You’re hurt. Your arm is bleeding from a huge gash. You’re worried that if you don’t get help soon, you’ll have to amputate your own arm with a pen knife. Just as you start to feel light-headed, just as you start to dip and spin slightly, you here a call in the distance: “Wait! Wait! […]

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I hear through the grapevine that Netroots favorite son Eric Massa is polling well these days. People like him, think he is electable, and respond to his message. When you look at the numbers, though, Massa is in trouble and he is going to need our help.
To date, Massa has raised more […]

My coworker Han Shan has been working on a documentary film project currently called America Listening. He’s posted two updates here on his travels for the project in Palestine and Afghanistan. The film is an opportunity for American listeners to find out what people from around the world think about America and our role in […]

A few years ago, my home team, the San Francisco 49ers, changed their uniforms to a darker red jersey. When the team took the field the commentators were pretty mum on the change, referring to it only in passing. What they did talk about was how crappy the Niners were playing.
There is a […]

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The inevitable question following Snow’s appointment as Bush’s new Press Secretary is how he will practice his craft and if he will be more open with information than Scott McClellan. McClellan publicly represented the Bush administration’s disdain for oversight and openness by refusing to stray from preset talking points and infuriatingly inconsistent defenses like […]

Cranky Liberal has an impressive post about our oil consumption over on Gun Toting Liberal’s blog. Through the cunning use of statistics Cranky underscores a fundamental point: we use too much oil.
What do the following figures mean?
1. 21,000,000
2. 7,665,000,000
3. 19.5
4. 26
5. 24.5
6. 62,000,000
7. 86,800,000
8. 6,090,000,000
If you don’t know them you should. They are costing […]

Potvin Sucks!
I’m going to tonight’s NY Rangers game and I’m lucky enough to have some killer center ice seats. The Boys in Blue have had their asses handed to them the first two games of the series against the Devils.
My prediction is we finally have a goaltenders’ duel. Rangers 3 (Prucha, Sykora, Poti), […]

I have a sinking feeling and it’s not about Bush’s poll numbers. Call it a reality check or call it pessimism induced by six years of watching the Bush/Rove machine beat every Democratic attempt to assert control over the country. Either way, I’m not exactly feeling confident that Bush’s Dennis Hoffman-sized numbers will be parlayed […]

Bush’s introduction was very interesting. Here are a few tidbits.
Tony already knows most of you, and he’s agreed to take the job anyway. And I’m really glad he did.
Yeah we can all vouch for how hard it is to find a good employee on Craig’s List.
My job is to make decisions.
Back on that meme so […]

The Smoke and Mirrors Department brings you the White House shakeup!
It’s only been a week since Josh Bolten took over as Bush’s new Chief of Staff but MAN things are looking different around the West Wing! Scotty is out (for being too hotty), Rove is focusing on honing his political axe, and the well-dressed […]