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February 13, 2009
February 12, 2009
- Another Obama nominee withdraws
- Two-thirds back torture investigation
- Growing public confidence bodes well for Obama
- "Moving on up ....!"
- Georgia Power gets its way
February 11, 2009
- Reminder: Moving to new location
- Jindal to deliver GOP response to Obama
- Stimulus deal announced ... pretty quickly, actually
- Ladies and gentlemen, an announcement:
- Hamas, Israeli right feed off each other
February 10, 2009
- Well, tomorrow is another day....
- Eight arrested in Phelps bong case
- Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan where all this started...
- In Florida, Gov. Crist backs Obama
February 9, 2009
- An investigation into everything Bush? Not a good idea
- American people choosing sides...
- GOP spendthrifts put us in this budget mess
February 8, 2009
February 7, 2009
February 6, 2009
February 5, 2009
- 'teetering on an Obama implosion?' Hah!
- Does Christian Right believe in the Bible?
- New jobless claims top 600,000 a week
- The recession and the logic of 'found money'
February 4, 2009
- Just to let you know ... I'm free Tuesday night
- Obama condemns "culture of narrow self-interest" on Wall Street
- Obama, McConnell agree on something ...
February 3, 2009
- The Senate GOP's stimulus 'hit list'
- Government saves and creates jobs
- Daschle trend in wrong direction
February 2, 2009
February 1, 2009
January 31, 2009
January 30, 2009
- The five o'clock whistle is a-blowin'
- Krauthammer critique of Obama outreach makes some sense
- A couple of morsels to chew over....
January 29, 2009
- Obama can't inspire bipartisanship, but Blagojevich sure can....
- $18.4 billion in Wall Street bonuses? Priceless
- The Great Recession of '09
- America swings toward the Dems
January 28, 2009
- Well, so much for bipartisanship
- Rape by CIA chief in Algeria alleged
- View the kissing of the godfather's ... ring
- "Who's your daddy? HE'S your daddy!"
- The Republicans and the stimulus package
January 27, 2009
- Sarah Palin makes early move
- Atlanta housing prices fell 11 percent in a year ... which ain't bad
- Dirty tricks in internal GOP fight
January 26, 2009
- We now have a Treasury secretary
- Bloody Monday on job front
- Congress ought to freeze its pay
- Fixin' to pitch a fit over Wall St. greed
January 25, 2009
January 24, 2009
January 23, 2009
- In honor of Nashville ...
- Nashville voters reject English-only effort
- Kennedy hardly a victim of bias
January 22, 2009
- Billions in bonuses at Merrill ... but for what?
- Public patience wearing thin with TARP funds
- Roberts, Obama practice for 2013
- Gambling not downtown's answer
January 21, 2009
- A historical document from an era now passed....
- 'Every Israeli shell is a vote for Hamas'
- Time to get to work, President Obama
January 20, 2009
- Obama speech challenged America
- President Barack Hussein Obama ...
- After two thousand, nine hundred and twenty two days ...
January 19, 2009
January 18, 2009
January 17, 2009
January 16, 2009
- It's that time on a Friday again...
- Obama pledges entitlement reform too
- Super Bowl vs. Obama inaugural
January 15, 2009
- Health care for kids coming soon
- Boy, it's getting tough all over
- No torture prosecution, but let's find the truth
January 14, 2009
January 13, 2009
January 12, 2009
- On Bush and his legacy
- Israeli Arab parties barred from election
- '09 Legislature has more tasks than money
January 11, 2009
January 10, 2009
January 9, 2009
- Close to quittin' time...
- Israel accused of blocking aid to wounded civilians
- Why Social Security is not a 401(k)
January 8, 2009
- Dick Cheney, the glower behind the throne
- Obama lays it on the line about economy
- Ground invasion a dangerous course
January 7, 2009
- Ice cream? Yes we can!
- Joe The Journalist, meet Christiane Amanpour
- Obama may actually succeed in barring earmarks
January 6, 2009
- Paging Dr. Gupta! Dr. Sanjay Gupta!
- 'Banksters' ... rhymes with 'gangsters'
- A helluva way to run a democracy
- GOP haunted by Reagan's ghost
January 5, 2009
- Bernard Madoff belongs in jail...
- Why abandon the gasoline tax?
- What is Israel trying to accomplish?
