The Borat-Michael Moore comparison (yeah, Jonah Goldberg again)

Jonah Goldberg certainly makes one wonder exactly what the media criteria are for a columnist, doesn't he?  Not only does he seem to misunderstand the mechanics of elections and voting, but now he thinks Borat is a lot like Michael Moore.  Or, more precisely, that Michael Moore "rose to fame catching people off guard and pulling similar stunts" to those pulled by Borat.

This just in: Bishop urges fasting to prevent food poisoning

Not really.  But he is urging the sexual behavior counterpart of that brilliant policy.

Ignore that sucking sound & return to your job (if you still have one)

No matter how hard the U.S. government tries to pretend that decent jobs are not being sucked out of the country daily, and no matter how hard the mainstream media tries to ignore the fact that the government is pretending, the proverbial "sucking sound" continues unabated.

Milton Friedman: a "great man" or a "great mistake?"

The death of Milton Freidman, economic advisor to Reagan and widely considered to be the moving force behind America's current devotion to "free markets," has led many an observer to issue glowing eulogies.  Lawrence Summers, of all people has decided that Friedman's efforts marked him "as a great man."

A "great man?"

Quote of the day:

The Republican tent shrank until there was no room for me.
Montana State Senator Sam Kitzenberg, who last week switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, giving control of the Montana Senate to the Dems.

Ebb tide for real estate prices means "what hot economy?"

Remember that "hot economy/"  Remember all those credit accounts funded by equity in the home?  Remember today's story from USA Today?

Sliding down the education ladder in that "hot economy"

Get the feeling that your future prospects are starting to dim?  Considerably?

Say. you just might be a minority in one sense, or, if you believe me, a part of a coming majority.

Starving in that "hot economy"

Want to know how hot the economy--that great economy touted by Bush and all the Bush-alikes--really is?  Think about this headline:

Report: Hunger Rising in New York City

What Part Of 'Poor Taste' Didn't Murdoch Get The First Time?

Oh, that thilly Rupert Murdoch, CEO of Faux News and the same publisher of OJ Simpson's...well, now cancelled...semi-auto-whatever. After a carload of public outcry, Faux is dumping the whole shooting match.......

Ohio's Noe, the "Coingate" villain, gets 18 years

Tom Noe, the Ohio coin dealer who raised tons of money for Bush (and was convicted of breaking the law in that sphere also), has just been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his actions in Coingate.