Nobel Gets Real

Whatever you think of Paul Krugman and his positions, anything that makes Americans pay more attention to the real world intersection of their lives and economics -- like giving Krugman the Nobel Prize in Economics -- is only a good thing.

And, no, it's not because Mr. Nobel's dynamite just blew up the global economy.

Read the article.

In The D, Size Does Matter

While a GM-Chrysler deal may be a good thing, the sad part if it goes through is that they wouldn't be big enough anymore to trigger anti-trust scrutiny.

*sigh*

Senator McCain, Meet Pandora's Box

Once you give tacit explicit approval to hate speech as a political tactic -- to blame a minority for the normal peoples' problems -- it's hard to stop the shock troops.

Behold, my friends, the beginning:



And yesterday:



Such a desperate hypocrite.

Not the Best Week Ever

Slate nicely gets to the point: "Worst. Week. Ever."

And WaPo checks in on my backyard, about 312 weeks late, stating the obvious.

My friend Nancy has a point about WaPo's piece: the MSM using "Detroit" and the "auto industry" as synonyms is so incorrect, annoying and wrong.

Alaskan Pronunciation of "maverick"

We thought Moose Mom was saying she was a "maverick."

Turns out it's the accent. She was really saying she's a "political hack."

Oh, and a hypocrite, too.

Some Hockey Moms Are Pissed, Moose Mom

Hockey moms are already exhausted, super-busy, and need a break.

They certainly don't need another mom forcing them to give her a ride without pitching in for gas (so to speak).

And, now, some are letting their feelings be known.

And, no, no pitbull's allowed in the minivan, Sarah.

The Heels Are On, Baby!

"Those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, girls? If you use them to check your highlights, and act like a racist, classist, anti-intellecutal toady for old white men who want to keep our country divided, you too can be a governor! Or run for VeePee"

And as for these being indecent pictures? Come on, those guys are harmless -- they're wearing pink! Right, Red Staters?

Methinks the writer needs either a Xanax, a date, or a Cinemax subscription.

Ahhh, to Once Have Been Young, Educated and Republican

David Brooks today continued reacquainting himself with academically-supported rationality, bemoaning the post-intellectual ugliness that is Team Moose Mom, and the damage it does to the GOP.

Meanwhile, closer to home, the best of Michigan's old-fashioned effete Georgetown Traverse City retailer Republicans, Gov. Bill Milliken, eased away from his primary endorsement of Gramps.

Too bad we don't have lots of Bill Milliken types in politics public service anymore, regardless of party.

Problem with his party is, you lay with dogs moose, you get up with fleas.

It's Time for Us to Open Our Windows and Start Yelling

Randi Rhodes opened her show yesterday with the classic bit below.

To create such a timelessly relevant, quintessentially American piece of work in 1976, Paddy Chayefsky was a genius.

And now, my friends, the patron saint of 60SecondBlog.com, Mr. Howard Beale:

Obmemea (c): Why Take On Your Party When It's Right?

"Senator McCain says I've never taken on my party like he's taken on his.

Well, when he takes on his party, he comes over to work with my party.

So, if my party is right more often than his party, why should I go over his?

Conflict for the sake of conflict is the old way.

Let's embrace a new way.

I'm Barack Obama, and I support this message."