“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.

“AS ONE SOURCE PUT IT: ‘BOTH SIDES WILL STILL HAVE FOLKS WHO MAKE EGREGIOUS ERRORS, BUT AT LEAST GLENN BECK WILL BE IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE THEY DON’T ALLOW CRYING’.“ 

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The Resurrection of the Public Option, at All Hat No Cattle.

Madkane on the Bystander President?

Dan Kurtzman: Finally, an Accurate Description of The Daily Show.

“I’LL FIRST NEED TO CHECK THE BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR GATES, TO ENSURE THERE’S NO UNDER-AGE DRINKING … FOLLOWED BY A PAT-DOWN FOR WEAPONS AND DRUGS.”

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Correcting a conservative red herring, on health-care reform, by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash.

And Lewis Black’s Daily Show rant on Healthcare Reform, via One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week.

“AND THAT’S THE WAY IT ISN’T  – ON EVERY SINGLE DAY WE BROADCAST.”

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Crooks & Liars with some un-Cronkite behavior at NBC.

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on the Fox in the MSNBC coop: Pat Buchanan and the Long Goodbye.

Jon Stewart on the Pyramid Economy, at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman with The Week’s Best Late-Night Jokes.

Madkane on the Orwellian Kindle Swindle?

1. Palin expressed a strong preference for catching both ”carp” and ”flounder.”

2. Palin used a “David Letterman Fishing Fly”

3. A huge fish caught Palin, who took pity on her and threw her back.

4. Palin then caught a barracuda, who immediately renounced all rights to the name.

5. Palin used the same fishing boat from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Senator Bernie Sanders on The Health Care Crisis, at BuzzFlash. 

Lisa Casey on the real North Korean threat.

The Daily Show’s Old Timers” Day, at One Good Move.

“NOW, YOU GOTTA’ GO OUT AND BUY SHARES OF JON STEWART — THE ONLY ONE WHO’S GOT THE BALLS TO LAY ‘BARE’ THE ‘BULLSHIT’ THAT MY FELLOW COMMENTATORS AND I HAVE BEEN TOSSING OUT OVER THE LAST YEAR.”

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin with kudos to Jon Stewart: Devastates CNBC and Its Destructive Boosterism of Failed Wall Street Scams.

Norm Jenson has the Stewart skewer of CNBC here.

“WOULD YOU BELIEVE, THE NEXT TIME THE LEVEES BREAK, WE’RE GONNA’ HANDLE IT WITH JUST A FEW VOLUNTEERS, AND TWO COPS IN A ROWBOAT.”

“JINDAL MISSED COMMON SENSE BY … THAAAAAAAAAAT MUCH!” 

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More on the insane Jindal (and Barbour), by Greg Palast at BuzzFlash.

Juan Cole on Obama’s 19-month Withdrawal Timetable for Iraq.

Jon Stewart on the Academy Awards, at One Good Move.

“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.

“My fellow citizens. I assumed the office of the Presidency with the best of intentions — to try to change both the culture of Washington, and the way business is done here.

But after just two short weeks, I realized that I was HOPE-lessly naive. That trying to negotiate with the know-nothing Neanderthal, Limbaugh-ass-sucking, tax-cut-a-saurus, fickle-down Reagan-worshipping Rethuglicans, is about as pointless as trying to resuscitate our ailing economy by exporting tea to China.

So here’s the REAL CHANGE I’m now proposing:  

Forget the bank bailouts, we’re gonna use the  remaining TARP dollars to buy up the TOXIC GOP ASSES from Congress.  For far less than the cost of any stimulus package to the Treasury, we’ll put these “bad asses” in a “bad holding tank,” where they can’t do any further damage to this great nation.

I know I promised to close Guantanamo, but it’s clear that the legal system is simply not equipped to deal with these nihilsts who are out to destroy our very way of life. 

But let’s be clear — the WAR ON ERROR will not be won in a year, or even during this generation. We must remain ever-vigilant against these malefactors of great mischief.

And now that I finally did what I had to do to the Rethuglicans, it’s time for a smoke.

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin strikes a similar note: Water Doesn’t Trickle Down the Middle of the Road, President Obama.

Dick Cheney’s New Wheelchair, at All Hat No Cattle.

The Daily Show’s  Big ‘Bama’s House – at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week, and Obama the Comedian.