Rush is not our leader?

Catering to the bankers

1000 False Words
Archiving this in case it comes up in the comments at DetNews. Factcheck.org debunks the latest viral email circulating "a photograph purporting to show President Obama at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, listening to the national anthem without his hand over his heart." You'll no doubt be shocked to learn the photo was taken on Memorial Day and the reason Obama was just standing there was because at that moment they were playing "Hail to the Chief." [More posts daily at The Detroit News]

Down on C Street
Didn't get around to this earlier. One small bright spot in a lot of dismal news. The IRS cracked down on the C St. House. They determined that it wasn't really a church since they're renting rooms to philandering GOPers at below market rates and revoked 65% of their tax-exempt status. Not sure why they still let them keep the 35% for a few prayer meetings but then again, I recall quite a few people using the Universal Life Church, of which I'm an ordained minister by the way, as a tax dodge to write off their wine purchases back in the day, so I guess I'm willing to let that

I Love This Man
In case you were wondering why I have a pretend crush on Mark Knoller, besides his adorable, geeky fixation with historical White House stats, it's for tweets like this: "Bite Me Award" of the day to the Fox News promo dept trumpeting its Obama interview: "only we ask the tough questions." Puh-leese. [More posts daily at The Detroit News]

Goldman's Latest Joke
You've got to be effing kidding me. Goldman Sachs is so sorry it made a mess of the economy and to prove how truly contrite they are, will show such largess as this:A little more than a week after Goldman’s chairman and chief executive drew fire for saying the Wall Street giant was “doing God’s work,” the bank said Tuesday that it would spend $500 million — or about 3 percent of the $16.7 billion it has so far set aside to pay its employees this year — to help thousands of small businesses recover from the recession. Do they honestly think that

Blaming John McCain
Sully posts on something I was thinking last night as well. While I'm continuing my embargo on reading about Sarah Palin, I do of course read the headlines and I see the McCain camp denying the allegations she makes in her book about the campaign. I tend to believe them. She started her stint in the national spotlight with lies and hatemongering and stuck to that deceitful script for the duration. The truth and facts don't serve her purposes. The point Sully makes is that John McCain is responsible for this, or more accurately it's his irresponsible choice t