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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Partisan, Mean, and Selfish Thursday Edition Posted: 12 May 2011 03:10 AM PDT Tuesday afternoon, in a desperate attempt to change the national conversation from the subjects of his partisan football-spiking of the Abbottabad raid and the still-abysmal economy, the President went to Texas to give a speech on immigration. Unfortunately, his speech was condescending, insulting, nearly entirely fact-free, and…did I mention nearly entirely fact-free? The very least he could have done was to acknowledge the wildfires that have destroyed about 2 million acres in northern Texas and explain why he refused to declare the state a disaster area. So much for that President of all the United States thing. And now, links! It’s Herman Cain’s world; the rest of the GOP field is just living in it. The blatant abuse of power at the NLRB is now starting to get some national attention, as it should. The Governor of South Carolina has demanded action and the CEO of Boeing took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to lay out his bill of grievances. Say what you will about the Democratic Party, but it’s as dedicated to its horrible ideas as Normal Bates was to his mother. If you looked up the word “smarmy” in the dictionary, you’d find a picture of Martin Bashir. Also, “oleaginous”, “dishonest”, and “hack”. I’m pretty sure we’ve done the whole “European bureaucrats have complete access to your travel plans” thing before, haven’t we? I don’t remember that it turned out all that well. If voters decide to have one litmus test for the GOP nominee, this should be it. Somebody set the Crab Nebula up the bomb!

The Delivery Presents – Strawmen, Experience, and Why Social Media Isn’t a Rathole Posted: 11 May 2011 01:51 PM PDT I hope very much that Episode 93 ends up in the hands of a few highly-placed members of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, because I said a few things they need to hear. The whole issue of political new media and its woeful lack of funding by folks who have no problems slinging money by the catapult-load at losers like Charlie Crist has been on my mind quite a lot lately. I know I’ve talked about it before, but I seem to be one of the very few who are. It would be very nice if that changed. Perhaps Rence Priebus, the new RNC Chair, could take that up himself. And while I’m at it, why don’t I wish for a pony? There’s some good first-half stuff about the President’s enduring love-affair for strawmen and a solid bit on why it’s not all that important to me for a President to have held elected office before. All in all, you have a solid show on your hands this week. Enjoy! We’re also down to the last two days of the Deliver for The Delivery fundraiser. If you’ve been waiting until the last minute to donate, well, it’s time. Also, if you’re a Koch Brother, a couple grand wouldn’t exactly go amiss if you were to drop it in my PayPal account. Just saying… The Delivery - Episode 93 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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