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Informed Comment: Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade

The Oatmeal: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling (h/t Roger Ebert)

Queerty: Texas Grants Karl Rove's Heterosexual Divorce.

Where's the Outrage?: My problem with the latest terrorist attack.

MN Progressive Project: Michele Bachmann's craziest, lying-ist and working-ist year yet.

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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Tax the Rich's picture

Ten worst things about the Bush decade? Let's save blogging space and list the ten best things instead.

Ten best things about the Bush decade:
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1. They are no longer in office.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.

Shadowgm's picture

#1 is currently unfulfilled: THE BASTARDS ARE ROTTING IN JAIL FOR WAR CRIMES.

Handypants's picture
...

Should pretzels be on the list?

(sorry that was mean)


"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that!
" ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )

Mike Finnigan's picture

You do great work! Last thing at night, firtst thing in the morning. It's 4:45 PM here in Moscow and we're about to head over to the Kremlin (wow) for sound check and an early show tonight. Snowing and cold, unsurprisingly!
MF

Shadowgm's picture

Snow and cold in December in Moscow? It could be a sign from God!

Handypants's picture
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Obviously dispells any notion of global warming.

(/snark)


"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that!
" ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )

ricky's picture

you know it or not. Russia is cold alot over their.


"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter

sedum's picture

you need to read the post on misspelled words.... a lot.

I thought to myself, "Wow, I wonder which idiot of my acquaintance now will be the first to say 'I reckon this puts the lie to global warming, eh?' "

Welll, turns out it was my co-worker, Chuck! On Monday morning first thing! I said I'd been waiting for the first person to say that, and I attempted to penetrate his brick-wall skull with the factoid that extremes of weather in either direction indicate global warming. He was pissy quiet for awhile. He NEVER admits it when he's wrong. Thinks Coburn and Inofe are blessings to the state. Sheesh.

Re spelling, the error that really gets me is "pour over" a manuscript, etc., as in go over it with fine attention. I always picture someone pouring maple syrup over it.

pissed off patricia's picture

Are you with Joe Cocker? If you are please tell him his biggest fan says Hi and Happy New Year (a tad early) to you both. Please bring back pictures for us.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Tax the Rich's picture

I just bought some Joe on iTunes. The best spazoid rock singer ever.


Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.

Batocchio's picture

Neat! Where in the Kremlin are you playing? There's at least one immense theater there.

Handypants's picture

Another great RU - Thanks Bluegal!

Too early here in NM to think of Commander guy Bunnypants.


"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that!
" ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )

Shadowgm's picture

... especially for security issues: Bruce Schneier (who was interviewed by Rachel Maddow).

surfjac's picture

..was excellent and Cole's points should be analyzed, dissected and scrutinized so that we NEVER make that mistake again.
Showing how crazy and what a liar michelle bachmann is was very good and maybe, just maybe, her constituents will realize they are the real butt of her lies (i.e., speaking for them) for just putting her in office without considering her rhetoric to be divisive and un-American.


Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"

annie's picture

Thanks, Mr. Ebert, for the spelling reminders. Just yesterday on this site there was a header mentioning "post-literate", and I despaired...

Shadowgm's picture

Our society doesn't read, doesn't think critically, can't spell or write proficiently.

I mean, it's interesting to consider the implications of knowing less (because we read less) but having greater access to information via the internet ... but there's a shallowness there that just makes me cringe.

BigDaddyMalcontent's picture

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ricky's picture

affect. The use of asshole in the peace was trite. Assholes are for defanating. And detinating if your moslim.


"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter

sedum's picture

Peace = piece.
Your = you're.
Plus, reference to moslim. Racist much?

Amitola's picture

the propaganda and marketing has been working. We started dumbing down the education systems decades ago, and now there've been so many distractions introduced (TV, TiVo, Internet, Ipods, cell phones, Twitter, video games, etc.) and promoted by the marketers most people I know are overwhelmed with input. They can't pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes at most.

Uneducated, distracted, fearful bunches of folks can be led anywhere.


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy

throw them a hand signal that means "yack yack yack," you know--holding your arm up and tapping your 4 fingers against your thumb like talking.

But maybe driving and talking are the only two things they can attempt to do at once, so hopefully I won't get shot.

The Big E's picture

bluegal,

Thanks for the linkey luv. At MN Progressive Project, we'll be tracking Michele Bachmann at a thing we call the Michele Bachmann Bizarro World.

Thanks again ...

Evet's picture

and 'Wingnut Mooses'

Evet's picture

Mary L. Schapiro is the 29th chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was also a member of the boards of directors of Duke Energy and Kraft Foods.

LOL what a choice!!!

sedum's picture

how many people here spell ridiculous "rediculous"

Especially when a red underline appears every time, or does that only happen on my magic computer?

Batocchio's picture

Oh, how I love that Oatmeal cartoon.

Batocchio's picture

Also, the Juan Cole post is a keeper. Thanks.

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