tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106026932011-12-02T19:33:32.492-06:00UncommonSenseNotes and Observations on the Post-Satirical AgeUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.comBlogger24661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-32095356686663790892010-01-11T05:50:00.004-06:002010-01-11T06:15:38.339-06:00GoodbyeRegular readers of this blog (all twelve of you!) will have noticed that posting has been irregular at best over the past several months. I wish I could say that there is some significant reason for the lack of long, well-thought out entries, but the simple truth is that I haven't had much to say. I can't count the number of posts that I have left unfinished over the last year. In order to UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-86664644667420913742010-01-07T19:13:00.004-06:002010-01-07T19:17:07.622-06:00Sanitarian NapkinsActual sign in a public restroom in New Orleans City Hall."Thank you for your..."? What? Attention? Deposit?UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-84983090429988114712010-01-07T08:23:00.001-06:002010-01-07T08:24:42.769-06:00The Ladies' ManHe knows what you need.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-50833511362248197362010-01-06T13:54:00.003-06:002010-01-06T14:01:58.667-06:00Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn diesFrom the Washington Post:Holocaust museum shooter has diedUPDATE: James W. von Brunn, the man charged in the Holocaust Museum shooting, has died in a prison hospital, his lawyer says.More from Salon.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-75507412921768051302010-01-06T08:47:00.001-06:002010-01-06T08:49:51.058-06:00Twitter through the agesLOL!!!!11!1!!!UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-46287280234581878822010-01-02T09:19:00.002-06:002010-01-02T09:42:33.335-06:00What an @$$holeRush Limbaugh, who went to the hospital with chest pains last week, says there's nothing wrong with health care in the United States.Limbaugh was admitted to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu on Wednesday afternoon after he experienced chest pains while vacationing in Hawaii. According to Limbaugh, doctors could not determine the exact cause of his pain.The right-wing talk radio king used the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-75647852784913075612009-12-23T19:51:00.003-06:002009-12-23T20:01:42.107-06:00CNN Poll: Americans prefer Democratic policiesEmbedded video from CNN VideoCNN:Despite the bruising battle over their health care reform proposals, congressional Democrats have maintained an advantage over their Republican counterparts on one key measure, according to a new national poll.A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday indicates that a bare majority of Americans, 51 percent, believe that the Democrats' policies UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-30511723662989234232009-12-22T08:07:00.003-06:002009-12-22T08:16:46.307-06:00All about da BenjaminsMichael Steele is get'in paid!!!Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges, trade associations and other groups - an unusual practice criticized by a string of past party chairmen. […]"Holy mackerel, I never heard of a chairman of either UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-967735255086182942009-12-18T12:51:00.002-06:002009-12-18T12:55:15.086-06:00What English sounds like to non-English speakersThis is weird and hilarious. UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-88614773803492734132009-12-14T13:57:00.002-06:002009-12-14T14:01:31.713-06:00DisgustingAbsolutely disgusting with no redeeming value, comedic or otherwise.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-18388019634673731282009-12-14T12:02:00.005-06:002009-12-14T12:59:16.399-06:00Lieberman“I know that some in the party have differences with Joe," Senator Obama said, all but silencing the crowd. "I'm going to go ahead and say it. It's the elephant in the room. And Joe and I don't agree on everything. But what I know is, Joe Lieberman's a man with a good heart, with a keen intellect, who cares about the working families of America."- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, March 30,2006So, Joe UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-72804025807623742552009-12-08T13:58:00.001-06:002009-12-08T14:02:25.636-06:00Conservative Fauxtrage over Reid remark shows no sign of abatingThe conservative hissy fit over Harry Reid's "slavery" remark continues to build toward the highest pitch.From Nevada to Washington, calls were mounting Tuesday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize for comparing opponents of health care reform to supporters of slavery. The antagonistic comment, made on the Senate floor Monday, came at a sensitive time for health care reform, with UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-58624762807018359902009-12-07T11:16:00.002-06:002009-12-07T11:20:15.160-06:00Poll: 'Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot 'This is enough to keep you awake at night if it's your job to get Republicans elected to congress.Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican. In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-44526178354753880792009-12-04T07:43:00.001-06:002009-12-04T07:45:41.963-06:00Unemployment drops to 10.0%Still horrible, but less horrible than it was.U.S. job losses slowed sharply in November and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, in a sign the labor market is finally starting to heal as the economy recovers.Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last month, slowing down from a downwardly revised 111,000 drop seen in October, as the recovery encouraged companies to retain workers, the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-38701620046984405302009-12-03T17:12:00.004-06:002009-12-03T17:31:29.801-06:00Blue Dog Bayh gets GOP challengerFormer Republican congressman John Hostettler is challenging Blue Dog Sen. Evan Bayh by caricaturing him as a wild-eyed, Harry Reid-loving, tax-raising liberalsocialistfascist.In a YouTube video, Hostettler repeatedly ties Bayh to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, blaming the pair for what he calls a failed economic stimulus package. “Hoosiers need real jobs created by real companies that are UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-9015163922210178012009-12-02T19:11:00.005-06:002009-12-02T19:34:20.859-06:00WIRED: 'Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year'Wired's Threat Level blog picks up the Sprint Nextel story with new information from the company about the significance of the "8 million" figure cited by its Electronic Surveillance Manager.According to the company, law enforcement authorities used a Sprint Nextel web portal to initiate 8 million "pings" to cell phones, which allowed officials to track the owners' locations. The company says UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-85573003959121091622009-12-02T06:49:00.007-06:002009-12-02T07:01:28.908-06:00Sprint Nextel letting law enforcement use its GPS to track millions of customers' locationsDo you feel safer yet?"[M]y major concern is the volume of requests. We have a lot of things that are automated but that's just scratching the surface. One of the things, like with our GPS tool. We turned it on the web interface for law enforcement about one year ago last month, and we just passed 8 million requests. So there is no way on earth my team could have handled 8 million requests from UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-41571111558588514482009-12-01T14:01:00.007-06:002009-12-01T14:17:55.761-06:00'Zombie Reagan raised from grave to lead GOP'In 2007, I wrote that maybe the GOP would have better luck nominating a picture of Ronald Reagan for the 2008 presidential race (And with what we know now, they probably wouldn't have done much worse than they did).The Onion goes a step farther.Nice Bobby Jindal cameo, by the way.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-86415228928901137222009-12-01T12:34:00.003-06:002009-12-01T12:43:35.484-06:00Pawlenty gets his licks inMinnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty isn't as forgiving as Bill O'Reilly, apparently.The right-wing talker let Mike Huckabee off the hook for the alleged crimes of a man Huckabee granted clemency. Pawlenty wants GOP primary voters to know he would nevah do such a thing.Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty became the first likely GOP presidential candidate to criticize Mike Huckabee's pardon of a suspected UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-60989655315527547082009-12-01T09:45:00.004-06:002009-12-01T10:47:21.472-06:00O'reilly lets Huckabee off the hook, demonizes judgesBill O'Reilly invited "Fox News Analyst" Mike Huckabee onto Da Factor to let him push back against the growing scandal over his having granted clemency in Arkansas to the man suspected of killing four police officers in Washington state.O'Reilly began the segment by listing two recent offenses Maurice Clemmons was accused of. O'RIELLY: "The man had been charged with assaulting a police officer UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-67331857318436509972009-11-26T10:44:00.005-06:002009-11-26T10:58:15.673-06:00Happy ThanksgivingI am thankful for my salvation. Thank you, Jesus.I am thankful for my wife and sons. No man could ask for more abundant blessings.I am thankful that I was born an American citizen. This is a great country. The right wing doesn't seem to agree. I don't know why. Give thanks, people! Did anyone you love get eaten by a wild animal this year? Were we invaded by a hostile foreign power? No? Then, giveUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-76292841753950446452009-11-25T08:56:00.003-06:002009-11-25T08:58:10.609-06:00'Thin Blue Line' Image Credit: NASAThe thin line of Earth's atmosphere and the setting sun are featured in this image photographed by the crew of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission was docked with the station.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-90978508693087685262009-11-25T07:56:00.002-06:002009-11-25T08:00:53.984-06:00So, ACORN didn't steal the election after all?ThinkProgress: After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-54100579825374179082009-11-20T15:33:00.004-06:002009-11-20T18:43:23.363-06:00Fewer people love Sarah Palin today than they did yesterdayEpic FAIL as Sarah Palin leaves her fans literally out in the cold as they wait for her to sign their copies of her book.Risky stuff. Palin obviously fancies herself an elite celebrity who only has to talk the talk for the rubes, but they will be happy to remind her that she is nothing without them. Memo to Sarah: You don't expand your fan base by demonstrating utter contempt for the ones you UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-24388080223108906062009-11-19T19:05:00.002-06:002009-11-19T19:07:41.136-06:00Palin supporters try and fail to articulate a reason why they like herThey reject any and all evidence that conflicts with their view of their heroine.They're a lot like Palin that way.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-54673973333987642712009-11-19T15:57:00.002-06:002009-11-19T16:00:25.510-06:00Eva Cassidy - Autumn LeavesThe exquisite Eva Cassidy died in 1996, but left this for us to enjoy.Perfect and timeless.