January 4, 2009
January 3, 2009
January 2, 2009
January 1, 2009
December 31, 2008
- 'The Forever War': Highly recommended for those who care to know
- At this rate, they'll be giving houses away in a box of Cracker Jacks
December 30, 2008
December 29, 2008
December 28, 2008
December 27, 2008
December 26, 2008
December 25, 2008
December 24, 2008
December 23, 2008
December 22, 2008
- For the record, it's not just Detroit
- The shoe-tosser as a gauge of Iraqi progress
- Cheney, Bush try to woo history
December 21, 2008
December 20, 2008
December 19, 2008
- A little Friday evening traveling music....
- Dick Cheney thinks he's a human Guantanamo - U.S. laws don't apply there
- Bush plays Santa for Detroit
- 'Zuzu's petals!'
December 18, 2008
- Obama and the Rev. Rick Warren
- Why is Bernie Madoff still a free man?
- Life-and-death questions dog health-care debate
December 17, 2008
December 16, 2008
- Gingrich blows whistle on partisanship?
- The future of newspapers ....
- Life in Bernie Madoff's economy
December 15, 2008
- Caroline Kennedy wants to be a senator
- Brian Nichols and the death penalty
- Shoe-tosser hailed as Arab hero
- Transportation debate not just about Detroit
- No sweet-tea drinkers in Obama Cabinet
December 14, 2008
December 13, 2008
December 12, 2008
- Bush kneecaps GOP senators
- This doesn't look so good for Candidate #5
- Bob Gates vs. Donald Rumsfeld? No contest
- Obama the transformer
December 11, 2008
- Health care as an economic issue
- Birthers, speak up now or forever hold your piece
- Obama pledges complete account of Blagojevich contacts
- Privatizing government can backfire
December 10, 2008
- Tell the truth and no crossies, Mr. President
- Are Senate Republicans willing to play Scrooge?
- What's the story with Rod and Barack?
December 9, 2008
- The other 20 percent post on this blog
- 'Sen. Craig Loses Appeal in Bathroom Sting Case'
- SunTrust gets more 'investment' from feds
- But first, kill all the editorial writers....
- Populist tide seems to be rising
- Just a wee bit more on President Alien
December 8, 2008
- 'Shut up about the birth certificate'
- Merrill Lynch exec wants $10 million for job 'well done'
- Georgia's red paint job may be fading
- Putting politicians in charge of Detroit?
December 7, 2008
December 6, 2008
- Talk about frozen in time....
- Five indicted in Blackwater shooting spree
- Suddenly, the auto bailout is on again
December 5, 2008
- ... and don't even THINK about singing 'New York, New York'
- Another Senator Kennedy?
- New jobless numbers frightening
- Telling the Bair truth at FDIC
December 4, 2008
- Methinks the GOP protests too much....
- When did Gingrich turn holy on us?
- Detroit, Congress playing chicken
- How to deny victory to terrorists
December 3, 2008
- Obama was tortured by the British!
- Did the Chambliss victory send a message?
- Plaxico Burress, NRA poster star?
- Change that even Bush's top people can believe in
December 2, 2008
- Chambliss looking strong in runoff results
- Things looking bad for Franken in Minn.
- Bush regrets mistakes of others
- Denying reality doesn't change reality
December 1, 2008
- Palin concludes Georgia sweep
- Time for Pakistan to fix itself
- The blowback on torture
- Obama's national security team reassuring
November 30, 2008
November 29, 2008
- Health-care reform fiscal necessity
- The perverted logic of terror
- Fresh thread (you supply the needles)
November 28, 2008
November 27, 2008
November 26, 2008
November 25, 2008
- The huge, very large, gargantuan, colossal, unbelievably big bailout
- Ohmigoodness ... the goddess descends
- Guantanamo an American failure
November 24, 2008
- Will Jan. 20 ever get here?
- Obama may delay tax hike on most affluent
- Congratulations! Overnight, you became the proud owner of Citigroup
November 23, 2008
- Stephen Colbert's Xmas special ... not so special
- The GOP's crush on Sarah Palin
- Don't worry, be happy and turn off that damn TV
November 22, 2008
November 21, 2008
- Hillary taking State Department
- More ominous news for the GOP
- Delayed inauguration date has to be fixed
November 20, 2008
November 19, 2008
- I'm with Mitt Romney on the Detroit bailout
- Obama shows no sign of taking it slow
- "The Republican Party needs a new base -- or the nation may need a new party"
November 18, 2008
- Time to abandon 'don't ask, don't tell' foolishness
- Lieberman gets off light
- A veritable river of spam runs dry
- Race, the Deep South and the Obama vote
November 17, 2008
- Obamamania gets a bit unrealistic
- Wow. All that in one little pill?
