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And this is the thing about impeaching a president. we have actually brought articles of impeachment against so few presidents in our nations history that when it happens, its so big it ends up being the kind of thing that just sucks all of the light and all of the air out of every other news cycle. i mean, its the news cycle version of a black hole. the nixon itt scandal is the example of that sort of thing that would have been huge news, potentially presidency-ending news, had it not been over...

Control of the car. some even claimed that airbags were not sold on a buick lesabre, the model he was interested in. that was also not true. because of relentless pushback like that, airbags did not become mandatory in this country until 1998. and that was because the u.s. supreme court ruled unanimously in favor of the safety requirement. since that ruling airbags have saved at least 44,000 lives. imagine what that number could have been had that safety feature been mandated sooner. well, today...

When airplane manufacturers sell their planes, they charge airlines extra for things like premium seating, special lighting and extra bathrooms. but it turns out they also charge the airlines extra for other things. por ejemplo, according to the "new york times" boeing charges extra for a backup fire extinguisher in the cargo hold. that same report says that aw brazilian airline carrier was forced to pay $6,700 extra for oxygen masks for its crew. then theres this. the "times" reports that as th...

And i know i have yelled about how terrible they are for a long time. but because nothing i do actually affects them, they continue to market themselves as a news brand thing. and i didnt think it was possible, but over time they have gotten even worse at what they were already failing at. por ejemplo, last week in discussing the return of prisoner of war bowe bergdahl we played some old footage from the rescue of the first american p.o.w. who was rescued in war time since world war ii, and that...

And how bureaucracies work. complexity is also used as a tactic in politics. deliberate obfuscation, making something seem more complicated than it is can be done to political effect. por ejemplo, the scare chart. a graphical representation that is made to look deliberately complex in order to scare you about that issue. this is called the organizational chart of the house democrats health plan, otherwise known as obama care. this was put together by the house republicans back in the health refo...

The policy of raising tax on the wealthiest americans is a policy supported by huge majorities of the american people, including something like 70% to 80% of people who describe themselves as moderates. this is a really popular idea. and every democrat in the country can run on this very popular idea. and democrats who are good at articulating this idea i think will run on this idea to great effect. por ejemplo. >> i have all this -- well, this is class warfare, whatever. no. there is nobody in ...

This. the policy of raising tax on the wealthiest americans is a policy supported by huge majorities of the american people, including something like 70% to 80% of people who describe themselves as moderates. this is a really popular idea. and every democrat in the country can run on this very popular idea. and democrats who are good at articulating this idea i think will run on this idea to great effect. por ejemplo. >> i hear all this -- well, this is class warfare, whatever. no. there is nobo...

Far obama is going out on a limb by campaigning on something like this. the policy of raising tax on the wealthiest americans is a policy supported by huge majorities of the american people, including something like 70% to 80% of people who describe themselves as moderates. this is a really popular idea. and every democrat in the country can run on this very popular idea. and democrats who are good at articulating this idea i think will run on this idea to great effect. por ejemplo. >> i have al...

Up and the ubber left and the islamicists and the global elites are moving in the same direction. >> heres the caliphate. this is where the muslim islamists held a great portion of the united states, or the world, im sorry, spreading all the way into europe. >> what is happening in egypt is one of those great reminders of how important the press is. when whether or not the press is able to do its job is one of the determining factors in whether a revolution succeeds or fails. for americans i thi...

World right now is being divvied up and the uber left and the islamicists and the global elites are moving in the same direction. >> heres the caliphate. this is where the muslim islamists held a great portion of the united states, or the world, im sorry, spreading all the way into europe. >> what is happening in egypt is one of those great reminders of how important the press is. when whether or not the press is able to do its job is one of the determining factors in whether a revolution succee...