Archive for 2010

MICKEY KAUS: “At the non-elite end of the political hierarchy, of course, the people marching in the streets for amnesty aren’t necessarily calibrating its prospects. They want it and they are trying to make it a reality. Fair enough. But at some point maybe Democrats should stop leading them on and start telling them the truth: It’s not going to happen anytime soon.”

Or, on the other hand, they might see immigration amnesty as an electoral firewall for the Democrats.

ROBERT REICH: The Jobs Picture Still Looks Bleak. “Many outsourced jobs will never return, and median income will likely continue to fall just like it did during the last so-called recovery.” But the Dow broke 11,000 today!

“HE BOWED TO HU?” “That’s right.” “What?” “No, he shook his hand.”

WELL, DUH: “The nature of modern life sometimes requires women to remove their tops in protest, because nothing really irritates the average man more than an attractive young woman popping off her shirt.”