- Bill Kristol experiments with sincerity
- Obama lays out general terms for auto bailout
November 16, 2008
November 15, 2008
November 14, 2008
November 13, 2008
November 12, 2008
- A pox on all your houses, O'Rourke-style
- When Rush Limbaugh is the real RNC chairman...
- The people got what they wanted
November 11, 2008
- Obama has free hand at Defense
- Secret Service nicknames Obama
- U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Crazy
- Happy Veterans Day, everyone..
November 10, 2008
- Merle Haggard, precious memories how they linger
- The highs and lows of political life
- 168,785 missing voters in Senate race
- Truth even more important in wartime
November 9, 2008
November 8, 2008
- Anybody going out to dine tonight?
- Is the GOP now a regional party?
- 'Talkin' 'bout (their) g-g-g-generation'
November 7, 2008
- Silk boxer shorts? Spray tanners?
- The president-elect's press conference
- This isn't going to be pretty....
- The Obama administration takes shape
- What is the future of the GOP?
November 6, 2008
- And the winner is.....
- How many wakeup calls can they sleep through?
- Tell me again how the media were unfair to Palin...
- Election reveals 'real America'
November 5, 2008
- Who does the GOP rally around?
- Very nicely said...
- Voters protect personal privacy
- History was made, and they were part of it
- This election had to be different, and was
November 4, 2008
- President-elect Barack Obama....
- The (non) fat lady sings .... very well
- Fox: Fair, balanced and very very blue
- Still nothing definitive, Va. and Ohio dangling
- A referendum on the modern GOP
- The Obama effect on Ga. turnout
- Report from the polling madness
- Some people scare too easily
November 3, 2008
- Rove says it won't even be close
- Palin the last 'culture warrior'?
- Long live the King (of the Hill)!
- Let me reiterate the policy...
- GOP high-water mark: March 21, 2005
November 2, 2008
November 1, 2008
- Stupid people doing stupid things
- The post-election Republican Party
- Is there a football game today?
October 31, 2008
- Getting a Handel on long voting lines
- It depends on what the meaning of 'even' is....
- Obama tries to put Georgia into play
- When history is written, debates did it
October 30, 2008
- The neoconservatives have learned nothing
- The tape, the LA Times and John McCain
- Time to put down your predictions...
- Criticism of Palin, McCain also nails the innocent
October 29, 2008
- Phillies win the Series....
- The 30-minute Obamathon
- Mysterious memo emerges in Senate race
- At the intersection of God and politics
- The consequences of a Dem sweep
October 28, 2008
- Florida's Crist believes in democracy
- Gallup says race tightening!
- ... and you thought the D's were hard on Palin?
- One week from today, world changes
October 27, 2008
- The Rev. Wright makes an appearance
- America under President Obama: A view from the Christian Right
- Greenspan concedes a basic 'flaw'
October 26, 2008
- Will 'Country First' extend past Nov. 4?
- 'Two less Obama voters....'
- Staring into my crystal golf ball....
October 25, 2008
October 24, 2008
- The aftermath of Ashley Todd's story
- A little early for a victory dance?
- Something just didn't add up
- Could be another Black Friday on Wall Street
October 23, 2008
- Assault alleged on McCain staffer
- Still not sure Georgia's in play, but...
- GOP establishment needs to be defeated
- Who's your daddy, John?
October 22, 2008
- AP poll puts margin at 1 point -- is that possible?
- Palin's $150,000 wardrobe upgrade
- "I'll take GOP presidential candidates for $500, Alex"
- McCain gets big endorsement...
October 21, 2008
- 'Liberals hate real Americans'
- Using the Bible to keep girls in "their place"
- How to fix the U.S. election system
- Iraq to U.S.: Go! No, stay. No, go! Stay!
October 20, 2008
- The real Lincoln, not the e-mail Lincoln
- Judith Miller signs on at Fox News
- Most Americans reject Bizarroland
- 15 days out, Obama reverses slide; Palin a drag on McCain
October 19, 2008
- Thought for the day
- Gen. Powell endorses Obama
- A clean new ballfield, freshly mowed and lined just for you...
October 18, 2008
October 17, 2008
October 16, 2008
- McCain closes Gallup gap, but debate may halt his momentum
- Dems try to hang FairTax around Saxby's neck
- Libyan parrots leave mark on democracy
- The post-debate polling numbers
October 15, 2008
- That debate was really something
- Final debate: On with the show, this is it!
- Stage set for final debate
- Mahoney may not seek reelection
- Early voters strong for Obama, and possible good news for Jim Martin
- "W" won't be "winner" at box office
- How a PSC candidate cheated you of millions
October 14, 2008
- McCain to Palin: "Stifle yourself!"
