Last month, Sen. John Thune took to the Senate floor and cable news networks promoting his plan for the government to get out of business. His “government ownership exit plan” calls for the governments’ troops, as it were, to withdraw from the auto industry, banks, etc. in one year, by July 2010, with the possibility [...]

A friend emailed this cartoon to me, noting:
Does this sound familiar? It’s a Chicago Tribune editorial cartoon from 1934. Look especially at the “Plan of Action for U.S.”
‘Uncanny’ is the only word.
Update: “Aunt Polly” was kind enough to post a comment below and provide a version of this image that’s a little bit clearer. If [...]

Politics and Media Round-Up

Why America’s Hottest Young Political Writer Fails: Want to test your patience? Read about a writer and the way he undermines political discourse by writing things like, “”It was like watching Gidget address the Reichstag,” when speaking of Sarah Palin addressing Republicans. The author of this piece doesn’t give him a free [...]