“EVEN WE’LL ADMIT THAT THESE TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST ARE PURE ‘DOGS’ … AS A TRADE-OFF FOR  THE GUARANTEE THEY’LL LAST 14 YEARS!

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Lisa Casey on the Scarborough-Palin connection.

Some highly recommended links, at BartCopE!

“UNDER THIS LATEST DEMONSTRATION OF BI-PARTISANSHIP, THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED GET AN EXTENSION OF SIX WEEKS OF BENEFITS, WHILE FOLKS MAKING MORE THAN SIX MILLION DOLLARS GET AN ADDITIONAL SIX YEARS OF TAX CUTS.”

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Larry Beinhart at BuzzFlash on the reality that GOP won’t accept: Tax Cuts Usually Lead to Higher Unemployment.

“WE ALL AGREE: WITH THE PROSPECT OF UNLIMITED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, GEORGE COSTANZA WON’T EVEN ACCEPT A JOB AS A LATEX SALESMAN.”

Kyl, who thought television cameras and microphones were off during a taping of the new FOX News Sunday morning program, This Week in 1931, cackled heartily as he was overheard saying “if our rich friends who bankroll our campaigns get to keep their windfall tax cuts, they won’t even bother to get off their fat asses to to clip their bond coupons.”

Kyl further “gave away” his real beliefs by adding, “if we really wanted to spur growth and job creation, we’d double taxes on the super-rich; after all, just to maintain their lifestyle of luxury houses and boats, they’d have to work twice as hard.”

To make matters even worse, Kyl expressed amazement that “Democrats buy the bullshit about even more favorable tax rates for capital gains on passive investments.” “After all,” Kyl added, “if  low tax rates are supposed to encourage and reward hard work, how are lower tax rates supposed to incentivize doing nothing?”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hastily called a press conference to claim that Kyl had been out in the Arizona sun too long, apparently unaware that the sanity of his entire party had been adversely affected by the very global warming that they vehemently deny.

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BuzzFlash Editor Mark Karlin on the threat to Progressive Programs on MSNBC.

Jim Hightower on the skewed fiscal priorities, via BartCopE!

Lisa Casey on the return of America’s Favorite Soap Opera.

“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.

“NOT ONLY DOES OUR PRIMITIVE PHILOSOPHY PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE INCENTIVE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED TO FIND WORK, BUT THIS BILL WILL ALSO CREATE A SECONDARY DERIVATIVES MARKET FOR HUMAN FLESH.”

More on the perverse GOP philosopy, at All Hat No Cattle.

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on The Myth of a Liberal Break from Obama.

“IT’S MY LATEST BRAINSTORM FOR ‘PAY AS YOU GO‘:  MAKE THE UNEMPLOYED PAY AS THEY GO DOWN THE DRAIN.”

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Bunning Just Running  the GOP Motto, at All Hat No Cattle.

BuzzFlash: FOX’s  Glenn Beck and Laura Ingraham Fight Healthcare Reform — by Mocking the Sick.

Madkane on Cussin’ out California.

Some good news for lefties, at BartCopE!

“IT’S A WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT THOSE FOLKS YOU SEE STANDING ON THE SO-CALLED ‘UNEMPLOYMENT LINES’ ARE ACTUALLY GETTING PAID TO HOLD THE PLACE FOR OTHER PEOPLE … WHO THEN GET PAID FOR HOLDING THE  PLACE FOR THIS GROUP.”

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More GOP Loopies, at All Hat No Cattle.

McCain and Cantor, the big little men, by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash.

“THIS LEGISLATION REALLY HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. EVERY U.S. CITIZEN GETS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMED FORCES AND SENT TO AFGHANISTAN, THUS PROVIDING BOTH UNIVERSAL EMPLOYMENT AND UNIVERSAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on the NRA Enabling the Terrorism of Gun Deaths.

Madkane’s Testy Republicans.

Dan Kurtzman’s 30 Funniest Videos of the Decade.

“GEORGE, THAT’S PRECISELY WHY WE NEED A WHOLE NEW CATEGORY: ‘THOSE WHO HAVE STARVED TO DEATH‘.”