Joe LIEberman (Insurance-CON) went on Fox News Sunday this morning and in addition to promising to block the public option, he announced that he was finally planning to hold hearings in the Homeland Security Committee. Recall that LIEberman steadfastly refused to hold oversight hearings on the Bush failures in Katrina, but was still allowed to continue chairing the committee even after campaigning for John McCain (Old-GetOffMyYard) in the 2008 presidential election. What will be the topic for the hearings? Nothing other than a big round of “booga booga there’s Mooslums in the military!”

Many people are perfectly capable of controlling their own actions – until they see or perhaps taste a bite of certain foods. Maybe your downfall is Buffalo wings. Maybe it’s a Snickers bar. Mine is Coconut Bliss ice cream. I understand that it has a lot of fat and sugar. I understand that eating an entire pint in one sitting is not healthy for me. I really want to fit in my clothes, and I know that eating an entire pint of ice cream is counterproductive towards that goal. And yet… “just one bite” is not an option for me. Just one bite turns into just one serving, and then that turns into “maybe a little bit more” until most of the pint is all gone. I DO have enough will power to put it back in the freezer before I can see the bottom of the carton. Just barely. But why is that? Why can’t I control my eating, and why can’t so many others control theirs?

As you reflect on the horrible vote that traded reproductive choice for health care, remember that the champion of that vote is one of C Street’s top Democratic members.

Last night at 11pm ET, the House of Representatives, for the first time ever, passed health care reform by the skin of their teeth, by the narrow score of 220-215. 39 Democrats voted against, 1 Republican voted in favor. That would be Joseph “The Future Is” Cao, who won’t be a Congressman next year, having won a seat over Dollar Bill Jefferson in 2008 in a massively Democratic district.

In the wake of some criminal or just morally reprehensible behavior by a brown person non-conservative, wingnuts absolutely hate any attempt to examine the psychological state of the culprit.

When history repeats for Goldman Sachs, it means profit for them and bad things for the rest of us.

William Tyndale once ridiculed the poor logic of a 16th Century blowhard by writing that, “the proof of his whole conclusion…hangeth by moonshine.” Tyndale of course, ultimately became a victim of moonshine when he was condemned as a heretic and strangled by real rope – and burned as well – for translating the Bible into [...]

Senator Unprincipled Opportunist manages to flip flop on health reform, lie about his concern over the national debt and threated to kill health care reform, while Fox’ Chris Wallace never blinked an eye.

Last night, the morally weak failures that are the Democratic Party leaders pulled off a well-executed Reverse Rope-a-Dope.

In the House, the Stupak anti-abortion amendment passed 240 to 194 with one member voting present. 64 Democrats votes yes on the Stupak amendment. The Stupak amendment would effectively ban insurance companies from selling insurance plans that cover elective abortion on the individual and small group market. It would be one of the most far reaching national restriction placed on abortion in decades.