Legalizing pot should be a no-brainer
Posted by John Rove as Words at 12:05 PM UTC
March 31st, 2009
Why is Marijuana illegal?
March 29th, 2009
M.E.T.H.O.D. MAN
March 27th, 2009
Zero Point Zero
The meet and greet tickets didn’t sell
Posted by Al Swearengen as Comedy at 11:48 PM UTC
March 24th, 2009
I wish I wrote this
Sometimes people say exactly what you are thinking:
You can’t miss it in today’s news: US births break record, 40 percent out-of-wedlock. Frankly, my dear, who gives a shit about the wedding bands. Though that’s pretty much what all the moralizing is about.
No, what’s stupefying is the fact that nowhere in this much-travelled article does anyone ever talk about the real impact of more babies being born in the US in 2007 than any other year in the nation’s history.
So let’s talk about it. And let’s start with a really interesting study just published in the journal Global Environmental Change. A couple of statisticians at Oregon State U disengaged their mechanical pencils from their pocket protectors, clicked some fresh lead onto recycled paper (we hope) and came up with this bold analysis into that sacristy of human reproduction—to have or not to have:
A mother and father are each responsible for one half of the emissions of their offspring and 1/4 the emissions of their grandchildren and so on forever or thereabouts
Therefore, under current US conditions, each child adds 9,441 metric tons of CO2 to the carbon legacy of the average female
That’s 5.7 times her lifetime emissions
Translation: one child costs nearly 6 times your own CO2 emissions
In the pessimistic scenario, each American child adds 12,730 metric tons to your carbon legacy
In comparison, under current Bangladeshi conditions, each child adds 56 metric tons of CO2 to the carbon legacy of the average female
Posted by John Rove as Words at 1:23 AM UTC
March 19th, 2009
Maybe Limbaugh really is in charge
Conservative “leaders” seem to be defending AIG bonus’s while Republicans try to figure out what to think.
…By all appearances, the right-wing media figures are, oddly enough, sticking to conservative economic principles, while right-wing lawmakers are simply hoping to exploit public frustration for partisan gain, whether it makes sense or not.
Indeed, rank-and-file Republicans may be leaning in the direction of the media figures. The Gallup poll released yesterday gauging public anger over the AIG bonuses showed that Republican voters are far less “outraged” by the matter than Democrats, and are far less interested in seeing the government try to block or recover the bonus money than Democrats or Independents.
The Republican party, right now, is a group of politicians obsessed with winnning the news cycle, that is having their faces on the news every night, and some talk radio yackers who also seem obsessed with being in the news at all times, and the yackers seem to be winning.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 11:38 AM UTC
March 17th, 2009
The great tradition of Republicans in the closet
I have been critical of the New York times hiring Ross Douthat, until I saw this from Brad Delong.
From Ross Douthat, Privilege, bottom of p. 184:
One successful foray ended on the guest bed of a high school friend’s parents, with a girl who resembled a chunkier Reese Witherspoon drunkenly masticating my neck and cheeks. It had taken some time to reach this point–”Do most Harvard guys take so long to get what they want?” she had asked, pushing her tongue into my mouth. I wasn’t sure what to say, but then I wasn’t sure this was what I wanted. My throat was dry from too much vodka, and her breasts, spilling out of pink pajamas, threatened my ability to. I was supposed to be excited, but I was bored and somewhat disgusted with myself, with her, with the whole business… and then whatever residual enthusiasm I felt for the venture dissipated, with shocking speed, as she nibbled at my ear and whispered–”You know, I’m on the pill…”
The bottom line is Mr Douthat doesn’t seem to like women, he is especially offended that this one does not wish to get pregnant, it is almost like he cannot understand any reason to have sex with a women that does not involve pro-creation. The next few years of Ross Douthat collumns are going to be unintentionally very funny.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 10:24 AM UTC
March 15th, 2009
Just a thought
How long before Cheney starts trying to hire someone to prove him right?
H/T TPM
Posted by John Rove as Words at 4:16 PM UTC
Mark to market accounting
Rep. Grayson hits this out of the park again…pay attention to what is said after the 4th minute especially
Posted by Al Swearengen as Economics, Video, politics at 12:33 AM UTC
March 12th, 2009
Ross Douthat wins the stupid olympics
Their is a debate going on as to who is dumber, Ross Douthat or the man he replaces at the New York Times Bill Krystol. Both of them are pretty much clueless, Krystol is a Neo-con who never met a war he didn’t like. But Douthat seems to be from a different world altogether, where society and women exist to produce more babies, although he and his wife are childless. Kind of makes you wonder if he really believes the nonsense he spews or if he just does it for the pay check.
BTW I will concede both Krystol and Douthat are better spellers than me.
UPDATE: looks like a lot of people that I generally agree with think Douthat is a good choice as a columnist. I think even if they don’t realize it, they may like Douthat because he is a useful idiot, he articulates positions that make no sense, clearly and honestly, in doing so shows how the religous right is full of hypocrisy and contradiction.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 1:23 PM UTC
Keep an eye out for this guy
Nice clips – a freshman Rep from Florida
Posted by Al Swearengen as Economics, Video, politics at 12:06 AM UTC
March 7th, 2009
Killing in the Name
March 5th, 2009
What isn’t waste according to john McCain?
McCain seems to think anything that might make the world a safer healthier place is government waste. As near as I can tell the only government expenditures McCain likes involve using money to bomb brown people.
And, Atlas Shrugged sounds like a really stupid book.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 12:21 PM UTC
March 3rd, 2009
More credit crack
This seems like a bad idea.
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday rolled out a much-awaited $200 billion program to spur lending for cars, credit cards, education and small businesses.
The problem with easy credit is that it makes people spend more when they still have the same income. I am pretty sure part of the reason tuition costs are so high is that it is very easy to get student loans, and it is very easy to forget you have to re-pay those loans at some time. This program is very likely to lead to another round of financial problems down the road, both for people who take out a loan but never graduate from school and people who buy a car they really cannot afford, plus anyone who goes a little crazy with credit cards. It is time to put an end to the debt based economy, yeah it will be painful but at least it will be over once and for all.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 4:26 PM UTC
March 2nd, 2009
Why they love us in Iraq
Motivational speaking…some inspiring shit…I think it’s time we excused ourselves from the table