Mitch Daniels: Bombast From the Past - truthdig.com (via abaldwin360)
Peter Beinart says President Obama came up short in last night’s State of the Union.
We’ve also got best moments of the speech and a round-up of our contributors’ takes on the address.
(via cheatsheet)Once again PolitiFact lies on behalf of Republicans.
Just received this Courtesy of Hyperform.com
Thank you for saving my life.
Amazing.
Dear GIF Makers,
By Bill Dixon
I know very little about Gifs except a superficial understanding that they are generally obnoxious and sometimes funny, so naturally I feel a kinship towards them.
I know they make inanimate objects look interesting and animiate objects look like assholes.
That being said:
I beg of you, GIF people. Second 20 on this clip. Please make a gif of this guy drumming.
If you can possibly put it in a youtube video behind over the intro to Guns N’ Roses Welcome To The Jungle, that would be even better.
Please submit it and I’ll post it.
Please.
My life depends on this happening.
ROTFLMAO. And I believe that was a Republican supplying that rimshot. — Ryking
P.S. Mr President? The line should have read, “With a rule like that, I guess it was WORTH crying over spilled milk.” See, you hit “worth” and you nail the joke.
And now Indiana governor Mitch Daniels issues the GOP’s lie-filled, slanderous “rebuttal” of the President’s State of the Union address…
“For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country. Most of al-Qaida’s top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home.”
The ethereal lighting during the State of the Union address gives Obama’s words a little extra oomph.
Image: NBC News
…only four more to go, Mr. President!
In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama called for an end to the unprecedented obstruction of judicial and executive branch nominees.
Roughly ten percent of federal court seats are or will soon be vacant, including 32 seats that have been designated “judicial emergencies” by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. As a result of unprecedented obstruction by Senate Republicans, President Obama’s circuit court nominees have waited an average of 136 days for a vote from the full Senate after approval from the Judiciary Committee, in contrast to an average of 30 days for President Bush’s nominees. District court nominees have waited an average of 90 days for a vote from the full Senate under President Obama, in contrast to 22 days under President Bush.
“President Obama is right to call for an end to such irresponsible and politically-motivated obstruction of his nominees,” said Marge Baker of People For the American Way. “For too long, the GOP has gotten away with its destructive agenda of obstruction, which has left more than 1 out of 10 federal judgeships vacant and resulted in unconscionable delays for Americans seeking their day in court. Laws exist to protect all of us, and courts are where the 99% and the 1% stand as equals. But even the best of laws don’t count for much if there aren’t enough judges to enforce them. Republicans in the Senate must start doing the job the American people hired them to do. The American courts are no place for partisan politics.”
PFAW Praises President’s Call for End to Nominations Obstruction
The 2012 State of the Union address might hold a special place in Capitol Hill reporters’ memories: the night they were finally allowed to bring electronics into the House chamber.
For the first time, beginning this evening, reporters will be able to bring iPhones, iPads, BlackBerrys and laptops into the press gallery that overlooks the House floor.
According to rules distributed by House Press Gallery superintendents, reporters will be “closely monitored” by gallery staff to ensure that the mobile devices are not filming, photographing or recording floor proceedings.
Reporters will not be allowed to make or receive calls in the chamber, and “no audible noise should emanate from the device, including vibrate mode.”
The Five Most Inspirational American Heroes Attending the State of the Union — Daily Intel (via jasmined)
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“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.”
