FamousDC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Who has the most to gain/lose over the next 24 hours? Mike Huckabee and President Obama Reid Wilson: Monday’s Starting Lineup Share on Facebook Related posts:Inside the Inbox of Joe WilsonTop 10 Things Joe Wilson Could Have Yelled During a Nationally Televised Presidential Address to a Joint Session of CongressBeer Summit 2: Obama, Kanye and Joe Wilson Related posts:...
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Alternate Title: European Parliament: Democracy's Clown College Let me summarize this video: 1. A British MEP, Nigel Farage, denounces the anti-Democratic nature of the European Union, citing examples of high-level appointees who've never had a real job, never been elected...
InsureBlog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
When Rep Joe Wilson (R-SC) called out PresBo regarding coverage for illegal aliens, he was castigated for his breach of etiquette. While that may or may not have been correct, the substance of his brief critique was apparently spot on: " H.R. 3962 would deliberately permit illegal aliens to participate in the government health insurance exchange and in the public option insurance program...
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Interesting that Barack Obama has decided to give a speech laying out his strategy for victory in Afghanistan (no, he never said that, I did - God forbid the Obamanauts ever conceive of an American "victory" over another nation) in the cozy confines of West Point. Cozy? Yes, because as commander-in-chief, he will have a captive audience. There will be no Joe Wilson calling him out...
Perpetual Folly (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
No, this isn’t about Joe Wilson’s rude outburst during President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. It’s about one of my many pet peeves (imagine that, a house full of peeves running around, crying for attention, making a mess everywhere) – the verb “to lie.” My students get this wrong all the time and they groan in frustration whenever...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
See video of Latino and Asian activists confronting staff of US Rep. Joe Wilson in Washington DC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4tJBQzO3jg Top Photo: Executive Director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium EunSook Lee addressed immigrant rights demonstrators outside House Speaker Pelosi's San Francisco office on the same day that protesters entered Rep. Wilson's...
Janet Reid, Literary Agent (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... Star Trek II director Nicholas Meye r (#310) clarifying uncanny similarities between Chekhov and Joe Wilson, Walmart work environments revealed with Marjorie Rosen (#311) , a descent into walking with mystery novelist Lawrence Block (#308) , and efforts to pinpoint conflicting emotion within fiction with the remarkable writer Brian Evenson (#309) . We also have cartoonist Laurie Sandell...
Gumbo (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Each year our friends at Merriam-Webster tally the words people look up the most on their online dictionary. Most this year had to do with events in the news. Here they are: Admonish, the most popular, showed up after the House of Representatives voted on a resolution disapproving of Rep. Joe Wilson Wilson's shouting out, "You lie!" to President Obama. The resolution wasn't...
REAL ART (and politics and culture) (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
OLD NEWS Jimmy Carter says 'You lie' outburst was based on racism From the AP via the New Orleans Times-Picayune back in September: Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president. "I think it's based on racism,"...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
When Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina made his infamous "You lie!" outburst during the president's healthcare address to Congress in September, he wasn't the only one stepping into the spotlight. The next day, an Austin startup called Piryx set up a Web site to facilitate donations to Wilson.
Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
This weekend, the Senate voted to open up debate on health care reform. Now is a critical time and with the possibility of compromises ahead, we want to make sure that immigrant inclusion is a part of any reform bill that goes to vote. After the infamous Joe Wilson outburst last month, immigration has yet again [...]
The Crossed Pond (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Timothy Noah has a nice writeup in Slate about the latest paean to anti-immigration crusaders. Joe Wilson and the like have forced into the health care bill the now-regular inclusion to any bill providing a government service the adjoiner “…but illegal immigrants absolutely positively can’t have it.” Which is curious for two reasons. [...]
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... They were part of some 200 invitees comprised of the members of the Congress - those spotted were Joe Wilson, Jim McDermott (known for their pro-India stand in the Congress). These also included about 50 students from Walker Jones Educational Campus and Schools Without Walls. Both are from DC. With India and US flags in his hands Jahleel Marlow, from the Jones school said he has come to...
Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... 40 activists from CASA de Maryland and NAKASEC gathered outside of the infamous Representative Joe Wilson’s office to protest the scapegoating of immigrants that Wilson ignited with his “You lie” outburst during a joint session of Congress this September. I love that the protestors outside of Joe Wilson’s office directly ask staffers how it makes sense to deny them the right...
Political Byline (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... CBS Anchor Posting GM OnStar Humor Video: The Day Obamacare Died The Late at the PB Pub – Special Joe Wilson Edition. Video: Two From RedState Update From the “WTF?!?!?!?!” Stack Media Matters to Newsweek: Hey, Stop with the sexist articles on Sarah Palin A Good Bitch Slap Does a Woman Good! Opportunistic Bovine Tripe
