“SO REMEMBER, IF YOU’RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE BORN INTO A FAMILY WITH MONEY, FAME AND POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, YOU TOO, WITHOUT EVEN BREAKING A SWEAT, CAN COMPLETELY FUCK UP THE WORLD.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin is motivated to warn: The Public Option Could Easily Unravel Yet.

Norm Jenson with The Daily Show on the real motivations of the Catholic Church courting of Anglican priests.

Lisa Casey on the man who breaks the mold on moldy.

Jon Perr:  Study Claims U.S. Health Care System Wastes $700 Billion Annually.

“WHAT CAN I SAY, MES AMIS, WE FRENCH HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR BUFFOONS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash on The Bush GOP’s Latest Threat Aimed At Americans.

Juan Cole on Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq.

“SOME OF MY CRITICS ACCUSED ME OF CAUSING BLOOD, DARKNESS, AND BOILS, AND I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY ALWAYS PLAYED HAIL TO THE CHIEF WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM.”

Lisa Casey also weighs in on Bush’s Big Decisions.

“OBAMA CALLS ON EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO GET THEIR VIEWS, WHILE BUSH WAS WORKING ON MYSTERIES WITHOUT ANY CLUES.”

The MTP Video:

“WHO’S BETTER QUALIFIED THAN SOMEONE WHO STARTS OUT LOOKING LIKE THE ASS-BACKWARDS DICK CHENEY, AND THEN MANAGES TO OUTGROW THAT DISFIGUREMENT.”

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Speaking of reversing gears, Dave Lindorff at BuzzFlash points the Way Forward on Holding the Bush/Cheney Administration Accountable for its Crimes.

Dan Kurtzman with Political Cartoons of the Week.

“WE ONLY ALLOW REAL COWBOYS TO RIDE INTO US, NOT SWAGGERING IDIOTS WHO START UNNECESSARY WARS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey on the further limitations of the fake cowboy.

The Daily Show’s Changefest ‘09  – at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality.

“LAURA WOULDN’T LET ME RIDE MY MOUNTAIN BIKE AROUND THE CAPITOL, SO I FIGURED I’D STEP ALL OVER BARACK’S BIG MOMENT.”

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Lisa Casey on Bush’s Parting Gift to Obama.

Apoliticus with a George W. Bush Revisionist Retrospective.

“THANKS TO THE SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WHICH MY POLICIES CAUSED, FOLKS GOT PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO HELP OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Obama and the albatross of Afghanistan, by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash.

Lisa Casey sums up the dramatic change starting tomorrow.

Juan Cole on King’s Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama.

“WE OPEN WITH A SCENE DURING THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. AL GORE HITS HIS HEAD ON A LOCKBOX, LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THEN EXPERIENCES AN EIGHT-YEAR NIGHTMARE OF UNJUSTIFIED WAR, LAWLESSNESS, AND ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION. HEY, IT WORKED IN DALLAS, AND THAT’S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THIS WHOLE FIASCO STARTED ANYWAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, A SIMPLE SHOWER WON’T WASH AWAY THE STENCH OF THIS ONE.”

“MISSION ACCOMPLISHED — MAJOR DINGBAT OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE ENDED.”

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More on the BUSH Dregacy:

Putting his Stamp on Wall Street, at All Hat No Cattle; and Keeping us “Safe, 24/6,”‘ at One Good Move.