Mark Penn, Democratic strategist and former chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, let out the kind of doozy, on last night’s Hardball, that must be seen to be believed. Comparing Obama’s current situation to the aftermath of the 1994 “Republican Revolution,” Penn noted that it took the Oklahoma City tragedy in order for President Clinton to “reconnect” with the American people.

He then stepped off the cliff by saying that President Obama needed a “similar event” to achieve that reconnection following his party’s midterm losses. (h/t Eyeblast)

Today, October 9th, 2010, John Lennon would have turned 70. Fans and even non-fans know when and where he died: He was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, in front of the Dakota, where he lived with Yoko Ono. He was 40. I knew that without checking but if you [...]

The BP Oil Spill (or “Gulf Oil Spill sponsored by BP”) continues to dominate the news, as efforts to contain the leak display the efficacy and ingenuity of a third grade science project, and the prognosis continues to go from bad to worse. President Obama is rightly pissed off, as the responsible parties continue their Yoko Ono-esque tone deafness. The untold story, however, is the toll that this disaster has taken on me, and the glimmer of hope I found on my drive home.

On Fox and Friends yesterday Glenn Beck seemed to suggest that FOX and talk radio were the only things standing between the United States and a communist/fascist/socialist/dictatorship. Does it follow then that Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Beck are now playing the role of Founding Fathers?

Suddenly, The Beatles are culturally relevant again. Not that their achievements have faded a single bit since they disbanded, but the upcoming release of video game The Beatles: Rock Band (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii) stands at the crossroads of music distributing and video game revolution — and it’s the first significant step by The Beatles towards distributing their music digitally.

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