French Girl in Seattle: Lest we forget, today is the 68th anniversary of D-Day. This week is also the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, as one vet remembers. Mad Kane: Americans’ pain is the GOP’s gain - a limerick ode to
June 6, 2012

French Girl in Seattle: Lest we forget, today is the 68th anniversary of D-Day. This week is also the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, as one vet remembers.

Mad Kane: Americans’ pain is the GOP’s gain - a limerick ode to Republican schadenfreude.

Echidne of the Snakes: When it comes to America’s “debt indulgence,” David Brooks believes George W. Bush wasn’t the problem and Scott Walker is the answer.

Timothy Noah: Today’s Republicans get apoplectic when the working poor pay no income taxes. But when it’s the rich, not so much.

Speaking of which, your quote of the day: “The best anti-poverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation measure to come out of Congress." (Ronald Reagan, on the Earned Income Tax Credit)

Guest blogging Mike's Blog Round Up today is Jon Perr from Perrspectives. Send your tips, recommendations, comments and angst to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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