Author Archives: JumpyPants

Will There Be A McDonald’s At Ground Zero?

Posted on August 16, 2010 at 12:36 am by JumpyPants

Posted by John Christian Plummer Or a shop that sell cigarettes? Because I can read, and thus I know that more Americans die of arterial damage and lung disease every year than are killed by Muslims praying to Allah. The … Continue reading →

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Real Issues Vs. Nonsense

Posted on August 13, 2010 at 10:43 am by JumpyPants

Posted by John Christian Plummer Anchor babies and terror babies and Obama birther theories and Louie Gohmert’s talkathon rages are nonsense. Sorry, they just are. I know there are some human lives hanging in the balance in these pretend issues. … Continue reading →

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Victory for Dialogue

Posted on October 9, 2009 at 7:43 am by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants The President won the Nobel Peace Prize. The scale of this honor is hard to measure, but he’s only the third sitting president to do so. The first was Teddy Roosevelt, and the second Woodrow Wilson, who … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 1:09 pm by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants The President today connected two big dots: Health Care Reform and Job Creation. “…reforming our health insurance system will be a critical step in rebuilding our economy so that our entrepreneurs can pursue the American dream again … Continue reading →

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David Letterman Has Sex and Health Care

Posted on October 2, 2009 at 7:20 pm by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants I was driving past the Ed Sullivan Theater a few hours ago looking for a parking space, and on literally every one of the 8 corners near the theater was at least one camera crew. Yes, the … Continue reading →

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Props to David Brooks, Egad

Posted on October 2, 2009 at 10:23 am by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants When I went to sleep last night dreaming of Max Baucus and Blanche Lincoln cast in a production of Sartre’s No Exit that would run non-stop for the rest of their natural (sic) lives, I had no … Continue reading →

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The Coward Rick Santelli Defends AIG Bonuses

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 12:00 pm by JumpyPants

No, really. He did. Today. Yep. This from the patron saint of the tea bag revolution. You know what? Come to think of it, the Sons of Liberty should’ve put the finances of the East India Company into perspective, too. … Continue reading →

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The Obama Recession

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 11:05 am by JumpyPants

Whoops! The number of new housing projects that builders broke ground on in February rose sharply, defying economists’ forecasts for yet another drop in activity. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments jumped 22.2 percent … Continue reading →

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Beck’s Audience Can Read?

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 10:09 am by JumpyPants

David Frum: The audience for Beck’s Friday night special were each given copies of two books. One of them was Cleon Skousen’s Five Thousand Year Leap. Skousen, who died in 2006, is one of the legendary cranks of the conservative … Continue reading →

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Beck’s Ratings

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 8:36 am by JumpyPants

They’re saying that Glenn Beck’s ratings on FOX News Channel are good, as opposed to Glenn Beck’s formerly sucky ratings on Headline News. Nevertheless, I have a complicated theory to explain this. Here goes: If you say deliberately outlandish and … Continue reading →

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