- Six years later, it still boggles the mind
- It wasn't Fannie and Freddie's fault
- GOP draws line at holding 40 in Senate
October 13, 2008
- Dow booms, at least for today
- 'Senate and House Republicans are going to get crushed'
- Obama's Gallup lead back to double digits
- Why Ayers, Wright, etc., just won't work....
- Seasons change, and so do other things
October 12, 2008
- Is Palin already eyeing 2012?
- McCain backers raise spectre of total Democratic control
- Amuse each other ... (and that's amuse with an 'm', not abuse with a 'b', although I know with some of you there's no real difference...)
October 11, 2008
October 10, 2008
- Palin abused her power, inquiry concludes
- A touching column by the NYT's David Brooks...
- Obama up in West By God Virginia?
- Palin's Troopergate scandal was fabricated by Bill Ayers -- really, read it here first!
October 9, 2008
- Obama swinging for the fences?
- Another terrible, horrible, no good very bad day
- Slouching toward Bethlehem
- Tribal politics, distilled to its essence
- Why the GOP stands at the abyss
October 8, 2008
- Is McCain running a racist campaign?
- Gallup tracking poll puts gap at 11?
- Allow me a non-political vent
- Debate polls say Obama, but as Kenny Rogers reminds us, "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done"
October 7, 2008
- Nashville townhall, the aftermath
- Nashville townhall, McCain vs. Obama
- Polls turn up the heat on explosive McCain
- The "half of Americans pay no income tax" fraud
- U.S. grip on Afghanistan slipping
October 6, 2008
- Chambliss on the endangered list
- Wall Street excess: Symptom or cause?
- Thanks, Mr. President, we feel better now (and the Dow closes under 10,000)
- Does the Dow have a bottom?
- Wall Street crisis will impose new sobriety
October 5, 2008
October 4, 2008
- Live, from New York, Sarah Palin!
- Obama's margin seems to be firming up, says Gallup
- 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning'
- Amuse each other...
October 3, 2008
- Go watch some October baseball...
- Wall Street gets bailout -- now we wait
- Krauthammer tosses in the towel
- One of the signs of a sick culture....
- The morning after, Palin-palooza
October 2, 2008
- The Palin-palooza debate thread...
- Your pre-debate thought for the day...
- Because it's been a tough week for our conservative friends....
- Every trend looking good for Obama
- American people alarmed by Palin
October 1, 2008
- Early signs of enthusiasm for Obama
- With economic calamity, Bush seals title of worst president ever
- US attorney scandal rivals Watergate (and yes, Karl Rove is in the middle of it)
September 30, 2008
- Write your own caption to this one, folks...
- It wasn't Nancy with the laughing face
- Palin's debate performance critical
- A total lack of faith in economy, leaders
September 29, 2008
- If you haven't OD'd on bad news yet....
- Two-stepping on the edge of economic disaster
- Now what? Bailout plan in big trouble
- IRS is not "gagging" churches
- McCain's debate demeanor may have crystallized voter fears
September 28, 2008
September 27, 2008
September 26, 2008
- Mano a mano, hand to hand
- Bluff called, McCain set for debate
- Palin argues for bailout ... I think
- Spray a little tax cut on it, it'll be fine
September 25, 2008
- I'm sorry -- Sarah Palin is a bad joke
- The superpowers of John McCain
- It's not all THEIR fault, you know....
September 24, 2008
- What exactly is McCain up to?
- McCain suspending campaign, seeks to delay debate
- Why can't Sarah come out to play, Mr. McCain?
- Paulson plan is Wall Street-centric
September 23, 2008
- The solution to our gas shortage
- 10 years ago today, Molly Ivins said....
- John McCain, the aviator-president
September 22, 2008
September 21, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 19, 2008
September 18, 2008
September 17, 2008
September 16, 2008
- $85,000,000,000 to AIG
- 'The final verdict on an economic philosophy that has completely failed'
- No rate cut for Wall Street
- Turmoil on Wall Street continues
- McCain/Palin offer insight to how they would govern
September 15, 2008
- Socialists want to run this country!
- Another Black Monday on Wall Street
- McCain is smearing himself
- Russia beaten by little Georgia
September 14, 2008
September 13, 2008
September 12, 2008
- McCain still peddles Palin mythology
- The Christian view on torture
- Bush reigns over death of capitalism?
