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The Liberal Tea Party

By Ripper on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 5:37pm |
Congratulations to those on the Left who feel marginalized and abused by Democrats. You and the Tea Party of the Right now have something in common.Anger is easy. Frustration is natural. Government and politics are not all we would have...

Damn the Torpedoes: Pass Health Care Now

By Ripper on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 7:01am |
Intractable critics of health care reform legislation are overlooking a fact as cold as their hearts and hard as their heads: Killing health care reform will kill Americans.The legislation that Democrats are racing to finalize while they still retain their...

Mr. and Mrs. Rove Have Divorced - Now with Video

By Ripper on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 6:28pm |
Karl Rove and his wife of 24 years, Darby, were divorced last week, according to a statement  released by family spokeswoman and former White House spin butler Dana Perrino.The statement described the divorce as "amicable" and the result of a...

Rick Foster is a LIAR

By Ripper on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 7:29pm |
Perhaps the world has moved on too quickly in the three days since Rick Foster, the chief actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, released an audit of the Senate health care bill filled with actuarial projections and...

An Affair to Disemember

By Ripper on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 9:37pm |
Suffice it to say that I am tired of news reports about Tiger and his alleged mistresses. Way too much coverage of women crawling out of the Woods-work for fifteen minutes of infamy, a book deal and a handsome interview...

Judge: Feds Liable for Katrina Flooding

By Ripper on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 1:19am |
As related in this NPR story, a New Orleans federal district judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers so poorly maintained a shipping channel at the mouth of the Mississippi that it basically caused flooding in New Orleans....

DERRIERES OF FURY!

By Ripper on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:08am |
Have you ever seen such furious derrieres!!?!!The night is young and I could be wrong. I'm writing this with only 18% of the vote from New Jersey counted and less from the Virginia governor's race and NY-23.My guess is the...

Why the Left is Impotent

By Ripper on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 9:30pm |
Can you hear that giant sucking sound? That's the sound of your hopes and dreams going south.List the issues where the Left has engaged and you'll arrive at about the number of issues where the Left has been powerless to...

A RIPPER-ROARING UPDATE

By Ripper on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 4:41pm |
I haven't blogged much lately, so I'm just checking in to say "Hi," "Thank you" and a few expletives.First: Hi, TPM Cafe dwellers. No, my name is not Paul, and yes, despite my unusual absence here of late, I'm still...

WTF! Do you want me to finish the film or not?

By Ripper on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 11:16pm |
I get tired of working my ass off for zero recognition. I spent a month putting "Health Care in Black & White" together. And for what? No one gives a shit.Yes, the recs pile up around my posts but not...

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