Join the mob and leave the burdens of rationality behind!

JM Bell | August 31, 2009

Great vide0 ( h/t Bob Aagard)

TONIGHT! – “Utah Health Care Reform” calls on Utahns to bring their views to Blue Dog Rep. Matheson!

JM Bell | August 31, 2009

Hey, folks! Don’t forget that tonight is the night to celebrate lazy obstructionism! MORE INFO HERE
From Utah Health Care Reform:

If you can possibly be there, please be there!  Unlike his Republican counterparts, Rep. Matheson has not scheduled ANY town hall meetings. No violence, we just want him to hear us!
Time: Monday, August 31st [...]

500 Days of Sanford

JM Bell | August 31, 2009

With apologies to Zooey.

Defending Sen. Bennett – [doing the right thing still feels dirty]

JM Bell | August 30, 2009

Let me state – right up front – that I believe that Senator Bennett’s “health reform bill” is a giant turd.
Now, that said, here’s the defense.

At least he’s put something on paper, no matter how silly or bad.
He’s not being hysterical or wingnutty,
He’s not lying like Hatch, Chaffettz and Bishop*,

I’m far from the only [...]

Wingnuts, IDIOTS, whackadoos and the GOP – Rep. Bachmann embraces all lunatics

JM Bell | August 30, 2009

Oh, Firedoglake, how I love you – good work:
Michele Bachmann held a town hall forum at Lake Elmo that went pretty much the way you would expect it to have gone.
At the opening the attendees were told to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (with the “under God” part, natch, that was added during the McCarthy [...]

We cannot know God’s plan for us – President Obama’s Eulogy for Senator Kennedy

JM Bell | August 30, 2009

Thanks to Crooks and Liars

We cannot know for certain how long we have here. We cannot foresee the trials or misfortunes that will test us along the way. We cannot know God’s plan for us.
What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We [...]

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Joe Biden at the Kennedy Wake

JM Bell | August 30, 2009

Part 2 below the fold -

Sen. John Culver (D-Iowa) – “There’s nothing to it!”

JM Bell | August 30, 2009

This was fun. The whole wake was great to watch.

Kennedy on Republicans and the Minimum Wage

JM Bell | August 29, 2009

I am going to miss watching a Democrat stand up for the majority of Americans.

Life = Risk

JM Bell | August 29, 2009

Always good on a morning that’s hard to take.

Cheney shot the butterfly in the sky – he can kill twice as high

JM Bell | August 28, 2009

Ok, before I begin this, I have to admit – I have two little ones in the house and they are split on Reading Rainbow.

From NPR:
… the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of Education under [...]

The Dream shall never Die

JM Bell | August 26, 2009

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Biden on Kennedy

JM Bell | August 26, 2009

It’s moments like this -

- that show what a class act Joe Biden is.

Obama on Kennedy

JM Bell | August 26, 2009

I wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an extraordinary leader, Senator Edward Kennedy.
Over the past several years, I’ve had the honor to call Teddy a colleague, a counselor and a friend. And even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with [...]

Kennedy – DNCC 2008 Speech

JM Bell | August 26, 2009

I can’t get a hold on my feelings today long enough to get anything out about Kennedy today. I am very sad, I am worried about the future, I mourn for my party, I mourn for my children and, funny enough, I keep thinking about Ed Mayne.

Too fresh, I guess.
From around the blogs -
Kennedy at [...]