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Bushonomics and Original Sin

History Repeats Itself Over Again Once More
One note samba: The fact is that the Republican Party told teabaggers’ grandmas (of “death panel” fame) that Social Security was going to be the end of America. And today you can’t swing a euthanized cat without hitting a Republican at a microphone insisting he’s Social Security’s greatest champion. Republicans likewise told teabaggers’ dads that Medicare would be the end of America. And today you can’t swing a… oh yeah, you’ve heard that one. Today, of course, Rep

We Need Single Payer
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Return of Beyond the Palin, Have Cake, Eat It Too Dept.
In today’s Inky, Susan Estrich portrayed Sarah Palin as a victim of sexist libruls pointing and giggling at the picture of Palin on the cover of Newsweek (the link is to Yahoo, because I could not find the column on the Inky website). The irony is that the cover, far from skewering Palin, as was its clear intent, helps her. The picture overwhelms the caption — “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah? She’s Bad News for the GOP and Everyone Else, Too” — and reduces it to a hit

This Might Even Get Me To Root for Ohio State
And, as a long time SEC fan, I generally loathe everything Big Ten on principle. Ohio’s attorney general sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings on Friday, asserting that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds. The persons who certified the bad paper are just as culpable as the ones who printed it. Via Balloon Juice.

Dustbiters
Banks shot: Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida