Posting History for tjlabs
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| Fear and loathing.... The ferocity of attacks about to be unleashed on Barack Obama has many roots and many outlets. But I think a big part of it has to do with power, influence, control and the loss there of. |
tjlabs | 07/10/2008 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Summer Reruns - Political Version Well, here we are once again about to begin the dog days of summer. How I long for the summers of my youth when we had a summer house on Long Island right on the edge of the Atlantic. Every day from ... |
tjlabs | 08/02/2008 | - | - | - | - |
| Presidential Elections For Dummies..... From the washingtonpost.com :
Rick Davis, campaign manager for John ... |
tjlabs | 09/08/2008 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Way back last week at the Republican Self-Abuse Caucus.... ....Remember how the huddled mass of old rich white folk would begin to chant on cue "USA...USA...USA" whenever there was a "disruption" in the hall or some of the sounds from the angry protesters ... |
tjlabs | 09/10/2008 | - | - | - | - |
| Heightened Expectations..Heightened Fear.... I am sure some of my friends at Daily Kos will immediately label me just another "concern troll" but I'm betting they weren't around during the bloody sixties. If they were, they'd be "concern trolls" |
tjlabs | 10/16/2008 | - | - | - | - |
| Our Grand National Pitstop... For the last two years , we have found ourselves careening across the political landscape of America on a wild ride not dissimilar to the one Mr. Toad took in the Wind in the Willows. It has been an ... |
tjlabs | 11/14/2008 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Republicans' Viagra Stimulus Fantasy.... Democrats Try Trickle-Down Economics
By KARL ROVE
Democrats are betting that Americans now embrace ... |
tjlabs | 02/05/2009 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| TAGG's Diary Epidemic Alert... |
tjlabs | 06/01/2008 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Closing the book.... Why Barack will win... |
tjlabs | 06/15/2008 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Minding ones's place.... Having attended Catholic parochial school as a child, I and my classmates were constantly reminded by the good Sisters of St. Dominic to "mind our place". Translation: Remember where you are in the ... |
tjlabs | 07/21/2008 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| It's my party and I can whine if I want to.... It is truly a pathetic sight to see Senator McSame being reduced to a mewling whine in response to the events surrounding Obama's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank God that his health insurance ... |
tjlabs | 07/22/2008 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Poll Vaulting.... It would be a safe bet to say that by now, most of us have had polling up to our eye teeth. You can get whiplash from looking at them from day to day. The worst of the bunch are the daily tracking ... |
tjlabs | 08/07/2008 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| McCain's POWerful Campaign.... From www.politico.com
John McCain came very close Tuesday morning to ... |
tjlabs | 08/27/2008 | 1 | - | - | - |
| It's 3 AM...A Play in One Act.... Somewhere on the campaign trail in the middle of middle America in the nearest big city with a Four Seasons Hotel which has a Presidential Suite, the Republican candidate for the presidency is ... |
tjlabs | 10/11/2008 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| And let's not forget this holiday tradition..... Depression.
After all the weeks of pre-Christmas hype and hoopla which I think now begins some time in August, we have entered the period twixt Christmas and New Year's Day when many of us find ... |
tjlabs | 12/28/2008 | 1 | 4 | - | 21 |
| The No-Nothing Party.... Deep within the bowels of Congress, there is a heavily fortified area reserved exclusively for the use of Republican senators and congresspersons. Built with secret funds during the Bush/Cheney reign, |
tjlabs | 02/17/2009 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Always go for the quick and easy.... | tjlabs | 01/20/2010 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 |
| So what?.... David Brooks: The man who puts the PUB* in rePUBlican....
(Ed. Note: *...Pure Unadulterated Bullshit.) |
tjlabs | 06/25/2008 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| The Law of Unintended Consequences..... For weeks now, Senator McSame & Co. have taken every opportunity to upbraid Senator Obama for his not having been to Iraq in over two years and of never having been to Afghanistan. The official ... |
tjlabs | 07/18/2008 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| John McCain: The invisible man.... As usual, Frank Rich gets to the heart of the matter.
clipped from www.nytimes.com
The ... |
tjlabs | 08/17/2008 | 2 | 3 | - | 118 |
| The "Audacity of Hope" vs. "The Balls Of Karl Rove".... To quote Barack Obama from his brilliant acceptance speech on Thursday night: "Eight is enough". The Bush administration can be summed up with the motto: "All politics, all the time". There has ... |
tjlabs | 08/30/2008 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Campaign to Nowhere...Thanks, But No Thanks.... The McCain/Palin campaign couldn't wait to see last week finally end. To say that it was not one of their best weeks is understatement. A week that began with hopes of continuing their domination of ... |
tjlabs | 09/22/2008 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Petulant Pols: Me, first, then maybe the country....
Take a good look at these four shining examples of Republican leadership who rushed to the cameras to inform the nation ... |
tjlabs | 09/30/2008 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tonight's Episode: "Little Morphin' Sarah and the Tower of Ifill".... When we last saw our heroine , her mentor Daddy Warhero was about to do battle mano a mano with their arch enemy the Great ... |
tjlabs | 10/02/2008 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Giving thanks.... No snark. No sarcasm. No jokes. No puns. And NO politics.
In my sixty some-odd years upon this earth, I don't think there has ever been a Thanksgiving Day so filled with hope and promise for the ... |
tjlabs | 11/27/2008 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| The Will Smith Factor.... As has been often noted by journalists, pundits, and politicians during this current election cycle. there has been a tsunami-size wave of newly registered young, first-time voters. There have been ... |
tjlabs | 10/22/2008 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| And on the Third Day....A Sunday Sermon Three days from now, at approximately 9:00 AM EST, America and the world will have awoken to find a new President-Elect of the United States. And if we are to believe what the majority of the polls ... |
tjlabs | 11/02/2008 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Today is Thanksgiving Day.... It's come a little early this year, but today I have so much to be thankful for. And what might some of those things be, you ask? I shall tell you. |
tjlabs | 11/04/2008 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Hey pal, can you spare some change?.... The Republican "Loyal Opposition" might want to take note.
From www.swamppolitics.... |
tjlabs | 03/24/2009 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| No more Abu Gharib-style scapegoating.... This time around, we should go right to the top.
From www.washingtonpost.... |
tjlabs | 04/17/2009 | 2 | 6 | - | 2 |
| The GOP: "The Grifters' Own Party".... Anyone we know?
" A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, ... |
tjlabs | 01/17/2010 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| An Era of Good Feeling.... Call me a Pollyanna if you wish. (I've been called much worse.) But I think the Pooh-Bahs of Punditry and various other political prognosticators are missing the full import of the psychological ... |
tjlabs | 05/03/2011 | 2 | - | - | 16 |
| Bread and Circuses.... Bob Herbert has a really terrific column in today's NY Times. I've quoted some of his central points but I would urge you to follow the link and read the whole piece. |
tjlabs | 07/05/2008 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| The McCain Vapid Response Team.... It's been a tough week for the McCain Vapid Response Team. First they had the almost impossible task of getting their message heard above the din of the incredible press coverage of Barack Obama's ... |
tjlabs | 07/27/2008 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Vice Squad.... One can only hope that sometime in the not too distant future that both Obama and McSame will announce their respective choices for vice-president. I say "hope" when what I actually mean is for ... |
tjlabs | 07/30/2008 | 3 | - | - | - |
| It's Going To Be A Long Hot Summer.... We know now that John McCain has successfully completed his transformation from the "maverick" to the "clone". I'll be honest. I've never really liked McCain and the reasons were amorphous. There ... |
tjlabs | 08/01/2008 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Palin May Be the Exception to the Rule...But.... From poligazette.com
Republicans Worry: Palin’s a Problem
Increasingly more ... |
tjlabs | 09/28/2008 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| McCain's Latest Appellation...Coward.... So far we have seen John McCain the Naval aviator, John McCain the POW, John McCain the war hero, John McCain the maverick, John McCain the straight-talker. Now we can safely add one more ... |
tjlabs | 10/08/2008 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Helpful Hints To Spot The Losing Ticket.... When you study for the priesthood (RC), you learn that aside from one's role as dispenser of the sacraments, your second most important role is as counselor. And to that end, the seminarian is ... |
tjlabs | 10/21/2008 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Something else 'W' can be proud of.... From www.huffingtonpost.com
New government figures show that almost 700,000 children went hungry in the United States at some point in 2007, up more than 50 percent from the year ... |
tjlabs | 11/18/2008 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Once again, Billy Blood lives up to his name.... From www.weeklystandard.com
Before He Goes
What President Bush could accomplish in his final days in office.
