try and balance budget At the Committee for a responsible Federal Budget the have put together this cool <a href="http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/">game</a> that lets you make the same type of general decisions that the President has to make on the Federal Budget and see if you can do any better. ( I did OK but not quite as well as the President) with their goal as your target and The Presidents as an alternative goal. A fun little exercise for all of us who think balancing the Federal Budget should be easy and forget in the rhetoric how much we now depend on our government to do. For a political junkie like me pretty cool way to spend 15 minutes.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-90428105915286240992012-02-14T09:48:00.000-08:002012-02-14T09:48:27.526-08:00New Tom Toles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img2.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/02/13/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles02142012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://img2.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/02/13/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles02142012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-69235341343605980642012-01-25T06:36:00.000-08:002012-01-25T06:38:02.455-08:00Climate Change: Now Biggest Threat According to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elliott-negin/its-climate-change-stupid_b_1222718.html">Elliott Negin Climate Change</a> is the biggest threat to our economy and American way of life. I don't know that I am convinced but the real problem is that he is at Huffpost and not some paper like the Wall Street Journal so he is reaching the wrong audience. Very few deniers at Huffpost and most of them are the message board attack dogs. The real problem is there is no political dialog anymore on this subject. Threat and denial is now the conversation here in America.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-51050257197188190122012-01-24T06:52:00.000-08:002012-01-24T06:52:48.959-08:00Missing Half the Solution I was reading Charles Murphy's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577170733817181646.html">The Great American Divide</a> and I was struck by how he doesn't believe that those in the lower classes can do anything about the problem. Seems to me he is as guilty of being elitist as those he says caused the problems. Maybe he assumes that only upper middle class and rich people read the Wall Street Journal, but it seems to me that part of the problem is that this divide is caused by a lack of communication between the sides and if you propose a solution that only takes in one side then it can't be properly executed as you only are mobilizing one side. Without cooperation nothing but anger can happen. Just my take on things but at least he admits there is a problem.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-5722142954871298602012-01-23T07:22:00.000-08:002012-01-23T07:22:33.521-08:00Weekend Leftovers Didn't post but I did read a few things this weekend. These are the highlights and lowlights.<br />
Bernie Sanders on the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/20/us-constitution-and-civil-liberties-us-supreme-court">Corporate Takeover of America</a><br />
Chris Lehman on the <a href="http://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2012/01/21/the_state_of_books_in_america_6.html">State of Books in America</a>, not lamenting the disappearance of bookstores but the sad state of modern fiction.<br />
Another article on the forgotten candidate <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/21/free_buddy_roemer_112836-3.html">Buddy Roemer</a><br />
I have yet to see an unbiased article on the Texas Redistricting plan, this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/opinion/redistricting-in-texas.html?_r=1">article </a>masquerades as one<br />
A Huntsman staffer on how they got <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/20/how_mitt_romney_beat_us.html">beat by Romney</a><br />
I think he did this one just to scare all the white people who insist they are not prejudiced: <a href="http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/20/we-need-a-malcolm-x-day/">Why We Need a Malcolm X Day</a>.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-86070151617359082632012-01-20T12:51:00.000-08:002012-01-20T12:51:15.334-08:00Stat Geek Politics I am a born stat geek. I was the kid when told to go out and play would write baseball standings in the dirt for an hour before going off to find a game somewhere. We now have a new version of stat geeks taking over the political columns and I personally love reading them. My two favorites are <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/">Nate Silver </a>and <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/sean_trende/">Sean Trende</a>. One leans Democrat the other Republican. Both tend to let the stats talk more than their heart. This gives you a better feel for what is really happening than the obvious party hacks that so often fill commentary sites. Today is a good example of both what they right and how even numbers can change quickly this year. Nate on <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/romneys-prevent-defense-yielding-big-gains-to-opponents/">Romney's Prevent Defense</a> and Sean on<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/19/two_takeaways_from_rick_perrys_ill-fated_campaign_112823.html"> Rick Perry's Ill-fated Campaign</a>. Both are a different way to look at politics but very compelling.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-41235980264419874632012-01-19T07:54:00.000-08:002012-01-19T08:01:50.588-08:00SOPA Round 2 Three more articles on SOPA and PIPA that I found later in the day as <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/?state=nwa">RCP</a> finally caught up with the rest of the web. The print media never did and only <a href="http://current.com/shows/countdown/">Countdown with Keith Olbermann</a> did in the visual media. The rest assume we are all to distracted by the other things we do on the web to notice. So for a real breakdown of what these bills are <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sopa-vs-pipa-anti-piracy-bills-uproar-explained/">SOPA vs. PIPA: Anti-Piracy bills, uproar explained</a> is the best breakdown on what the bills do that I have seen. ZDNet with <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/photos/black-wednesday-the-day-the-web-went-dark/6339722?tag=siu-container;photo-frame#photo-frame">a list of who went black</a>, and Brad Feldman with both an <a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/01/18/brad-feld-why-sopa-pipa-must-be-stopped/">informed and heartfelt take</a> on why he opposes these bills. I once asked a cop if I was in California or Russia and found out that they aren't a lot different, with the passage of these bills the question of whether we are in The United States or China will become a moot point.