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...............................................................Thomas Jefferson


Showing posts with label digby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digby. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Please Vote

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what Digby says.

Never goes out of date.
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And Ah-nold wasn't half bad either, today.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy



As Californie goes, so go we all....
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

punked...and pimped

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What digby said ... about what Eric Boehlert [Media Matters] said ... about the phonying up of the O'Keefe assault on ACORN. And what it says about where we're at....

'spose ol' Howie Kurtz will give this one a big play next Sunday under the category of yet another thing the media let the Republicans get away with? Or will he still be slavering over the media sex scandal industry coverage of the Tigerpenis?
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crossposted at firedoglake's Seminal

Monday, January 11, 2010

What Digby Said

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Still waiting for the first leak on the Hoeven announcement....

Meanwhile, what Digby said.

It's all about entertaining The Villagers.

Quinn of Tarts must be so happy this morning.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Shiavo Killed the Republicans

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Must reading from digby:
the Republican political/media circus over Terri Schiavo was the self-inflicted wound that Bush and Congressional Republicans have never recovered from.

Some might say the press never recovered, either.... we'll see.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

What Prairie's Reading Tonight

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What digby says...what Fallows says....

The "debates" deserve better.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Prairie's Reading: dday on torture

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While I await my copy of Jane Mayer's book, The Dark Side, here's food for thought from dday over at digby's place.

Torture is wrong. Torture is criminal. Torture is evil.

There is no moral equivalency gaming, no nuance, no situational ethics on this one.

No excuses. Just pure evil.

Monday, March 24, 2008

What digby said....

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If you're not a regular reader of digby's hullabaloo, here's a good place to start: her Easter Sunday observations on Obama, Wright, and the state of politics and America. Solid food for thought. And no more posting here today, so you've no excuses not to take the time to go read what digby has to say on Wright and Wrong.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Pimps, Hoes, and Presstitutes

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Lotsa dust flyin' in the skies East of Prairie Country these days. Sturm und drang in New Yuck City and DeeCee.

Everybody tumblin' all over themselves to try to get a piece of the story. Powerful man, hubris, hypocrisy, narcissistic, risk-taker. Puttin' it all out there for a high-priced bunch of pros.

Yep, it's springtime, the snow's melting, and the dirty underbelly of the lives of the rich and famous is on full parade for we peasants out here in the hinterlands.

I prefer to think about gardens.

There's something about a basic garden tool like the hoe. It's got a sharp edge to it, a sturdy wood handle, cuts through the topsoil, sends the weeds a-flyin'.

We could use a few good hoes in Washington right now.

Of course in Washington, they dress it up and give it fancy names, and maybe put a motor on it, and of course it burns oil, and might even have a five-star rating. Certainly that kind of hoe gets branded.

Bet you think I'm talkin' about Eliot's Mess [dibs: Colbert], now don't you. Well, that, too, but these days you need a scorecard to keep up with the scoundrels on both sides of the aisle—and their surrounds—who wear their hypocrisy on their sleeves and their campaign buttons under their lapels.

Don't have much love for hypocrisy around here.

So that's why what really perked up my ears this week was that Gridiron dinner the other night. You know the one. Brown, brown grass of home, anyone?

Chris Matthews got it right in his smackdown of the attendees and the standing O's of the night. Better late than never, Mr. Matthews. [digby's Hullabaloo has the serenade video and text of Matthews' commentary here; if you haven't yet visited digby, do stop by those good folks. For some strange reason I can't seem to find it over at MS/NBC.]

Must be some really interesting behind-the-scenes conversations over at MS/NBC these days, what with reports that Russet was at the Gridiron Dinner. Bet ABC's Stephanopoulos is glad he sat that one out. Would be interesting to know who else was in attendance.

If you don't tend the garden, pretty soon you can't separate the weeds from the veggies. And you kinda forget you're supposed to be one of the veggies. Not as glamorous, I know, as rubbin' elbows with the rich'n'famous...or tellin' yourself you is one.

But no matter who you are, dirt still clings to your shoes when you walk in it.

And it's not that hard to pick out the hoes.