by William Kristol
...(H)e could tell various admirals to stop ... |
tjlabs | 11/29/2008 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Suspended Animation.... Since late Friday afternoon, the country has been in a sort of twilight sleep...not fully awake and not fully asleep. It is that moment when we awaken in the middle of the night, groggy, disoriented, |
tjlabs | 01/18/2009 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Beautiful Historic House in Downtown, D.C...Real Fixer-Upper.... Think of the White House as America's largest and most prestigious property as having been on the market for the last two years. The occupant during that time was eager to close the deal and get out ... |
tjlabs | 01/30/2009 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| Sticks and Stones...And Torture, War, Death & Destruction.... From www.politico.com
A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an ... |
tjlabs | 05/13/2009 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Punditmania!!!...... Starting around 9:00PM last night, the pooh bahs and pashas of the media's punditocracy went into overdrive. Oddly enough, the pundits on the left saw the election outcome differently from their ... |
tjlabs | 11/04/2009 | 3 | 1 | - | 100 |
| The Great (Mental) Depression of '09.... From politicalwire.com
November 11, 2009
Pessimism Grows Among Americans
A ... |
tjlabs | 11/11/2009 | 3 | 1 | - | 103 |
| Omigod!...we missed it! | tjlabs | 02/24/2005 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| McCain and the War Some thoughts on what drives John McCain. |
tjlabs | 05/28/2008 | 4 | - | - | - |
| America's other Cold War.... "Kerry with a tan." |
tjlabs | 06/28/2008 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Good times...Bush's fond memories.... From today's New York Times:
Execution by Military Is Approved by President
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: ... |
tjlabs | 07/29/2008 | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Dr. Rovenstein's Monster.... The creature that is now stalking the countryside, laying waste the political landscape and terrifying its citizens, we learn today, is the result of a horrific experiment in human cloning gone ... |
tjlabs | 09/14/2008 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Sarah Palin: The First Humanoid Robot Candidate.... A humanoid robot is an autonomous robot because it can adapt to changes in its environment or itself and continue to reach ... |
tjlabs | 09/20/2008 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Lies, Deceit, and Turban Legends: McCain's Game Plan.... From www.politico.com
Despite the first black major party candidate for president, the discussion of race in this ... |
tjlabs | 09/21/2008 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 1/20/09...Time for popping corks and bubbles....(Revised) Richard Cohen in today's www.washingtonpost.com
How to Burst a Bubble
Obama ... |
tjlabs | 12/16/2008 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| On (Political) Death and Dying.... From www.cbsnews.com
CBS Poll: Americans Optimistic About Obama
Seventy-Nine Percent Say ... |
tjlabs | 02/14/2009 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Signed, sealed, and delivered.... David Frum , in one single paragraph, sums up the state and future of the Republican party. And it ain't good.
... |
tjlabs | 03/06/2009 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| The Bush Decade.... From www.washingtonpost.com
America's decade of dread
This decade began and ended in dread. It began with Wall Street -- the World Trade Center -- targeted for mass murder. It ... |
tjlabs | 12/16/2009 | 4 | 4 | - | 140 |
| Contortionists.... From www.washingtonpost.com
Congressional Republicans rallied Tea Party activists to oppose the health-care legislation on the verge of being approved by Congress even as party ... |
tjlabs | 03/22/2010 | 4 | 4 | - | 12 |
| Spare change.... From www.politicsdaily.com
"Change you can believe in" on education, ... |
tjlabs | 04/24/2010 | 4 | - | - | 44 |
| Lieberman's short-lived smirk I think the senate Democrats who really and truly cannot abide the sanctimonious gut-churning Bush-loving pronouncements of Joe Lieberman have come to the following realization. They have read the ... |
tjlabs | 01/18/2007 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Shame on you, John Mccain.... If you look at John McCain's campaign commercials, both his previous ads and his current ones, most of them feature some visual or text reference to his time as a POW during the Viet Nam war. |
tjlabs | 07/08/2008 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| The Days of Whine and Poses.... From politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
McCain predicts 'spectacular' terror ... |
tjlabs | 07/19/2008 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| The Chernobyl of Presidential Campaigns.... There was another "Shock and Awe" attack in Iraq this week. But this time it was not the military might of the United States raining down upon the Iraqis but rather it was the political might of the ... |
tjlabs | 07/24/2008 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Whatsamatter?....Can't Ya Take A Joke?.... "All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those towards whom it intends to direct itself."