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-86685255575767951432012-01-18T10:05:00.000-08:002012-01-18T10:05:04.801-08:00SOPA Blackouts and Lost Freedoms The need for Blackouts to protest SOPA is a sad day for anyone who spends more than an hour a day on the internet. For more on SOPA protest see these articles - <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/sopa-blackout-internet-censorship_n_1211905.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011812&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">SOPA Blackout Seeks to Stop Internet Censorship Bill</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-joe-sestak/sopa-corporat-lobbyists_b_1212417.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011812&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">The Truth About SOPA</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/why-we-go-black-_b_1212503.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011812&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">Why We Go Black</a>. My friends a <a href="http://brutishandshort.com/">Brutish & Short</a> also went black in protest and I just want to take time to say that SOPA is just a logical extension of the rights we have been stripped of since 9/11. To get a better idea of those missing rights see <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-united-states-still-the-land-of-the-free/2012/01/04/gIQAvcD1wP_story.html">10 Reasons The U.S. is No Longer the Land of the Free</a>, but suffice it so say that if the government wants to silence you they now have the power to do so in no uncertain terms. Your freedom is dependent upon you staying under the radar. As I like to say, Welcome to the Police State.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-51021363297435925862012-01-17T07:21:00.000-08:002012-01-17T07:21:15.771-08:00Yesterday's Leftovers More <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-are-the-serious-republican-candidates/2012/01/13/gIQAv8bo1P_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions">bashing</a> of the Republicans for not having quality candidates.<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/middle-class-is-moving-forward-not-backward/2012/01/13/gIQAJmhn1P_story.html">Middle Class is Moving Forward, not Backward</a> is proof that if you cherry pick your numbers you can prove anything you want.<br />
My man Nate Silver on<a href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/before-citing-a-poll-read-the-fine-print/"> the perils of not researching you pollsters</a>.<br />
And finally Jerry Holbert with the belly laugh of the day.<br />
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Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-69835241398984767632012-01-16T07:05:00.000-08:002012-01-16T07:05:16.549-08:00Yesterday's Leftovers Kind of a mixed bag yesteday.<br />
More piling on Romney from the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/288108/right-wrong-and-romney-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=1">Right</a> and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/what-they-dont-want-to-talk-about.html">Left,</a> and then there is this question <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/15/isnt_a_bainful_turnaround_what_america_needs_112772.html">Isn't a Bainful Turnaround What America Needs?</a> Which was so earnest that I am not sure it isn't satire.<br />
Nice look at new Egyptian politics from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/friedman-getting-to-know-you.html?_r=1">Thomas Friedman</a>,<br />
New angle at the same old soapbox for Mr. Reich<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-27824459393306247102012-01-16T06:53:00.000-08:002012-01-16T06:53:58.100-08:00This is So True it is Too Funny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1pJuedzzLXE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> I started with an open mouth gape but soon realized this was political satire and just hilarious.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-35557383610118683862012-01-15T10:18:00.000-08:002012-01-15T10:18:21.570-08:00Sunday Funnies Editorial Style More traditional comics today<br />
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2012/01/13/martin-luther-king-economic-equality-and-the-2012-election/2/">Sophistry</a> at it's best just in time for MLK's brithday, too bad no one they are pretending to convince would read this magazine.<br />
Our daily piling on of <a href="http://spectator.org/blog/2012/01/13/why-romney-is-weak-vs-obama">Romney</a>, once again from the oh so confused right.<br />
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Overall a yucky day in the opinion pages.<br />
Finally a reminder, never buy a car the original release year.<br />
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Now even the Lifestyle guys are piling on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/candidates-who-fail-to-connect-often-fail-to-win-will-romney-follow-history/2012/01/01/gIQAFAWwtP_story.html">Mitt Romney.</a><br />
Miracle of miracle Krauthammer with an article worth reading on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ron-pauls-achievement/2012/01/12/gIQABS7duP_story.html">Ron Paul's Achievement</a>.<br />
Another article on <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/165576/gops-blatant-racism">GOP Racism</a>.<br />
Nice <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/last-chance_616645.html">rebuttal article</a> on how democratic the nomination process really is.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-86840340046676972302012-01-12T09:16:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:16:25.923-08:00Colbert and the New Outrage<div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="." flashvars="" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:405669" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512"></embed><br />
