“THE REPORT CONCLUDES THESE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS GET PAID FOR DOING NOTHING, THAT MANY ARE ON DRUGS, AND CONTINUING TO PAY THEM JUST DISCOURAGES THEM FROM TAKING REAL JOBS.”

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Colbert Report with The Economist Photoshops Obama’s Picture, at One Good Move.

Disaster Messaging by the Democrats Could be Fatal to America’s Future,  By George Lakoff at BuzzFlash.

Crooks & Liars with Paul Krugman schools David Brooks.

BartCopE! with some great recommended reads.

“I look like J. Edgar Hoover, I have a face like a fist, and I’m essentially a malignant tumor.”

The Ailes-Arianna Huffington exchange at Firedoglake.

“LET’S FACE IT, WITH ALL THESE DIM-WITS SPENDING MONEY ON CARFARE, HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS AND LET’S NOT FORGET TEABAGS, BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, THIS COUNTRY IS POISED TO GROW LIKE A MALIGNANT TUMOR.”

“IT’S BECOME PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE GREATEST THREAT OUR COUNTRY NOW FACES IS NOT FROM RUSSIA, OR EVEN IRAN, BUT THE NUTS WHO WENT BALLISTIC OVER THE FACT THAT I RAN.”

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BuzzFlash’s P.M. Carpenter on our increasingly diseased democracy.
 
Norm Jenson with Stephen Colbert’s take on the Supreme Court ‘corporate speech’ case – Let Freedom Ka-Ching.

Baucus Bill is Proof of ‘Krugman’s law,’ at Perrspectives.

Dan Kurtzman with Obama’s Lightsaber Episode.

“THE PROBLEM IS, THEY FEEL THAT EVEN IF THEY PICK A FINAL FOUR OF ALL NO. 16 SEEDS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL JUST STEP IN AGAIN TO MAKE UP THEIR LOSSES.” 

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: Wal-Mart, Wall Street and W: Three W’s That Sank the American Economy and Boosted China.

Lisa Casey with The Masterbaiter.

Madkane’s Ode To Ari Fleischer.

Dan Kurtzman with The Week in Political Cartoons.

“WE INTEND TO SLAY  THE ECONOMY, SO IT’LL NEVER BE ABEL TO RECOVER.”

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“DON’T TAR ME WITH THE SAME BRUSH … I’M A MAVERICK McCAIN-SIAN.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin recommends a little Pain-sian economics on obstructionist GOP legislators.

Think Progress on Paul Krugman: ‘Destructive’ Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package.

The Daily Show’s Weekly Recap, at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on an Iranian Obama?

Wildlife Sighting: The Rare Investigative Journalist, at Apoliticus.

“WHAT YOU BASICALLY DO IS PUT PEOPLE TO WORK DIGGING DITCHES … AND THEN FILLING THEM UP WITH RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS.”

“WOLF, YOU REALLY HAVE TO WONDER WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY WE HAVE WHEN CORPORATIONS FAIL TO LIVE UP TO THEIR LEGAL AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Chad Rubel at BuzzFlash on the double standard — on One-Party Rule.   

Lisa Casey on the real Mission Accomplished!

The Daily’s Show Obama Victory Coverage, at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on Paul Krugman, and the Monsters on Television.

AFTER ALL, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE WITH MORE LIQUID ASSETS?

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash News Analysis –  Bailing Out Wall Street: Another Front in the GOP Economic War Against American Working Families.

A Rare Consensus at This Week’s Roundtable: McCain “UnPresidential” — at One Good Move.

Juan Cole looks at the mystifyingly close poll numbers and reaches the only logical conclusion: We’re a  Nation of Masochists!