-Adolf Hitler, |
tjlabs | 08/03/2008 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Rove's First Principle of Political Campaigning.... For years, the Republican party has proven extremely adept at winning elections of every type from the local school boards to the presidency of the United States. The key to their winning ways has ... |
tjlabs | 08/11/2008 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| What if the candidate's name was Sam Palin?.... Let's pretend that the Republican vice-presidential candidate is named Sam Palin, a heretofore little-known former mayor of a small Podunk town in Alaska and then through an incredible stroke of ... |
tjlabs | 09/24/2008 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| The Adventures of Daddy Warhero and Little Morphin' Sarah!.... Our story so far....
Daddy Warhero and Little Morphin' Sarah have had a really busy week fighting villains who are trying to steal the government secrets that would ruin their attempt to save the ... |
tjlabs | 09/26/2008 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| From those wonderful folks who brought us Abu Gharib & Guantanamo.... From www.nytimes.com
Rush to Enact a Safety Rule Obama Opposes
WASHINGTON — The Labor ... |
tjlabs | 11/30/2008 | 5 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Crime and Bookdeals: Justice and Bush & Co..... The reactions to the continuing series of revelations concerning the immoral, extralegal, and probably criminal, actions, practices, activities, and policies of the Bush administration have ranged ... |
tjlabs | 01/11/2009 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| Change is palpable.... I have been watching CNN for the last hour or so made less than usually unbearable by the presence of Anderson Cooper and Roland Martin.
What has struck me is the undertone of joyousness in their ... |
tjlabs | 01/17/2009 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Brother, Can You Spare Some Hope?.... I was talking yesterday after Barack H. Obama became the 44th president of the United States with an elderly friend of mine. My friend, who will turn 86 in a few months, had spent the day with his ... |
tjlabs | 01/21/2009 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| If I had a magic wand.... I would wave it over the Republicans in Congress and turn their bullshit into gold. That would solve our nation's economic crisis in one fell swoop. There would be enough money for universal health ... |
tjlabs | 01/26/2009 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| Slum(ming) GOP Millionaires.... I just love it when the multi-millionaires in the Repugnant party lecture us little people on financial responsibility. Over the last few weeks, while hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens ... |
tjlabs | 02/23/2009 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| The Republican trap.... We've seen this scenario before.
From www.politico.com
Some Republicans are calling for Timothy Geithner’s ... |
tjlabs | 03/19/2009 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| The Comity of Eras.... "Fast away the old year passes" as the old carol goes. And it is at this time of the year that my thoughts turn to family and friends who have left us over the years and the memories of them and the ... |
tjlabs | 12/30/2009 | 5 | 3 | - | 47 |
| It's not just the Senate that's "broken".... There are probably some truly noble-minded citizens in this country who have considered or will consider running for elective office on the municipal, state, or federal level with the sole purpose ... |
tjlabs | 03/03/2010 | 5 | - | - | 31 |
| Will Tyler Clementi's death change anything?.... Since the tragic suicide of college freshman Tyler Clementi after being publicly shamed and humiliated ... |
tjlabs | 10/09/2010 | 5 | 5 | - | 95 |
| We Dems Need A Wake-Up Call...Badly.... One of the favorite rhetorical devices that candidates running for the presidency like to use is to compare themselves to some former president, usually of the same party, in hopes that whatever ... |
tjlabs | 08/21/2008 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 |
| The Real John McCain?.... From today's NY Times editorial:
The Real John McCain
On Thursday, Mr. McCain said he would ... |
tjlabs | 09/05/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| The latest neocon stooge in waiting...Sarah Palin.... Sarah Palin is just the latest show pony straight from the neocon stables of the Republican party. Bred not for agility or dexterity, she, like all the others before her, is merely for exhibition ... |
tjlabs | 09/07/2008 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| Unleash the hounds!....The News Hounds.... For years now, the Republican party's Ministry of Propaganda headed by Karl Rove has managed to manipulate and control most of the U. S. media to such an extent that the flame of journalistic ... |
tjlabs | 09/13/2008 | 6 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Palin & McCain: The Mom & Pop of Populists.... Over the course of the last few weeks we have heard the MSM and the various Poo-Bahs of punditry make reference to the fact that McCain and Palin are running a "populist" campaign for the presidency. |
tjlabs | 09/17/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Where There's a (George) Will...There's a Nay .... From www.washingtonpost.com
McCain Loses His Head
Under the pressure of the ... |
tjlabs | 09/23/2008 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| Senate Republicans' Scorched Earth Policy.... Over the next few days and weeks you will hear many explanations by the Senate Republicans for why they decided to torpedo the Big Three auto makers bail-out plan. They will include pieties and ... |
tjlabs | 12/12/2008 | 6 | 6 | - | 7 |
| Frum the Right.... David Frum is persona non grata within his own party. Here's why.