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Get More: <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/">Colbert Report Full Episodes</a>,<a href="http://www.indecisionforever.com/">Political Humor & Satire Blog</a>,<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/video">Video Archive</a></div></div></div>I had know idea this outrage was going on until Mr. Colbert pointed it out to me.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-10059080255656132402012-01-12T09:03:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:03:32.923-08:00Thursdays Best Comic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/c7bc54301edb012f2fc800163e41dd5b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/c7bc54301edb012f2fc800163e41dd5b" width="320" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-91957457006461737752012-01-11T09:36:00.000-08:002012-01-11T09:36:58.994-08:00Honorable Mention <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/why-bain-attacks-could-stick-to-romney/#">Why Bain attacks will stick to Romney</a> is a good article and <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-bain-20120110,0,4527790.story">Creative Destruction</a> is a long version of one of these attacks.<br />
Nice look at <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/01/10/obamas_revolution_in_american_strategy/singleton/">Obama's new military policy</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/new-hampshire-2012_b_1196161.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011012&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">Huffington </a>joining the disconnect whine. She does it better than most.<br />
Good article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=all">class mobility</a> in the U.S.<br />
Paul Rieckhoff tell why <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/a-message-to-all-candidat_b_1195752.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011012&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">the troops aren't props</a>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-73395742978781943322012-01-10T08:23:00.000-08:002012-01-10T08:23:27.478-08:00Honorable Mention Articles from yesterday wroth mentioning. Exposing the GOP's perfidy is<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/07/race-and-the-gop-race"> Race and the GOP</a>. Bloomberg with a little wall street history in <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-09/cohan-how-wall-street-turned-a-crisis-into-a-cartel.html">How Wall Street Turned a Crisis into a Cartel</a>. Finally <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/auction-2012-top-10-reaso_b_1193602.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=010912&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief">Dylan Ratigan </a>with a nice rant against money in politics. so it's top ten list, still read like a rant.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-9763001534918823182012-01-09T16:58:00.000-08:002012-01-09T16:58:44.838-08:00Editorial Cartoon Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img2.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/01/06/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles01092012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://img2.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/01/06/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles01092012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/5a0e2dc01c96012f2fc700163e41dd5b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/5a0e2dc01c96012f2fc700163e41dd5b" width="320" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-58245812299227177412012-01-09T08:43:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:43:31.814-08:00More Proof We Live in a Police State First we have <a href="http://www.theygaveusarepublic.com/diary/9924/torturing-tourists-with-food-products">Torturing Tourists With Food Products</a> which sound a lot more innocent than it is, as it is about a man being tortured with pepper spray.<br />
Then we have the final story of <a href="http://www.wkow.com/story/16447317/decorated-police-dog-euthanized">Ava</a> who was put down with little reason because the Sheriff didn't like her.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-49973532244633533502012-01-08T09:11:00.000-08:002012-01-08T09:11:43.111-08:00Sunday Funnies Editorial Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/d7c0bef01aed012f2fc700163e41dd5b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/d7c0bef01aed012f2fc700163e41dd5b" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/95ab85601ad7012f2fc700163e41dd5b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/95ab85601ad7012f2fc700163e41dd5b" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/b6d9a8b01af7012f2fc700163e41dd5b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/b6d9a8b01af7012f2fc700163e41dd5b" width="320" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-27590478750832807192012-01-06T15:51:00.000-08:002012-01-06T15:51:22.261-08:00Romney and the New Whatshisname The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577143121197738672.html">Wall Street Journal</a> thinks they are both stupid, The Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/bain-barack-and-jobs.html?_r=1">Paul Krugman</a> has the push back on Romney, and we go in state to get the <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html">real info</a> on Rick Santorum from Will Bunch. All in all a pretty yucky day in the punditsphereBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-86410473349105236932012-01-06T15:14:00.000-08:002012-01-06T15:15:05.450-08:00Political Burnout You ever have the feeling that people just aren't really thinking about politics at all? I do and apparently so do the guys over at<a href="http://brutishandshort.com/2012/01/05/marking-as-read/"> Brutish & Short</a>. I actually do a version where I punch up all these articles into my browser, read them and think I didn't learn a damn new thing. Good to know I am not alone.<br />
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BrianBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456862548785066440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555122888011123506.post-85044197141640524392012-01-04T10:06:00.000-08:002012-01-04T10:06:22.722-08:00Quit Commuting The title of the article is <a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2012-01-03-your-car-commute-helps-cause-tornadoes">Your Car Commute Helps Cause Tornadoes</a>. This is a quick little article that gives you a good reason to start working from home or buy a motorcycle for the summer. If you want to find out why climate change is bad try <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/03/climate-change-real-bequest">this article </a>in the Guardian.<br />
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