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A week wouldn't be complete without a few musings from the mind of Michele (Bachmann, that is). Last night on Larry King Live, when pressed by King about whether or not she agrees with the "birthers," the pride of Minnesota said: "I have no reason to doubt that he wasn't born in the United States. I have none." Knowing Ms. Bachmann's difficulty with the English language, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and...

Fox News gets their share of criticism here, because as the late John Houseman would say, they have uuuhhned it. But in the giving credit where credit is due department, there was an exchange between Shepard Smith and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) yesterday over the merits of the public option. Smith makes a stronger case for the public option than have many, if not most, of our elected officials in D.C., including pointing out both...

I learn something new every day, usually from people who are younger than I am and who haven't developed the jaded or cynical or hard-headed perspective that I have as an adult. This one comes from a couple of young folks I know. We'll start with my 23-y-o highly intelligent, Georgetown graduated, extremely idealistic, somewhat pretentious, annoyingly talented, raconteur nephew who writes regularly (lately at http://www.echoditto.com/blogs/bryn-bellomy) and introduced me to a new term. See wiki definition below...

It's Friday and that means break time from the political battles for some music. By request, here's Jefferson Airplane (not Starship) for Carol, Somebody to Love:<br />Wilma wanted to hear something from Stevie Ray Vaughn, and considering our overnight weather, I thought Texas Flood might be appropriate:<br />In keeping with that theme, here's one of my personal favorites from the Temptations, I Wish It Would Rain:<br />Happy Friday, everyone. Hasta Manana. ...

It looks like ex-Governor Palin's almost shotgun son-in-law, Levi Johnston, was right when he told a news conference this past July that "he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book. "I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," Johnston said. Sarah the Quitter now has her lucrative book...

While authorities in Kentucky are still investigating the details surrounding the murder of  Census worker Bill Sparkman, comes this from the Minneapolis Star Tribune:"Derrick Thomas was on his bike with home in his sights, returning about 1 a.m. Wednesday from hanging out with his girlfriend and cousin in Brooklyn Park.Before he knew to be terrified, Thomas, who has autism, found himself flying over his handlebars and writhing on his back on the concrete. Standing...

This is what now passes for a topic worthy of serious discussion on Fox News. Judge Andrew Napolitano and his guest Lew Rockwell on a program called, of all things, Freedom Watch, talking about secession and nullification. Watch:<br />What Judge Napolitano and Mr. Rockwell are talking about used to be called treason, and was punishable by execution. Now it's called "Fair and Balanced."Sad but true. ...

I know I said no politics today, but forgive me, this is too good to pass up.Last night Sean Hannity and his two guests were discussing the video that has Fox News, talk radio, and the right-wing blogosphere about to soil themselves-the one of the elementary school children in New Jersey singing about President Obama. They start off with the usual "programming the youth" nonsense, then Hannity says this:"I have no patience for indoctrinating or...

<br />From Huffington Post. ...

Desperado and Eljefebob have both covered this story, so I'll post without (much) comment.  You'll remember that Fox News ran this Ad (using CNN's photograph, no less) claiming to be the only network that reports "All the News (that it creates)": Here is CNN's Response:   If you can't trust Fox News to be truthful even in advertising....? Let's face it.  It's just another example of the biased right wing media claiming the mainstream media...