Listening to NPR in the car I had a sudden violent urge to maim the Talk of the Nation announcer ( it makes no difference which one ) for laughing when Ted Koppel said that Social Security was no more guaranteed than GM’s pensions (no to mention the certainty that the NYTimes would give a free op-ed to a friend of Rick Wagoner’s )

I was thinking that it would be great if someone had a list of all the New Mexico journalists, politicians, … . @plutoniumpage — Writer for Daily Kos who lives in Albuquerque. Tweets are protected. Journalists

News that will make Jim Johnson happy : The Hill has announced ” The Hill’s Twitter Room … equivalent of Daily Kos and has become a blogosphere punchline . Time to move on.

The Washington Post blog “The Fix” is asking readers to vote for the best state political blog. I am asking PR readers to vote for FLA Politics as best state blog. Need I remind people that FLA Politics is one of the few blogs on the exclusive Daily Kos blogroll. Place your vote

We of the Great State of Michigan would like to thank everybody for telling us what’s best for us and then we’d like to return the favor by asking you to kindly take your advice and shove it up your ass. That comes from a Daily Kos diary … an account and haven’t logged in lately, consider giving it a little Kos love.  Michigan needs