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Via TP : "Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban,” Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. “And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person’s entire processes. And these Taliban — I’m not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that’s not what we’re saying. I’m saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with..." He's not saying the GOP is the Taliban, he's just saying that they should act like them. The Taliban. The terrorist group who wants to kill Americans. Can anyone honestly tell me that if a Democrat had said this two years ago there wouldn't be cries of "treason" and "remo...

A reader from TPM wonders : But I have been surprised that Obama has not done more to make his case directly to voters. Creative and constant communication was always a hallmark of his campaign. Its website, for example, featured a tax calculator, with which voters could find out just how much they would save. Why isn't there a similar site now, so that Americans can see what Obama wants to give them, and what every Republican just voted against? And, almost like clockwork, we get: From Obama's website . From the White House website . From the Washington Post . Granted, this isn't Obama or one of his aides having a live chat, but we have to understand two things. One: he can't do that as much now as President; and Two: it not that he has to convince the American People (who still support the package) it's the constituents of the states that have GOP Senators that need to be convinced. If your state has a Republican Senator, start making some calls and writing some ...

And people complain about Craigslist . Yikes. Ashley Judd vs Sarah Palin . Oh yeah; the bird flu . Now this is heroism.

In regards to this ThinkProgress post on President Obama's $500,000 cap for CEOs who "borrow" government money (aka TARP, aka bailout): HAH! I posted the same thing last night, only I concluded that the stock options couldn’t be cashed until the government had been repaid with interest . -- " spencer's mom " Damn right. I'm thinking at least 15% interest. And if the payments are late, the interest is jacked up to 25%.

The Wizard's Antawn Jamison : As long as I'm on this team and as long as I'm not doing that and [Butler]'s not doing that, it won't happen. And I don't want to hear 'Play the young guys and get them ready' either. Nah, I'm not going to be a part of that. It's about going out there and competing with the guys you feel can help you win the game. Of course we've got to have some guys play minutes they wouldn't normally play, but in the words of Herman Edwards: 'You play to win the game.' That's what I plan on going out there and doing. Sounds more like he's channelling Jerry Butler:

The AP has more recalls . The FDA has a to-date rundown .

If we can get this guy and this woman to campaign together, maybe they will cancel themselves out, like science! Obama takes the heat for Daschle's fuzzy math problems. Tiger- Tiger Woods , ya'll! Iran to rest of world: Ignore that satellite we launched , we were just trying to get HBO. Unless two the three players involved in this are Kobe and LeBron, they should rename this game D-U-M-B.

Currently, it goes like this: " It doesn't matter how many overtures and concessions President Obama and Congressional Democrats make...if the Republicans and Congress vote 'no' or refuse to help, then it's not bi-partisan ." Um...no. Bi-partisan is coming together on issues that both (or multiple, depending on the government) parties can agree to. I think everyone agrees that something needs to be done about the country's failing economy. Where the split is the solution: Obama wants to do things like aid for education and jobs to repair our crumbling infrastructure; the GOP wants more tax cuts for the wealthy. In other words: New ideas versus Old Ideas. At least three things are getting in the way of the Republicans in Congress ability to use reason: They fear that any success of the bill will be attributed to Obama and the Democrats (read: the Dems will win more elections). They refuse to acknowledge the flaws of the Bush 43 Financial Agenda. They believ...

Summed up pretty nicely , I think.