VIDEO- A.G. Holder: "We will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden"

By GottaLaff

You have the right to remain dead silent:



Them's strong words, Attorney General.

In a tense face-off with Rep. Culberson Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said the U.S. won't have to worry about how to bring bin Laden to trial because "we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden." Does that mean they'll skip the "You have the right to remain silent" part? CNN

I hope they get video of that when it happens. Must-see Awkward Tee Vee.

::ominous whisper:: I read Miranda rights to dead people.....

VIDEO- Hardball: O'Donnell calls Culberson a liar on health care issues

By GottaLaff

Lawrence O'Donnell doesn't take no guff from no one, nohow, no way:

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Culberson was so desperate, all he could do was try to disparage MSNBC, repeatedly, instead of answering O'Donnell's direct yes-or-no questions. Why? Because he had no answers. As O'Donnell said, all Culberson could do was sputter his "endless spinning".

It was like watching a cat play with a doomed, inept, helpless little bug.

And yes, O'Donnell used the "lie" word. Bravo.

VIDEO--Rep. John Culberson on Hardball: Obama, Pelosi are "trying to turn America into France"

By GottaLaff

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Tweety let Rep. Culberson get away with saying that the Tea Tantrums were "a spontaneous horizontal reflection of the mood of the American people" (at about 8:05). My jaw dropped... and not just because I had no idea that an uprising could be horizontal. In fact, I had no idea that Rushpublics ever got horizontal at all. But that's another post for another time.

In the blink of an eye, Culberson went on and on ad absurdum about wanting the government out of Texans' lives. There go all those durn Texan libraries, fire and police stations, schools, etc., etc. And this blowhard even brought back that old chestnut, France. Yes, France.

Indeed, we are at a tipping point, he ranted. I'll have him know I haven't been tipped once.

But Tweety did have his moments, starting at about 7:20 and notably at about 10:22 ("You say you love the country, but you can't wait to leave it").

See "Tantrums, Tea: Backfiring".

We should be all a-Twitter

By GottaLaff

I get e-mails, and this one was of particular interest. It's from my pal Karoli over at Drumsnwhistles, verbatim:

[E]vidently some in Congress are making an effort to restrict Congress people's access and use of social media sites like Twitter and Qik. Unfortunately it comes from Democrats, but I suspect it would be the same with Repubs in the majority too. At any rate, no political bloggers are picking this up and running with it, sadly. John Culberson has been remarkably engaging and willing to have a conversation about some pretty major subjects, including FISA.

Here are some excerpts from her post:

Congressmen John Culberson (R-Tx) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) are on Twitter, and regularly send updates to Twitter directly from the House floor. [...] I view this as a huge leap in political communication. No longer constrained by the “official” responses, these representatives choose to directly speak to anyone who follows them on Twitter, and tell us what’s going on.

Unfortunately, there are some Democrats in Congress who take a dim view of any communication with voters that isn’t “official communication”. This includes video and text communication, evidently. Earlier today this came through Twitter from Rep. Culberson:

I just learned the Dems are trying to censor Congressmen’s ability to use Twitter Qik YouTube Utterz etc - outrageous and I will fight them.

Based on the rules set forth in the document below, every communication any House member sent to Culberson would have to be vetted and disclaimed before it could be posted. Obviously that’s not acceptable. [...] If we don’t protest this obvious violation of the First Amendment they’ll succeed at silencing someone who is attempting to actually do what he was elected to do — represent the people in his District and communicate with them. The fact that his communication is in real time makes it more meaningful than any vetted and disclaimed statement would be.

Please go read the rest here.

I suggest writing Nancy Pelosi and Michael Capuano to let them know that the Congress should not be BANNING social media; it should be embracing it.

Thank you, Karoli. Excellent post and one that we should take seriously.