August 6, 2008 - Uh-oh! Looks like Iraq's been making a little money while we've been spending a lot of money.
If you're not like me--who would want to be? --you think it's time we took a little bit of that oil money.
I think the best way...
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August 6, 2008 - Today, we launch a new feature called WAR IS SWELL! in which we take a break from the body counts to focus on some of the good news coming out of our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and any other wars that we haven't gone public with yet. (Get ready...
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August 6, 2008 - "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" looks at Bill O'Reilly's energy policy gas gimmick...
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August 8, 2008 - Both Barack Obama and John McCain have employed "bundlers" to wrangle donations to their campaigns, but McCain seems to have elevated the act of bundling to an art form...
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August 4, 2008 - I was going to write this whole thing about how Barack Obama was going to solve the Brett Favre problem, beat Condi Rice and Rush to the NFL Commissioner job and drop out of the presidential race. Unfortunately, all I got out of that idea was the preceding sentence, so...
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July 30, 2008 - Last month, as cries over high gas prices reached a new pitch, President Bush proudly stated in front of the White House that he would end the ban on offshore drilling. Now, just this week, John McCain has put out advertisements accusing Obama of the most horrible crime of all...
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July 24, 2008 - Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown", riffs with Harry Shearer (of "The Simpsons," "This is Spinal Tap," and "Le Show" fame) about oil prices and the blame game...
July 21, 2008 - McCain is apparently making commercials that attack Obama as if he's already the President...
July 17, 2008 - Bill O'Reilly welcomes Karl "I hate myself as much as you hate me" Rove...
July 17, 2008 -
This photo represents deep economic insecurity because:
The Stanford alum is buying non-organic peaches.
It's a pic of the good old days, when you could afford to hire two illegal aliens.
Al...
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July 11, 2008 - An article in today's New York Times addresses the impact of the cost of gas on college students, most of whom live off campus, who are now enrolling in far greater numbers in online classes. Those com...
July 8, 2008 - You know you've got a gas crisis when the lotto takes notice. The Florida state lottery has begun offering "free gas for life" as second prize in its Summer Cash lottery game. Considering the price of gas, many of Flor...
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July 4, 2008 - If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now.
And here 'tis.
Oil Companies: In the Business of Saving Lives
The bad news: Fuel prices have skyrocketed.
The good news: You're around not to afford them
Yessiree. Tha...
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July 2, 2008 - J/K dudes, there is no plan. Mr. President holds a press conference at the White House Rose Garden...