attainder

Funny clip regarding ACORN and bills of attainder (See here)

reps

balloon boy incident

it has publicity stunt written all over it

Moore and Hannity

You should definitely watch Michael Moore's interview by Hannity. It's in 3 parts on FOX.

Al Franken, forced arbitration

Al Franken got his first amendment passed! It requires federal contractors to allow employess to bring sexual assault complaints to court rather than force arbitration. Forced or mandatory arbitration has become ubiquitous in both consumer contracts and employment contracts. Even small business entrepreneurs are finding themselves cornered and ripped off by it. Mandatory arbitration is antithetical to any precept of fairness or justice. The courts have been starting to challenge forced arbitration requirements and perhaps capital hill will continue doing so as well.

How the Public Option is similar to Brett Favre and Bill O'Reilly

They are all nouns proper. There's now at least two confirmed Fox News TV personalities that like a public option. Both Bill O'Reilly and Shephard Smith seem to back one. Is Fox News slowly converting to favoring it? Seems unlike them, but they do know their audience

Weekend Viewing

Send them to Baucus

Out of the closet

Rory Stewart on Afghanistan

Ken Burns National Parks(limited time)

Joe the Plumber stand-up comedy

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