Y’all have heard about the proposal to send $100 to taxpayers to help with rising gas prices, right? Well, it ain’t selling well. “The conservatives think it is socialist bunk, and the liberals think it is conservative trickery,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, pointing out that the criticism …
In case you missed it, here’s a link to video of Stephen Colbert’s performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night. He took no prisoners. From Editor and Publisher: Colbert, who spoke in the guise of his talk show character, who ostensibly supports the president strongly, urged the Bush to ignore his low approval …
We keep hearing the pundits and the Republicans touting good economic growth and puzzling about why the poll numbers don’t reflect that knowledge. I suggest that Americans wouldn’t be howling so much about rising gas prices if their wages had not been declining relative to inflation for the past two years. …real wages fell by …
You can listen to Neil Young’s new album here, if his website’s clogged. I haven’t time to listen straight through right now, but I’ll have a review later. Link via Atrios Update: It’s reminiscent of vintage (1970s) Young (I’ve discovered I don’t know much about his 1980s – 1990s output, so I can’t compare it …
Has there ever been a more over-hyped event of so little interest to the majority of the American population as the NFL Draft? It’s a crapshoot, people. You can’t project how well college football players will perform when they get to the NFL. You can hope, but how many Heisman Trophy winners have gone bust …
From Froomkin’s White House Briefing column today: video of Mama Duck, six or seven of her children, and the courtwatching press corps running interference for them as they cross a busy Washington street. Rove, duck: which would you rather see on your TV screen? Nolo contendre.
Brad DeLong reads The Economist and quotes from it, thereby teaching me a new Latin phrase: fons et origo, which means
Is Lost A Repeat?
No pajamas for me! Originally uploaded by Linkmeister. While cleaning we unearthed my Dad’s old hat. Don’t let anyone tell you bloggers work only in their pajamas.
ShellGas Originally uploaded by Linkmeister. The next time you hear some newscaster say the average price of a gallon of gas is pushing $3.00, remember that for it to be that high, some poor suckers have to be at the top of the price range. $3.29 for regular unleaded $3.35 for whatever that middle grade …