More Freeway Signs Reader Scarlet Pimpernel continues to find intersting signs Interstate 5 between San Diego and Los Angeles. Here’s one: For I-5 travelers who, like Scarlet but unlike me, are fluent in Latin and familiar with the works of Wilfred Owen, there’s also a sign on the fence of Camp Pendleton that reads, “Dulce […]

The Daily Show Somehow I missed Steven Colbert’s hilarious bit on The Texas Eleven (from back when there were eleven). Fortunately, Off the Kuff pointed me to it. AB

Bush Brings Back Big Government I wonder how many conservative Republican voters appreciate the irony of this: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The era of big government, if it ever went away, has returned full-throttle under President Bush, who came to office championing “conservative ideas” as an alternative. A report released on Friday by the Brookings Institution […]

Democrats Debate, and Gephardt does a little historical revision There were several decent Bush-bashing moments during the Democratic debate last night. One of my favorites was this one, as quoted in the Washington Post: “This president is a miserable failure,” Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (Mo.) said. “It’s incomprehensible to me that we would wind up […]

The number of jobs in the US shrinks yet again From today’s BLS release, as reported by the AP: Layoffs Rose Sharply Last Month, Report Says WASHINGTON (AP) — The civilian unemployment rate improved marginally last month — sliding down to 6.1 percent — as companies slashed payrolls by 93,000. Friday’s report sent mixed signals […]

Blogs, Dean, and Clark Today’s Salon piece on the Clark movement plugs three bloggers who are probably familiar to most Angry Bear readers. First, Kos gets a plug: …Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, a 31-year-old former U.S. Army soldier turned lawyer turned Dean campaign technical consultant. Moulitsas jump-started the Draft Clark Movement earlier this year before finally […]

Don’t Mess With Texas And Don’t Mess with Democracy. Not normally reading the print edition oif the NYT, I almost missed MoveOn’s first Texas Redistricting Ad in the NYT. MoveOn’s Texas radio and TV ad campaign is also underway, but I can’t find online clips of the ads. If you’ve have a link, let me […]

Doha Update The World Bank will soon be issuing its Global Economic Prospects 2004: Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda report, which deals mostly with issues relating to trade. Fortunately for those who, like me, can’t wait to see what’s in the report, some website I’ve never heard of has advance details: Under […]

Do They Really Pay Him for This? In today’s Media Notes, inexplicably esteemed media critic Howie Kurtz condescendingly writes about Franken and his book: “… Al Franken, slashing away at the Republicans and the right-wing press for fun and profit.” …”[Franken] is having fun peddling a book about those he deems liars.” “…Franken is trying […]

Whitmire Update Back in Texas, and using the New York Times to respond to allegations of cowardice, Texas State Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston) has this to say: “This is not Alamo stuff. This is serious, but it’s no life or death matter.” And this: “I don’t perceive what I’m doing as caving. I’m pursuing a […]