Daily Archives: January 28, 2008

House Plays The Offset Game

January 28, 2008 – 7:49 pm

They would have been better off playing the lottery The House of Representatives has presumably learned that money cannot buy love or happiness. Now, it turns out it’s not a sure solution to climate guilt, either. It obviously cannot buy brains, either. Read the rest.

By William Teach Posted in Global Warming Comments Off on House Plays The Offset Game

NY Times Asks How Bloggers Should Be Treated

January 28, 2008 – 5:21 pm

It started with an article about Target blowing off a question from a blogger Target to the blogosphere: you’re irrelevant. That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYouth.org, a blog about the impact of marketing on children. Early this month, the blog’s founder, Amy Jussel, called […]

By William Teach Posted in Weblogs, Wonky Media 1 Comment

Romney Slaps McCain’s Tax Hike

January 28, 2008 – 1:32 pm

Via Sith Master Rusty, a Mitt! press release By our calculation, a family of four would have to spend about an extra $1,000 a year if McCain-Lieberman became law. And again that’s because gasoline would rise in price by approximately .50 cents a gallon and natural gas would rise about 20 percent….. And what’s particularly […]

By William Teach Posted in Global Warming, GOP 2 Comments

Beer Monday: Illegal News Roundup

January 28, 2008 – 7:22 am

Happy Monday! The start of a new work week. Time to get busy, shift a few paradigms, pay attention to the coming Super Bowl. How ’bout a beer? You might need a beer after reading these stories Sen. Barack Obama easily won the African American vote in South Carolina, but to woo California Latinos, where […]

By William Teach Posted in Illegal Immigration, Linkfest 9 Comments
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