“YOU SIR, ARE A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT … AND SOMETIMES YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.”

“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.

“DON’T WORRY ABOUT OBAMA’S PLAN FOR COUNSELING ON ‘LIVING WILLS’ … UNLESS OF COURSE, YOU’RE ALREADY BRAIN-DEAD LIKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.”

“THE TRANSCRIPTS SHOW JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR FREQUENTLY USED WORDS LIKE HABEAS CORPUS AND STARE DECISIS – NEXT THING YA’ KNOW, SHE’LL CLAIM THAT THE GREAT FOUNDATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, THE MAGNA CARTA, WAS WRITTEN IN LATIN.” 

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Colbert on Guns in National Parks, via One Good Move.

How Jack Bauer Can Help Bring Single-Payer Health Care to the United States, by Chad at BuzzFlash.

Lisa Casey with more on the “Parade” of Liars.

Glenn Greenwald at Crooks & Liars on Obama’s Support for the Graham-LIeberman Secrecy Act.

“I’M PREPARED TO ASSIST THE WARDEN WITH HIS OWN PERSONAL FINANCES, MANAGE THE PRISON’S BOOKS AND RECORDS, AND COLLECT ALL THE MONEY FOR THE INMATES’ MARCH MADNESS POOL. ”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Chad Rubel at BuzzFlash on Meghan McCain: New young face, but no new ideas.

Madkane: GOP Can’t Walk and Chew Gum in Arguing Obama  Can’t Walk and Chew Gum.

Bush’s Preemptive Failure, at All Hat No Cattle.

Norm Jenson with Colbert’s The Word – Rand Illusion.

Juan Cole on the gathering storm in Pakistan.

“WE’RE ISSUING A FATWA AGAINST THE ‘PROFIT RUPERT’  — FOR BEING  RACIST, TONE DEAF AND COMPLETELY LAME.”

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New York Post clearly earns BuzzFlash’s Media PUTZ of the Week.

Madkane’s Ode To Roland Burris.

Obama’s Blackberry Withdrawal, at All Hat No Cattle.

Conan and Colbert’s Dance-Off, via Dan Kurtzman.

“I KNOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD’VE PREFERRED THAT I JUMPED OFF THE ROOF, BLOWN MYSELF UP WITH WMD, OR COLLAPSED FROM A PRETZEL … INSTEAD OF ACTING LIKE A DEER IN THE KLIEG LIGHTS.”

BLOGWORTHIES:

Obama’s Reply to Blogger Bob Fertik’s Special Prosecutor Question – at BuzzFlash.

Norm Jenson with the Week in Review – Daily Show and Week in Review – Colbert Report.

Lisa Casey on the Delusional House.

“COMPARED TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE JAPANESE PARLIAMENT, IT’S CLEAR THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS IS VASTLY OVERPAID. WITH THREE DAY WORK WEEKS, BEING OUT OF SESSION HALF THE YEAR, AND SUBSIDIZED PENSIONS AND HEALTH CARE, THE AVERAGE SENATOR MAKES ABOUT $3000 PER HOUR…. AND FOR ALL THAT, THE GOP STILL TURNS OUT SHIT AMERICANS WON’T BUY.”

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GOP Senators should listen to their constituents who want to “Buy American” –by Chad Rubel at BuzzFlash.

Daily Show’s Holiday Wrap-Up and Colbert’s A Secular Christmas, at One Good Move.

And keeping with the holiday spirit, Madkane’s Declaring War On The “War On Christmas” Whine.

“BUT WAIT, IF YOU ACT NOW, YOU ALSO GET WRIGLEY FIELD AND THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE FOR JUST TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS AND 99 CENTS.”

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BLAGOWORTHIES:

Chicago’s own Mark Karlin on bad-boy Blagojevich.

Forget Uncle Sam, Blackwater Wants You – at All Hat No Cattle.

The Colbert Report’s Season of Giving, at One Good Move.

Amy Poehler Returns as Hillary Clinton on SNL, via Dan Kurtzman.