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-12633851875037583942009-11-19T13:11:00.003-06:002009-11-19T13:46:05.917-06:00Newseum creates shrine to Tim RussertWashington, D.C.'s Newseum has opened an exhibit that contains an exact replica of the late Tim Russert's office at NBC.The NBC Washington bureau chief and legendary moderator of Meet the Press died in June 2008 of a heart attack at age 58.The office has been recreated to look as it did on the day he died, complete with family photos, favorite books and Buffalo Bills pennants. It will be on UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-65946395224919515592009-11-18T13:26:00.003-06:002009-11-18T13:33:06.085-06:00'Do They Know It's Christmas'As performed by the Comedy Death-Ray Xmas Nativity Choir.Do They Know It's Christmas? - watch more funny videosUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-60522711577853899892009-11-16T06:25:00.003-06:002009-11-16T06:39:29.463-06:00ControlIn the previous post, I wondered how a cop could justify shooting thousands of volts of electricity into a handcuffed man. Law enforcement has always told us that Tasers are an alternative to lethal force, but the man in the video is just standing there with his hands shackled behind his back.Is this the purpose of these things? Forcing people into submission so cops simply don't have to bother UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-2077290029085213712009-11-14T09:48:00.003-06:002009-11-14T10:08:15.143-06:00Cop tasers handcuffed manThe suspect complies with what the cops tell him, even though they have to say it several times. When they tell him to put his hands behind his back or he'll "get tased," he does so. It sounds like he says, "you'll tase me anyway." It's interesting that people are beginning to have that expectation when they see a cop with one of those electric torture devices in his hand. Then, several cops UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-51208009810342672492009-11-12T18:42:00.002-06:002009-11-12T18:52:47.076-06:00Sammy Sosa bleaching himself whiteLiterally.When baseball great Sammy Sosa showed up at a Latin Recording Academy event last week, he looked jaw-droppingly different from his days as iconic right fielder for his Chicago Cubs. It wasn't that the 41-year-old Dominican ballplayer seemed older or heavier. It was that he looked, well, white.As his ghastly white image shot around the Web, Sosa quickly found himself the brunt of UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-21563208826980319602009-11-12T10:52:00.001-06:002009-11-12T10:54:15.504-06:00Balloon Boy's dad to plead guilty to hoaxFrom USA Today:The parents of Balloon Boy Falcon Heene will plead guilty Friday in a deal that will avoid a felony conviction against the boy's mother, which would meant her deportation. The pair were found to have engaged in a hoax by reporting that Falcon was trapped in a runaway helium balloon.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-85027985896225264982009-11-12T10:33:00.005-06:002009-11-12T10:42:34.275-06:00Gay-panic defense in priest-beating caseA Marine reservist who beat a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron is invoking the gay-panic defense to justify his crime.Initially, he claimed he thought the man was a terrorist. He even said he heard the Christian cleric say "Allahu Akbar."Now, Jason Bruce and his lawyer are trying to defend the attack by claiming the priest, who speaks very little English, made a verbal and physical sexual UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-80455631408579751332009-11-12T08:58:00.002-06:002009-11-12T09:30:18.060-06:00Sounds like extortion to meThe Catholic Church is threatening the District of Columbia with a loss of church-provided social services if D.C. does not change a proposed same-sex marriage law.Under the bill, headed for a D.C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex weddings. But they would have to obey city laws prohibiting discrimination againstUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-8740852825950481672009-11-10T17:47:00.006-06:002009-11-10T19:55:17.206-06:00Althouse: Jessica Valenti's breasts are scandalous, but Carrie Prejean's sex tape is next to godlinessRight-wing blogger Ann Althouse pitched a fit a couple-three years back over breasts. Specifically, she was upset over the fact that Feministing founder Jessica Valenti posed for a picture with Bill Clinton and a bunch of other bloggers with her breasts showing. Well, not showing, exactly, but... visible. Well, not visible, exactly, but... well... in existence.Here's the picture.Valenti is the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-8070429083638176182009-11-03T07:50:00.003-06:002009-11-03T07:58:59.930-06:00Vitter turns his back on rape survivor who asks why he opposed Franken amendmentSen. David Vitter (R-LA) was confronted at a townhall meeting in Baton Rouge by a woman who identified herself as a rape survivor. The woman wanted to know why Vitter opposed Sen. Al Franken's amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would prohibit the government from doing business with companies who require their employees to sign arbitration agreements for cases of sexual assault andUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-20311251671144915342009-11-02T10:29:00.002-06:002009-11-02T10:30:11.578-06:00Anne Rice's new book has a trailerIn a world...UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-29734064136994970332009-10-29T08:34:00.002-05:002009-10-29T08:36:25.759-05:00Defying Obama, GOP endorses Swine FluIf Obama is for something, the Republicans are against it.If he's against something, they're for it.WASHINGTON—Claiming that the president was preying on the public's fear of contracting a fatal disease last week when he declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency, Republican leaders announced Wednesday that they were officially endorsing the swine flu. "Thousands of Americans—hardworking UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-84063374991582615352009-10-27T15:07:00.005-05:002009-10-27T15:42:47.453-05:00With us on everything but the warBarack Obama backed Joe Lieberman for re-election over Ned Lamont.He fought like a wild animal to keep Lieberman in the Democratic caucus even after the evil, killer clown spoke at the Republican convention and campaigned for John McCain.Nice to see that Lieberman is so loyal and supportive of the Democrats who have supported him.Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-86609793818464616372009-10-27T06:30:00.003-05:002009-10-27T06:59:26.932-05:00Progressive tenacity forced Reid's hand on public optionWell, inagine that. The senate's health reform bill includes a public option because, and only because, liberal senators insisted on it.Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday.Durbin's UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-3454283078956370512009-10-26T13:58:00.003-05:002009-10-26T14:13:07.563-05:00CNN drops to dead last in cable news ratingsEven HLN (formerly Headline News) is beating them.CNN, which invented the cable news network more than two decades ago, will hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, finishing fourth – and last – among the cable news networks with the audience that all the networks rely on for their advertising.[...]That means CNN’s programs were behind not only Fox News and MSNBC, but UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-34687671606057306272009-10-21T13:29:00.006-05:002009-10-21T13:38:11.563-05:00NY-23 - Scozzafava press conference goes horribly (but predictably) wrongDede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in New York's 23rd congressional district special election held a press conference today to challenge her opponents to a debate.However, she made the unfortunate decision to hold the press conference outside the headquarters of one of those opponents, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.Painful.Or, as Democratic candidate Bill Owens might say, "MoreUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-90183004073803533682009-10-21T11:04:00.002-05:002009-10-21T11:06:50.857-05:00... starring Heather Graham as The Public OptionWho is doing the voiceover, by the way? Is that Peter Coyote?UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-24801609225199273792009-10-21T07:07:00.001-05:002009-10-21T07:09:09.184-05:00When did skinny ties come back?And, more important, why?UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-81417729125120650222009-10-15T19:30:00.004-05:002009-10-15T19:36:40.647-05:00Louisiana official denies marriage license to interracial coupleAnd he admits the reason he denied them the license is because they are an interracial couple.A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long."I'm not a UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-20834688846192511402009-10-13T10:18:00.002-05:002009-10-13T10:21:23.033-05:00Shep Smith be hatin' on the Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheese Doughnut BurgerSays it's the equivalent of Suicide by Cop. Dang.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-88007501650189797342009-10-12T08:07:00.004-05:002009-10-12T10:42:55.398-05:00The Teabagger Party, Pt. III noted last week what looked like an ominous development for the Republicans: that the teabagger movement has started moving beyond its original premise (savaging Obama for daring to win 2008 presidential election) and has actually begun producing candidates in an attempt to move the GOP more to the right.The example I cited was a teabagger candidate who was threatening to siphon votes away UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-79699985085119406742009-10-12T06:18:00.004-05:002009-10-12T06:56:12.206-05:00Insurance industry plays its hand against health reformAfter months and months and months of backbreaking work to produce a watered-down health reform bill that the insurance industry would not oppose, the Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on the Baucus bill.And just in time for that vote, wouldn't you know it, the insurance industry is promoting a report that says the Baucus bill will increase insurance premiums for American UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-90933766643071673172009-10-10T10:04:00.002-05:002009-10-10T10:19:17.877-05:00Telemarketing FAILThe phone rang a few minutes ago. When I answered it, a male voice said, "Hi. We apologize for the wait. One of our telephone representatives will be with you in a moment."Wow. What rocket scientist came up with that slick move? What telemarketing genius said, "Hey, you know what we should do? We'll call people at home on a Saturday morning, and when they answer, they'll already be on hold!UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-83776487153080482132009-10-09T15:45:00.002-05:002009-10-09T15:49:10.617-05:00Limbaugh: AARGABLARGLE OBAMAHITLERWEAK GRBLE HOWWHY RRRRGGHHH TALIBANOr something like that.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-89627899500372524342009-10-09T08:30:00.003-05:002009-10-09T08:36:21.217-05:00Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace PrizePresident Obama has not ended the occupation of Iraq. He has not ended the war in Afghanistan. He continues to assert that the United States has the right to hold foreign-born prisoners indefinitely and without charges.The Nobel Committee seems to be honoring the potential for peacemaking greatness, rather than actual accomplishment.The Nobel Committee lauded the change in global mood wrought UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-6763499182986647462009-10-08T13:56:00.002-05:002009-10-08T14:03:33.871-05:00Arlen Specter: 'I urge my Senate colleagues to support a robust public option plan'It's amazing what a little Dem-on-Dem primary action can accomplish.When President