From www.newsweek.com
Why Rush is Wrong
Limbaugh is ... |
tjlabs | 03/08/2009 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| The Bully's Pulpit.... The Shirley Sherrod fracas is just the latest high-volume, over-blown, misinterpreted, misrepresented, totally fake media frenzy to occur since before and since Barack Obama ran for and was elected ... |
tjlabs | 07/23/2010 | 6 | 3 | - | 20 |
| Joe Lieberman....He's a what? | tjlabs | 02/03/2005 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Kristol the Klown expands operations.... Kristol the Klown, aka Billy Blood, unveiled his new line of home-made whines today. Cleverly working them into his usual laugh-filled column in today's NY Times (No link. Sorry I have strict rules ... |
tjlabs | 07/28/2008 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| Blinded By The Rage...We Don't Have Four More Years To Wait From www.salon.com
Quarter of Clinton supporters would vote McCain over Obama
Interesting result ... |
tjlabs | 08/26/2008 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Bush to Receive 2008 Intrepid Freedom Award!.... Please swallow any liquids in your mouth before reading the following.
From www.newsday.... |
tjlabs | 11/11/2008 | 7 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Fatwad Limbaugh's Cracker Twin Brother.... From www.politico.com
GOP govs to Senate: Hold the line
Several of the GOP's most prominent governors blasted the stimulus plan making its way through Congress Thursday, ... |
tjlabs | 02/06/2009 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| When you're young and gay.... You never think about getting old. Never. And once again this proves that there really is very little difference between gays and straights. The young people of any sexual orientation all live as if ... |
tjlabs | 04/05/2011 | 7 | 11 | - | 86 |
| UPDATE: Obama-Troops Controversy.... Yesterday, Josh Marshall at TPM Election Central posted the following...
"We ... |
tjlabs | 07/26/2008 | 8 | 3 | - | - |
| Queering the Deal.... When McCain & Co. realized that Hillary was not going to be the Democrat they would be running against but rather Barack Obama, they found themselves in a bit of a quandary. With reams and reams of ... |
tjlabs | 07/31/2008 | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| Kristol Gets It Wrong...Again.... In today's collection of inane and fallacial ramblings he calls his column, William Kristol, aka Billy Blood, decides that he has achieved the goal that philosophers and theologians have been ... |
tjlabs | 08/18/2008 | 8 | - | - | 2 |
| McCain's Stockholm Syndrome.... From Wikipedia:
Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the ... |
tjlabs | 10/10/2008 | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| November 5th: The Day After.... For the last few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about what new country we will wake up to on November 5th. If all the polls and indicators hold true, we will be seeing the face of President-Elect ... |
tjlabs | 10/29/2008 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 |
| Don we now our gay apparel: How Dickens' made me gay.... Ever since I was a kid I have been seasonally obsessed with the viewing of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Way back in the 1950's in New York City, one of the local TV stations, WPIX, had a ... |
tjlabs | 12/18/2008 | 8 | 1 | - | 7 |
| The Other Inaugural Bawl.... This was too good to pass up.
From www.americanthinker.com
Bush and the Bush-Haters
There is one thing certain to go through Barack Obama's mind during the inauguration: at ... |
tjlabs | 01/19/2009 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| Just Bad Journalism (Pardon the expression).... Greg Miller is guilty of one of two things: a) he is functionally illiterate; or, b) he's baiting the wingnuts. Of course it could be a combination of the two. Here's what he wrote in today'... |
tjlabs | 02/01/2009 | 8 | 10 | - | 2 |