Author Archives: olneyce

Frank Luntz, GOP strategist, says the following: The Democratic Party controls a 77 seat majority in the House and almost 20 seats in the Senate, along with the White House. If they cannot get a bill passed with such overwhelming … Continue reading →

Change – Lightning Seeds Health care is dead because of the town halls. No wait, it’s totally revitalized because of Obama’s big speech. And in fact, it’s basically inevitable because Olympia Snowe voted for it out of committee. And look, … Continue reading →

Idiot Son – Loud Family More health care posting coming tomorrow (hopefully). But for right now, a few thoughts on Joe Lieberman (#@%$#&%, CT): At this point it is clear that he is a massive tool and I completely take … Continue reading →

Alan Grayson was briefly a hero in the progresso-sphere, as a sort of liberal counterpart to Michelle Bachmann. Except, as people loved pointing out, while he was uncivil he was actually (more or less) stating things how they actually were. … Continue reading →

The Odds – Saybia (from Eyes on the Highway) I don’t even care about basketball, but I can’t help but point out the breakdown in logic in this recent post by Matt Yglesias. Taking issue with Bill Simmons’ prediction that … Continue reading →

Looking through the archives, it seems like I never got around to posting about Ravens and Chimes a couple years back when they had a very nice little indie-pop record called Reichenbach Falls, in particular the jaunty and emphatic “General … Continue reading →

Let’s play a game of “I totally was going to say it when I had time, but someone already got around to it, and said it better anyways.” In this case, it’s Daniel at Crooked Timber, on the Super-Freakonomics climate … Continue reading →

Ezra Klein and Kevin Drum both talk about a recent poll on the question of mandated insurance. In the poll, 56% said they support requiring people to get health insurance, and 41% were against it. But…if you tell the opposers … Continue reading →

Bruno’s Torso – Death Vessel (from Nothing is Precious Enough For Us) Two things about the cost-of-living bonuses and social security. Background: Social Security has an automatic cost-of-living increase that has taken effect every since since the adjustments were instituted … Continue reading →