September 11, 2008
- Palin cops on the bridge question
- More lipstick on the pig, please
- '.... if Sambo gets elected'
- Seven years and no closer to winning
September 10, 2008
- Save it for a real problem
- McCain rewriting rules of decency
- Corporate socialists demanding handouts
September 9, 2008
- Metro Atlanta getting sMARTA
- Palin lies could lead to Bridge to Oblivion
- Where's the beef, Sen. McCain?
September 8, 2008
- MSNBC dropping anchors in storm
- 'Bridge to Nowhere' leads to White House?
- State leaders fail metro Atlanta
September 7, 2008
September 6, 2008
September 5, 2008
September 4, 2008
September 3, 2008
September 2, 2008
September 1, 2008
August 31, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 29, 2008
August 28, 2008
- No looking back, no going back....
- Indications it may be Romney
- Handel shouldn't decide PSC race
- With Night Three, the preliminaries are over
August 27, 2008
- True colors, shining through....
- "And in conclusion -- but before I do that, let me..."
- 'We must close the bumper-sticker gap!'
- Convention impressions, Night Two
August 26, 2008
August 25, 2008
August 24, 2008
August 23, 2008
August 22, 2008
August 21, 2008
August 20, 2008
August 19, 2008
August 18, 2008
August 16, 2008
August 15, 2008
August 14, 2008
August 13, 2008
August 12, 2008
August 11, 2008
July 25, 2008
July 24, 2008
July 23, 2008
July 22, 2008
July 21, 2008
- Bush administration thinks 'horizontal'
- McCain thinks Americans are stupid
- State would be broke if Richardson had his way
July 19, 2008
July 18, 2008
July 17, 2008
July 16, 2008
July 15, 2008
- Socialists in $2,000 tailored suits
- More tea leaves for your reading pleasure....
- McCain recruiting blog commenters
July 14, 2008
- The "fuelishness" of offshore drilling
- Metro Atlanta populated by whiners
- President Bush balks on global warming
July 13, 2008
July 12, 2008
July 11, 2008
July 10, 2008
July 9, 2008
July 8, 2008
- Obama not happy with Vernon Jones
- Sam, Obama and the gay question
- "The devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin' for a soul to steal"
July 7, 2008
July 6, 2008
July 5, 2008
July 3, 2008
July 2, 2008
July 1, 2008
June 30, 2008
June 29, 2008
June 28, 2008
June 27, 2008
June 26, 2008
- A second thought on Second Amendment
- The Supreme Court and guns
- Why not nationalize oil?
- Thought for the day
June 25, 2008
June 24, 2008
June 23, 2008
June 22, 2008
June 21, 2008
June 20, 2008
June 19, 2008
- We are led by war criminals, says general
- The oil-drilling solution
- Martin best pick to face Chambliss
June 18, 2008
June 17, 2008
- Obama and the 'Black House?'
- Bob Barr's marriage of convenience
- "Can Georgia Be Obama's Ohio?"
- First-class passengers, but not first-class citizens
June 16, 2008
June 15, 2008
June 13, 2008
- Workin' on the railroad...
- Learning the hard way....
- Special rules for special people
- Perdue guarded rainy-day fund ... and now it's raining
June 12, 2008
- Will wonders never cease?
- Mahmoud and Nouri, sitting in a tree...
- 'Champagne Bill' Campbell and FoxNews: Sleazy to their DNA
June 11, 2008
June 10, 2008
June 9, 2008
- Uh oh, bad news from the guv's office
- Drawing the line at Saxby Chambliss
- Perdue: Popularity vs. effectiveness
- "Black guy asks nation for change"
June 8, 2008
June 7, 2008
June 6, 2008
June 5, 2008
June 4, 2008
- No horse's head for Hillary
- 'Buy this house, get one free' sale
- Are those my only options?
- Maybe a veep scenario like this....
June 3, 2008
- "That's not change we can believe in?"
- So, Hillary as veep?
- Uh, Neal. Let me explain this simply:
- Is $4 gas just temporary?
- Because the truth has a liberal bias....
June 2, 2008
June 1, 2008
May 31, 2008
May 30, 2008
May 29, 2008
May 28, 2008
May 27, 2008
May 26, 2008
May 24, 2008
May 23, 2008
May 22, 2008
- Justice done in rogue cops case
- FairTax debate, live this AM
- Voters seeing purple because of traffic
May 21, 2008
May 20, 2008
May 19, 2008
May 17, 2008
May 16, 2008
- Gloomy in America
- Honest, we tried to warn 'em...
- I agree fully with President Bush....
- Credit where it's due...
May 15, 2008
- Good, because cruelty should have a price
- The "Long War" or "Forever War"?
- Obama's success suggests we can transcend race
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