Obama's call for health care reform came under right wing attack this summer, as millions saw in my well-publicized Health Care Town Hall meetings, I pushed back at the critics in order to set the record straight about the direction of health care reform.As competing bills come up for votes in the Senate, here's UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-41930701544648972482009-10-08T06:40:00.004-05:002009-10-08T06:59:11.525-05:00Great Debate - Has Obama embraced Cheneyism?There is a fascinating discussion at Anonymous Liberal between A.L. and Glenn Greenwald about Greenwald's thesis that President Obama has embraced Cheneyism with regard to national security and civil liberties.A.L. argues that at its core, Cheneyism was characterized by lawlessness. Bush and Cheney's posture was that under inherent war powers they claimed existed in Article II of the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-50466697063706465932009-10-07T19:07:00.002-05:002009-10-07T19:10:47.107-05:00Conservatives not delighted about Mary Cheney's pregnancyThe next time Liz hits the talk-show circuit, somebody should ask her how she feels about becoming an aunt.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-47963249117130819812009-10-06T10:55:00.002-05:002009-10-06T11:01:27.509-05:00Did somebody say 'more stimulus'?Not to worry. I'm sure the Republicans will be happy to share responsibility for the lousy employment numbers that might have been averted if the stimulus had been big enough in the first place.With economists forecasting that unemployment could hit 10 percent before job growth returns, perhaps in mid-2010, Democrats face month after month of bad news on the jobs front in a midterm election yearUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-43933190008727884402009-10-06T08:30:00.004-05:002009-10-06T09:29:19.244-05:00Deuteronomy 4:2Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you- Deuteronomy 4:2Such is the nature of the conservative movement that these people actually think they can win an argument with God.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-89092876024398172282009-10-01T14:47:00.005-05:002009-10-01T15:07:09.789-05:00The Teabagger PartyJohn Cole has an item about a third-party conservative candidate who poses a potential threat to the Republican in the NY-23 congressional race.If I were a Republican, a third-party teabagger screwing up what would otherwise be an easy win (Scozzafava is well-known in the district and her politics are close to dead center for upstate New York) would scare the hell out of me. But instead they’ve UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-65601844785995521572009-09-30T12:57:00.006-05:002009-09-30T13:05:28.969-05:00Senators reject GOP's Papieren, bitte amendment on health billIf health reform passes, you will not be required to show your papers when applying for coverage.Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said his amendment would have helped cut fraud in health care programs for low-income people. It would have required applicants to present a government-issued ID when applying for Medicaid or the children's health care program.But Democrats said unscrupulous medical UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-82625954130750581872009-09-30T10:02:00.001-05:002009-09-30T10:02:48.792-05:00Tsunami devastates Samoa, American SamoaUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-82804125811095421832009-09-30T06:38:00.006-05:002009-09-30T07:49:37.600-05:00Poll shows Blanche Lincoln losing to four potential challengersHey, Sen. Lincoln? It's starting to look difficult for you in 2010. Several potential challengers are running ahead of you in a recent poll. In fact, you're even running three points behind a teabagger. No, seriously. A teabagger.State Senator Gilbert Baker runs best against Lincoln so far, beating her by eight points – 47% to 39%. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, with eight UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-3152008623388069802009-09-29T11:50:00.001-05:002009-09-29T11:52:29.971-05:00Jon & Kate plus 8Dumping your family for some little hottie has consequences.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-15762720861534090542009-09-29T10:55:00.002-05:002009-09-29T11:20:27.474-05:00Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Insurance Industry) wants to split health reform into two partsSen. Ben Nelson must be getting quite an earful from the health industry interests who have given him more than $2 million in campaign contributions.Nelson is suggesting the mother of all delaying tactics on health reform. The former insurance industry executive says congress should split reform into two parts, addressing cost this year and waiting until some unspecified "later date" to actuallyUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-25825697163775602112009-09-28T06:31:00.006-05:002009-09-28T08:02:12.918-05:00Is conservative blogger Dan Riehl a child pornographer?Now, before you start going all whack-a-doodle on me, keep in mind I'm not saying that conservative blogger Dan Riehl is a child pornographer. I'm just wondering.As you know, a lot of child pornographers spend a lot of time on the Internet. I have no first-hand knowledge of Dan Riehl's Internet habits, but based on the fact that he blogs, it certainly seems that he spends time on the Internet.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-63402403980087269082009-09-25T15:27:00.004-05:002009-09-25T15:38:03.985-05:00'I like flavored dips!'Skoalrebel is pissed as hell, and he ain't gon' take it no mores!Looks like Sarah Palin has her running mate. He's obviously smarter than some GOP lawmakers I could name.h/t MaronUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-38131150970460859382009-09-25T12:27:00.003-05:002009-09-25T12:30:46.600-05:00ObliviousJon Kyle is an embarrassment.Just before the Senate Finance Committee wrapped up for the long weekend, members debated one of Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) amendments, which would strike language defining which benefits employers are required to cover. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) argued that insurers must be required to cover basic maternity care. (In several states there are no such requirements.) "I UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-70330920505515035422009-09-25T11:10:00.004-05:002009-09-25T11:15:09.090-05:00'Defund ACORN Act' may be unconstitutionalThe Congressional Reasearch Service signals what some already knew. The GOP's Defund ACORN Act could be seen a Bill of Attainder, which is prohibited by something called the Constitution.A bill of attainder — which is prohibited in Article 1 of the Constitution — is a law targeted to hurt or help an individual. If a bill is regarded primarily as punitive, instead of being strictly regulatory, itUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-8153133327093834912009-09-25T09:17:00.008-05:002009-09-25T10:50:51.038-05:00Will Democrats really support a Republican filibuster of health reform?Olbermann and Howard Fineman discussed the need for Democrats to get 60 votes to shut off debate on the senate floor for health reform.Fineman concluded that if the public option is included in the Senate Finance Committe bill, the Democrats "could lose" the support of two or three of their own senators.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyLet's be clear about UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-22813689997813637322009-09-25T07:44:00.002-05:002009-09-25T08:09:47.091-05:00How does Twitter make money?Or, more to the point, how can Twitter make money?I ask because of this sentence in a New York Times piece about a $100 million round of financing the social networking service just announced.As for how Twitter managed to raise money and score an impressive valuation without ever actually bringing in any significant revenue on its own, that apparently was never a problem. Investors have been UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-70630348101286791422009-09-24T12:55:00.005-05:002009-09-24T13:02:40.834-05:00'Walk it off!'Sick for Profit has a contest for a tagline for its new Cigna ad.Click over and vote for your favorite.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-7744214046279310542009-09-24T11:32:00.000-05:002009-09-24T11:33:37.480-05:00'Rock the Census'Let's be gettin' tallied!UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-1346692838261806332009-09-24T11:23:00.002-05:002009-09-24T11:27:38.466-05:00Glenn Beck - America's Assignment EditorGlenn Beck says, "jump," the establishment media ask, "how high, boss?"Fox News' Glenn Beck has made no secret of his desire to influence the stories other news outlets cover, at one point boasting that a story on his program about ACORN would divert the media's attention from health care reform. In recent months, Beck has successfully pushed into the mainstream stories about ACORN; the April 15 UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-53640356508037836072009-09-24T07:06:00.005-05:002009-09-24T07:13:56.852-05:00UncommonPancakesI posted this recipe in a comments thread at Balloon Juice, and thought I would share it with you.UncommonPancakes1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup yellow cornmeal1 tablespoon baking powder3 large eggs1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract3 tablespoons sugar2 cups Half & HalfPreheat griddle to 325 degrees.Separate the eggs and beat the whites until they are stiff. Add yolks and UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-9608342513531703052009-09-23T18:29:00.003-05:002009-09-23T18:48:23.244-05:00AP: Census worker hanged, 'fed' written on his chestIf this is true, God have mercy.A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-71234249802946477842009-09-23T08:36:00.002-05:002009-09-23T08:41:29.136-05:00'Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M.'Stock up on Spam and shotgun shells and bolt all the doors."The sciences, the arts, the humanities—all aspects of society as a whole will reach their respective low-points in just a matter of days," said anthropologist Robert Davidson, gesturing toward a nearby line graph illustrating western society's collapse. "We've been charting this cultural descent for generations now, from the advent of UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-54585806043825991832009-09-21T17:00:00.002-05:002009-09-21T17:10:25.763-05:00Sen. Hutchison determined to kill Net NeutralityThe GOP's preference for corporations over the people is as predictable as the tides and as relentless as continental drift.On the day that the FCC presented a set of guidelines that would protect consumers and Internet entrepeneurs from big telecom, a band of Republican senators got to work trying to kill Net Neutrality in its cradle."I am deeply concerned by the direction the FCC appears to be UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-20315869148428674782009-09-21T14:30:00.003-05:002009-09-21T14:46:32.916-05:00Marc Maron's WTFIf you haven't checked out Marc Maron's new podcast, WTF, what the ____ are you waiting for? It's awesome. I wrote about the first episode a couple of weeks ago. Number six is out today and includes an interview with DAVID CROSS. If you're not willing to take my word for the pure awesomeness of this podcast, consider the following from Vanity Fair's Jim Wolcott.Marc Maron, who refuses to shaveUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-58925578513323465762009-09-19T14:53:00.004-05:002009-09-19T15:12:20.855-05:00NY Times: John Edwards 'considering declaring' he is father of Rielle Hunter's babyI still cannot believe that John Edwards ran for president knowing this scandal was simmering.