What Doesn't Josh Marshall Get?

So on exporting democracy ...

1. President encourages supporters to accuse newspaper reporters of treason: check.

2. President mandates systematic use of torture: check.

3. President routinely asserts right to ignores laws passed by Congress: check.

What am I missing?

Actually, I think it's more one of those trick questions. Like, we're not exporting 'democracy' but our democracy. So, as we send it to them, we lose ours.

Josh may not get it, but luckily for America George Bush does. They hate us because we're free. By making us less free, President Bush is making us less hated, and therefore safer. God bless you President Bush for understanding how dangerous our freedoms are to us...

Colbert Too?

The Boss takes on cable's idiot talking heads while on CNN. Think Progress has the video and full transcript here.

O’BRIEN: There is a whole school of thought, as you well know, that says that musicians – I mean you see it with the Dixie Chicks - you know, go play your music and stop.

SPRINGSTEEN: Well, if you turn it on, present company included, the idiots rambling on on cable television on any given night of the week, and you’re saying that musicians shouldn’t speak up? It’s insane. It’s funny.

He didn't mention Stephen by name, but i think we all know where Bruce was going with this one. You hear that Stephen? The Boss has put you on notice...

Colbert as Stossel

We all saw Colbert ripping off John Stossel (during his early days at WTPS in North Carolina) on the 100th episode of the Colbert Report. And we all saw David Sirota give it to Stephen on the Colbert Report last week.

Now check out David Sirota sticking it to the real John Stossel at Sirota's Blog Here's an excerpt:

Mr. SIROTA: Well, listen, John, I would encourage you stop reciting these dishonest talking points and the chatter you’re hearing on the cocktail party circuit because the stats don’t bear that out in any way at all. And here are the stats that you cannot dispute. In states that have raised the minimum wage, above the federal level, those states have created jobs at a far faster rate than the states that have not. That is because, when you raise the minimum wage, you put money into the pockets of people who will spend it and it spurs the economy. Now, that might not be heard in your book which purports to debunk lies, but those are the facts.

Mr. STOSSEL: Well, if those are the facts, why stop at $7. We should pay everybody 20 bucks, 40 bucks an hour. Then we’ll really have buying power. It’s just…

Mr. SIROTA: You’re changing the subject. You’re changing the subject because you know you’re wrong.

Mr. STOSSEL: Well, the study side, and I now realize who you are because you, on my Amazon page, he came on and said, `I’m a smarmy-looking liar.’

Mr. SIROTA: You are.

Mr. STOSSEL: But that one study was from Robert Reich, former employee. And it’s been widely discredited by every serious economist who looked at this.

Mr. SIROTA: That’s not a study. If you–if you look at the states. Just look at the states. That’s not a study. If you look at the states, the states that have raised their minimum wage higher than the federal level have created jobs faster than states that haven’t. That’s a fact. That’s not a study. That’s a fact.

Sirota really nailed him, so to speak..

Is Ann Coulter Hot?

That was the topic on Chris Matthews' Hardball last week. Think Progress has it here. I think her Adam's Apple is a bit of a turnoff, but maybe that's just me...

The Blind Leading the Blind

Bush asks blind reporter, "are you going to ask that question with shades on?" Think Progress has the story and video.

Want To Kill Infidels, But Not Sure Islam is Right For You?

Well then we have great news for you: There's a new video game that lets Christian children kill infidels who refuse to convert in post-Apocalyptic New York. Yeehaw...

“God wrote (the Bible) in English for a reason: So it could be taught in our public schools.”

And other mind numbing blather from our favorite idiot...

Olbermann Destroys Colbert Hero Bill O'Reilly on Malmedy

Crooks and Liars has the video and the story. O'Reilly has never been so brutally exposed as the fool, hypocrite and liar we all know him to be (not even by Al Franken on the Peabody business). Why does Bill hate our troops (and therefore America) so much? And why does Stephen Colbert look up to this clown?

You Hear That Stephen?

The Department of Homeland Security doesn't think you're worth protecting

No Icons, No Monuments Worth Protecting

June 01, 2006 12:18 PM

Richard Esposito Reports:

New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News. (Click here for the actual document.) That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed by 40 percent--from $207.5 million in 2005 to $124.4 million in 2006.

Ouch, that's got to hurt...