- So Much Stupid on HuffPo This Morning (0) February 18, 2012 Deb markhillary /Free PhotosEvery once in a while, I click on "news of the wierd" type stories on HuffPo -- you know, the kind of thing you usually find as filler in local papers. This morning, I clicked on a story with the headline "Man Alleges He Bought Saf...
- Birtherism What?? (0) December 28, 2010 Deb Fast on the heels of reports that Hawaii's new governor is going to do whatever he can to put a stop to birtherism, we get this explanation about the origins of birtherism from the Keith Olbermann show -- birtherism originated when the Obama campaign post...
- Why Americans Don't Get It (0) December 3, 2010 Deb Am I the only one who thinks that "Most Americans believe the stimulus has not created any jobs" is not an answer to "Has the stimulus created any new jobs?" To me, the question calls for a fact--yes, the stimulus has created at least x number of jobs or ...
- Some Days I Fall In Love... (0) December 9, 2009 Deb ...with the oddest people. Donnie Deutsch may be a plastic-coifed Barbie's Ken wannabe, but every once in a while he says or does something that makes me want to kiss him. He did one of those things this morning on Morning Joe (without Joe, who is, accord...
- Dear Morning Joe (0) July 31, 2009 Deb Dear Joe,
Lately, you've been musing a lot about things like why the president's approval rating on things like health care and the economy is dropping. You've been asking dramatically why people are so. afraid. of. change. You wonder why the polls sho...
- Carlos Watson questions Pence's creative math (0) July 30, 2009 Deb Good on Carlos Watson this morning for pushing back against Rep. Mike Pence's attempt to score talking points with the low math-low-info crowd. In a conversation about the cost of health care reform, Pence asserted that the bill currently in committee wou...
- Morning Coffee with Morning Joe and Jack Welch (0) February 5, 2009 Deb This morning, I'm live-blogging the live chat with Jack Welch over at MSNBC . Last time I tried this was when they had author John Grisham on - for three minutes before the station's firewall made it impossible for him to connect. Let's hope that they do ...
- Applying a Conservative Filter (0) March 5, 2009 Deb Can we talk about the things that most "liberals" don't understand? Here's the thing. I keep listening to the cable news and the so-called mainstream media and - okay, listening isn't quite the right word. My living room is the scene of some pretty loud a...
- Cardinals FTW? (0) January 29, 2009 Deb For you betting folks who believe in omens and superstitions (and don't the two go hand in hand?) - I've got a news flash:
Pair of cardinals sitting on my back yard fence yesterday morning. In Massachusetts. In January. In the middle of a snowstorm.
I...
- Barnicle's Disclosure (0) February 5, 2009 Deb I grew up in Boston. I've been reading Mike Barnicle's column since high school. In a lot of ways, I grew up with Mike. He's one of the reasons that I watch Morning Joe. I like Mike, even if I find myself rolling my eyes at him more often than not. He's a...
- Suze Orman's Advice to Sarah Palin (0) January 9, 2009 Deb Okay, so Suze Orman didn't exactly tell Sarah Palin to grow up, but it was close. In a conversation this morning on Morning Jawbreaker, Orman said that Palin should be "mature enough" to ignore media criticism directed at her instead of whining that Katie...
- The Most-quoted Misniformation of the Past Year (0) January 8, 2009 Deb There are some things I hear repeated day after day that just drive me nuts. These little nuggets of "everybody knows it's true" misinformation form the building blocks of really really huge lies that are getting sold to us as THE TRUTH. They get repeated...
- Stunningly Superficial (0) December 30, 2008 Deb I did mention a few days ago that I adore Zbigniew Brezinski, yes? He just totally totally solidified everything I've ever felt about him. Morning Blowhard was blathering away in his usual style, reacting indignantly that "you can't blame the current Isra...
- Morning Joe Finally Gets It Right and why health care costs are crippling industry (0) December 4, 2008 Deb For the past few weeks, media figures from all the networks, newspapers and talking heads have been repeating the misleading talking point that UAW members at the Big 3 make the equivalent of $73 an hour in salary and benefits. Media Matters has consisten...
- My own modest proposal for tax reform that encourages US investment (3) October 17, 2008 Deb So all right. I'm not an economist. I don't have any letters after my name so I'm talking from a pure common sense perspective here. After reading about how our tax policies encourage corporations to invest in jobs overseas, I have a suggestion for econom...