[A] federal grand jury in nearby Raleigh is investigating whether any crimes were committed in connection with campaign laws in an effort to conceal his extramarital affair with a woman named Rielle Hunter. At the same time, Mr. Edwards is moving toward an abrupt reversal in his public posture; UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-14640216889686916642009-09-18T14:46:00.002-05:002009-09-18T14:49:50.855-05:00FCC to introduce Net Neutrality rulesThe rules would keep Internet providers from discriminating against, or acting as gatekeepers of, content on the Web.The rule could upset wireless, telecom and cable operators who have fought against regulations that would give them less control over traffic that runs on their networks. They argue that they need to maintain flexibility to manage traffic to ensure some applications don't take up UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-84006291808623287542009-09-18T14:32:00.003-05:002009-09-18T14:37:06.613-05:00Irving Kristol, 'father of neoconservatism', diesHe was 89.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-35714832719248629112009-09-18T11:13:00.002-05:002009-09-18T11:23:15.280-05:00News of the Painfully Obvious: 'Uninsured More Likely to Die'No, this is not a headline from The Onion. ABC News has discovered that people who have no health insurance are more likely to die than those who have it.After adjusting for factors such as obesity, exercise habits, alcohol use, and smoking status, researchers determined those without insurance were 40 percent more likely to die than those with a private insurance plan. Researchers excluded UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-80386936913196013072009-09-16T08:28:00.003-05:002009-09-16T10:19:28.209-05:00Rush Limbaugh's Explicit RacismRushlimbaugh.com has a feature with which you can ostensibly communicate directly with Limbaugh's sponsors. I just used the feature to send the following message:Dear Rush Limbaugh advertiser,Do you want your business associated with the explicit racism that Mr. Limbaugh is expressing with comments such as these?"Obama's America, white kids getting beat up on school buses now. You put your kids UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-28043767753165738182009-09-15T11:30:00.002-05:002009-09-15T11:32:22.512-05:00Bush on Palin: 'What is she, the governor of Guam?'Hilarious. "I'm trying to remember if I've met [Sarah Palin] before. I'm sure I must have." [Bush's] eyes twinkled, then he asked, "What is she, the governor of Guam?"Everyone in the room seemed to look at him in horror, their mouths agape. When Ed told him that conservatives were greeting the choice enthusiastically, he replied, "Look, I'm a team player, I'm on board." He thought about it for aUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-49738429386900875362009-09-14T08:11:00.005-05:002009-09-14T08:36:51.294-05:00Armed and ready for what, exactly? Source: Meet Your Conservative Movement The New York Times told me that the 9/12 march was about jes' folks protestin' big government.The article mentioned the fact that some signs compared Obama to Hitler, but no photos of any such signs made it into the NYT's slideshow of the event. They also managed not to notice any of the confederate flags and other expressions of racism on full display.I UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-41708498973318030562009-09-11T13:29:00.003-05:002009-09-11T14:16:35.326-05:00Health reform and immigration becoming linked in media narrativeNice work validating yet another right-wing narrative, Max Baucus and Kent Conrad.Health care negotiators in the Senate pressed for a way to ensure that illegal immigrants can't get access to government-funded insurance, a contentious issue now front and center after a Republican congressman's outburst during President Barack Obama's speech.The issue is one of several thorny problems that came upUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-90063755311888151062009-09-11T10:31:00.004-05:002009-09-11T16:59:02.676-05:00Baucus and Conrad surrender to right-wing nutcase Joe WilsonWhat would it be like to have a Democratic Party that believes in challenging and delegitimizing extremist Republican narratives, rather than validating them every chance they get?[T]hough Wilson's allegation was false, and the political impact has been largely negative, Democratic leaders on the Senate Finance Committee seem to think it's worth fixing the non-existent problem Wilson was UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-5185295551375048682009-09-11T09:34:00.001-05:002009-09-11T09:38:50.758-05:00Image of the Day - 9/11Image Credit: NASAA Day of RemembranceVisible from space, a smoke plume rises from Manhattan after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, from aboard the International Space Station. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the people there, and everywhere else," said Station Commander Frank UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-47645071824305533362009-09-10T06:25:00.004-05:002009-09-10T08:48:59.469-05:00Joe Wilson's non-apology apologyRep. Joe Wilson, who apparently mistook last night's joint session of congress for a town-hall meeting, has issued a standard Republican non-apology for calling the President of the United States a liar.Wilson scurried out of the House chamber last night after the president's speech and had his office issue the non apology.