It seems that the “Congressman from the Lars Larson show” is being noticed by others, this time for his vote against extending the estate tax.

Let’s review: Heath Shuler, Congress-critter from deepest North Carolina, Yea. Congressman “Lieberman of Vancouver,” Nay. I feel a surge of deeply alienated base coming [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/vQP5h5tXUQs/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:20:55 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/vQP5h5tXUQs/ Number of comments: 10

Dr. Rachael Maddow with an academic treatise on the origins of “teabaggers”:

(There are some fifty more clips from the past week in politics at Hominid Views.)

Two weeks ago, I posted about the directive given by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that requires hospitals and hospices to override the end-of-life wishes of patients in certain circumstances.

In the comments, Joel Connelly crawled up my ass, telling me that I needed to contact [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NWRepublican/~3/NRoUf28iCsY/union-news-week-in-review.html Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:16:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NWRepublican/~3/NRoUf28iCsY/union-news-week-in-review.html Number of comments: 0
Here's a selection of videos from The Union News posts last week. For all the posts that day, click on the date. December 4. No social justice for SEIU hate-crime victim Kenneth Gladney gets... [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/nopatcp23oU/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:05:50 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/nopatcp23oU/ Number of comments: 7

Over at Publicola, Erica documents Rep. Dave Reichert’s many public statements in opposition to President Obama’s economic stimulus package, which, drawing upon his vast expertise as an economist sheriff, Reichert has repeatedly predicted would fail at its primary goal: creating jobs.

Oops.

This week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/lewiston-blocks-students-blog-site/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:25:40 -0500 http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/lewiston-blocks-students-blog-site/ Item: Lewiston High students respond to censure: Students get First Amendment lesson after school district blocks Web site/Kerri Sandaine, Lewiston Tribune

More Info: The blog violated district policies regarding anonymity, said Principal Bob Donaldson. Anonymity is not allowed on the online network, because the district believes individuals must be 100 percent responsible [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/12/05/today-the-stranger-suggests Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/12/05/today-the-stranger-suggests

Music

Five or six Christmases ago, John Osebold—the bandleader of "Awesome"—realized he was cash-poor but rich in songs, and recorded an album in his bedroom as his present to people. He's maintained the tradition, festooning his "December" albums with audio samples from the previous year' [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/close-tri-cities-encounter-wsarah/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:10:06 -0500 http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/close-tri-cities-encounter-wsarah/

As we were standing in line waiting, someone told us Sarah was greeting people from the back of the line. I, at first, dismissed it as a crowd rumor, but then a guy showed me a picture of Sarah on his iPhone! My daughter was texting all her friends in excitement. [...] ]]> http://www.blognetnews.com/washington/go.php?http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/heller-xmas-greeting-all/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:00:35 -0500 http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/dec/05/heller-xmas-greeting-all/ Joe Heller/Hellertoons