Guests: Blogger Digby from Hullabaloo
Have you gotten used to writing and saying “2011” yet? Sam has, and is proud of it!
First, can someone still be considered alive if they have no pulse? Dick Cheney received a mechanical heart pump last summer and now:
Mr. Cheney’s heart will never beat at full strength again, doctors say. His new mechanical pump, a partial artificial heart known as a ventricular assist device, leaves patients without a pulse because it pushes blood continuously instead of mimicking the heart’s own beat.
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Holy shit! Dick Cheney could be a robot or even undead! Sam demands to see Mr. Cheney’s birth certificate to prove that he was ever alive. Though with all that said, we wish Mr. Cheney a long, healthy, pulse-less life.
Next, the “Death Panel” lies are back. End of life counseling is once again a right-wing lie and Media Matters has about a minute and a half of lies from Fox News. Does the Obama Administration stand up to these lies? Of course not.
WOR in NYC drops the Glen Beck Show.
Sam welcomes Digby back to the show to talk about the Obama Administration’s “Grand Bargain” and what that means to the future of Social Security. Digby invites us to get to know Pete Peterson and how he fits into all of this. Social Security should not have been part of the “Bargain.” Don’t miss out on this in-depth discussion.
“Sam-ism” of the day:
Obama has become the first black president who was the first white present who was black.
Good luck with that one.
Finally, in the soon to be sequestered Post Show, Sam has some final words for Robert Gibbs and takes listener IMs – Don’t miss it. Become a Majority Report Member or just spread the Majority Report Word across the internets to support the show!
9:31 am
talk about this…..
Was It As Good For You As It Was For Bank of America?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1…
Plus – Show needs to be longer (2 hours on)
5:40 pm
Good on ya totallynext. Get on it Sammy. I can hear the keys on Taibbi’s computer clicking from Queens.
10:31 am
Digby,cool..
10:49 am
yup, a valued source.
mornin all!
11:22 am
Morning all!
Digby is great! Lots of good posts on her blog lately.
11:26 am
greenchangeorg GreenChange
The scandal of corporate welfare in America and worldwide. http://cot.ag/f0TR4C
11:31 am
Stupidity personified! How do these people get voted in? Why would someone vote in the House if they don’t know what effects that vote will have?
thinkprogress ThinkProgress
GOP Rep. Mulvaney, Against Raising Debt Ceiling, Admits He Doesn’t ‘Know’ What Will Happen If It Isn’t Raised http://bit.ly/gtIPVh
11:32 am
I bet half our elected officials dont know what will happen.
11:31 am
Happy Hump day my fellow Americans.
Lets listen once again on how our great country is going down the crapper. lol
11:37 am
politifact PolitiFact
As they take control of the House, a look at what Republicans promised during the campaign http://bit.ly/fElKK4
11:38 am
JohnFugelsang John Fugelsang
John Boehner Becomes Speaker; Banking, Wall St & Insurance Lobbyists Enjoy 1st Mass Simultaneous Orgasm of 2011.
11:40 am
thinkprogress ThinkProgress
Today’s Progress Report: House GOP Ushers In Corporate Takeover http://thkpr.gs/fgVNHV
12:26 pm
Sometimes I wish I didn’t open my eyes and understand whats going on in this country, and how we are all getting screwed. Its just soooo depressing.
Oh why did I not take the blue pill? lol
12:41 pm
Digby is a National treasure!! I learned so much listening to her. Thanks for the interview!!
1:01 pm
“While Obama may differ with progressives on certain policy issues, (Howard) Dean said, “The core issue is the contempt, which not just the progressives were treated by but lots of people were treated by, by senior advisers around the president who have been here for 20 years and thought they knew everything and we knew nothing. That is a fundamental flaw in any kind of administration”
http://tinyurl.com/2vqgcau
1:36 pm
It would do Obama a lot to remember the PROGRESSIVES won him his damn primary!
Good quote by Dean, thanks
1:09 pm
Whenever you think about voting for a 3rd party candidate, keep in mind Supreme Court nominees. We can’t afford another conservative judge.
3:03 pm
The best way to cut the deficit is to end the wars and bring our war dollars home.
3:23 pm
You got it! as well as legalize and tax the reef! …I would even argue that both go hand in hand, but I am crazy like that.
4:15 pm
And raise the tax bracket on the rich by 15 percent AT LEAST! lol
3:13 pm
I wrote about this on my blog, too. Both the courage of Obama putting it back on the table, and, today, of the back-off. The first post is here. Today’s is here.
Sad that they caved. Horrible how it’s been demagogued by the right wing screamers.
1:07 am
“Frustrated by tighter security on the U.S.-Mexico border, illegal immigrants and drug traffickers regularly pelt U.S. agents with rocks, take shots and even throw gasoline bombs.”
Well… I must ask….
Who are we… to deny… *sniff*… angel wings to saints?