“This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-69550759250074259452009-09-05T09:59:00.009-05:002009-09-05T19:57:40.195-05:00Polls show overwhelming support for Obama's speech to schoolchildrenTwo new polls suggest that the much-covered conservative outrage over President Obama's planned speech to schoolchildren is a manufactured hissy fit representing the sentiments of a fringe minority.The polls, one taken on the "Left Coast" of California, the other in "The Heartland" of Missouri, show massive support for the president's speech to American students about the importance of UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-34042820634997026072009-09-04T15:48:00.001-05:002009-09-04T15:53:27.445-05:00Abject StupidityOne day in the not-too-distant future, we will shudder when we remember that this insanity is what dominated the discourse on one of the most significant public policy issues of our lifetimes.A registered nurse charged that there would be 'legal genocide' if health-care reform passes -- and questioned whether Obama was born in the United States. Other opponents complained of a loss of individual UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-30290100848107417642009-09-04T11:20:00.007-05:002009-09-04T12:21:38.098-05:00The communists actually overthrew and then murdered the CzarSo, no, "czar" is not a "Russkie commie" term.I was at a Blanche Lincoln town hall meeting in Russellville, Arkansas, yesterday--and the number of people who believe that the President has larded the government with communists (!) was astonishing. One woman said there were four known communists in the government and that she'd researched it on the internet. When I asked her afterwards, she said UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-51471014446857372312009-09-04T07:55:00.002-05:002009-09-04T08:02:41.025-05:00The public option is the compromiseAs Lawrence O'Donnell reminds us, progressives have already met Obama, the GOP, and the insurance industry more than half way on health reform.That's where this is coming from:Public opinion polls continue to show that a majority of Americans want the choice of a robust public plan and we stand in solidarity with them. We continue to support the robust public option that was reported out of the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-65327756527636527012009-09-03T16:07:00.003-05:002009-09-03T16:13:07.042-05:00Cyberstalking for ParentsJust remember to spell everything wrong and swear a lot.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-40215759696520600592009-09-03T09:52:00.004-05:002009-09-03T14:26:00.874-05:00Teabagger loses finger after starting fight at healthcare rallyUPDATEDThe anti-reform teabagger is 65 years old, Medicare age, so it's a good thing he has government-run healthcare to get his stump taken care of.Seriously, when people start losing limbs, it's time to dial back the anger.UPDATEGovernment-run healthcare reattached his finger!A hospital spokeswoman says the man lost half the finger, but doctors reattached it and he was sent home the same UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-27909174812475832622009-09-03T06:21:00.001-05:002009-09-03T06:23:30.450-05:00MonstersThe truth hurts.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-6515829200808912872009-09-02T19:00:00.005-05:002009-09-02T19:45:00.434-05:00WTF with Marc MaronMarc Maron is back!He has a new podcast called WTF with Marc Maron.Just in time, is all I can say. I was livid when Air America cancelled BRL with three hours' notice back in July. Maron is one of the greatest comic voices in the country. He is one of the few, along with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder, that I just can't get enough of. I hoped he wouldn't be gone too long. America needs UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-7399569721587477192009-08-27T11:12:00.009-05:002009-08-27T12:34:15.405-05:00LA-Sen - Rep. Charlie Melancon announces candidacyCongressman Charlie Melancon (D-LA) announced via web video today that he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican David Vitter. Melancon described himself in the video as a "pro-life, pro-gun Southern Democrat." "I am a proud centrist, a Blue Dog, a straight-up-the-middle fighter for the little guy who is struggling to make ends meet."Melancon says nothing in the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-14544312291615703942009-08-25T15:25:00.004-05:002009-08-25T15:44:27.982-05:00Rush Limbaugh fears for his penisThese guys aren't even trying anymore to hide their sexual dread of the black man.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-26735626601104082772009-08-25T06:37:00.002-05:002009-08-25T08:47:44.260-05:00Happy 400th birthday, Galileo's telescope!You don't look a day over 380!Exactly 400 years ago today, on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him both scientific immortality and, more immediately, a whole lot of trouble. A refinement of models first devised in the Netherlands, Galileo's slim, brown stick was puny UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-35698113477427542312009-08-24T16:57:00.003-05:002009-08-24T18:40:17.251-05:00GOP congressman says health reform bill is too longRep. Ted Poe (R-TX) says he has read every page of a House health-care reform bill and finds it unacceptable.His main objection? It is too long. He described the package on health reform as a 1,017-page document. He said it was delivered near midnight and put up for debate at 9:30 a.m. the next morning, before many had the chance to read it. Poe said he has read all 1,017 pages. It is longer UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-55537581278878197102009-08-24T16:04:00.002-05:002009-08-24T18:39:14.660-05:00Michael Jackson's death ruled a homicideWow. A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide. The finding makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died. The official says the coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died in his UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com2