JJ’s 36 favorite outrages of 2009

[Jaundice James]

This began as one of those typical top ten lists you see popping up all over the political websites this time of year. But then I got to thinking about all that’s really happened this year and it became clear that this would have to be a much longer list. I mean, golly-gee, George Bush had such a long time in office in which to screw everything up, so it’s not surprising, then, that the first year we have a Democratic President...

28. Trash talk from the right about Bill Clinton getting journalists released from North Korea: I thought the Right had a perpetual woody for heroes? Apparently that’s only when the hero isn’t Bill Clinton. When Clinton went to North Korea and successfully negotiated the release of two female American journalists who were being held there...

14. Conservatives slam, skip Obama’s speech to schools: On September 8, 2009, students in parts of the South and parts of Texas were hurried from their classrooms like they were experiencing a fire drill. Was it a terrorist attack? Bomb threat? Hurricane Evacuation? No...


http://jaundicejames.com/2009/12/31/jj%E2%80%99s-36-favorite-outrages-of-2009/

[burning rain]

1. A lot of righties saw the success of Bill Clinton's mission to North Korea....

as a tacit repudiation of Bushy bellicosity in favor of peaceful diplomacy, and they can't have that. Also, of course, it was Bubba, and he remains the devil incarnate to many of them.

[winyanstaz]

2. K & R....I am outraged....

that there was so much to be outraged about!