So I'll let my fellow bloggers entertain you this morning.
The Fumigator-in-Chief asks the residents of Roane County, Tennessee, the site of the little-covered coal ash disaster that is the worst environmental catastrophe in this country since the Exxon Valdez,
"How's that overwhelming support for George W. Bush in the 2004 election working out for ya?" He's got a point, though. It's time we started pointing out to voters who live in these areas that for varying reasons have been hardest hit by Bush policies and who vote Republican to start thinking about exactly what they're voting for when they fall for this "real America" shit.
From the News Travels Fast file:
Mudflats notes that after a right-wing figure in Alaska exposed Levi Johnston being unqualified under the rules for his apprenticeship on the North Slope, Sarah Palin's son-in-law-to-be
has suddenly decided to return home to finish his education.
Jed Lewison advises Barack Obama to compromise no more than is absolutely necessary to get as many Republican votes as required to get a stimulus package passed.
Tata comments on a new commercial by the corn industry promoting it's "natural" sweetener, high-fructose corn syrup.
Sam and Marc are
back from the holidays!
Doghouse Riley on
Ben Feller's AP puff piece on the so-called "Bush Legacy." Nedra Pickler's employer is still trying to put lipstick on that pig after all these years.
John Cole on how
the Republicans seem to have rediscovered their fiscal conservatism after letting Bush run amok for eight years.LTR has the
Top Ten Talkers of 2008 (reader poll edition, progressive category). You mean there's still progressive talk radio out there? Who knew? How Rachel Maddow ends up behind Alex freakin' Bennett is a mystery to me.
Melissa enters the world of celebrity journalism and
notes that when a show business family loses a son, only the father's grief seems to matter.
And finally, from the more bloggy goodness for your buck file,
Blue Girl has
the Monday Nightowl Newswrap.
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