January 7, 2009 – 6:46 pm
Just when you thought the bailout insanity couldn’t get more insane…..P0rn industry seeks federal bailout Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the […]
January 3, 2009 – 8:48 am
The most ethical and bi-partisan Congress evah! An early partisan skirmish is likely in the House next week, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to move a rules package that would curb the GOP’s ability to derail legislation through a parliamentary maneuver it has used over the past two years. Democrats may also end the […]
December 26, 2008 – 2:19 pm
The issue of abortion on demand is one I typically avoid for the most part, except regarding late term and parental notification, but, this one is just was too over the top to ignore Undermining women’s reproductive rights and access to health care has been a pervasive theme of the outgoing administration. On his first […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:44 am
For those who haven’t seen Newt’s letter I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the […]
November 22, 2008 – 3:34 pm
Hope! Change! A New way of…..ah, forget it Continuing a tradition among Washington’s power elite, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have decided to send their kids to Sidwell Friends School. Michelle Obama confirmed yesterday that Malia and Sasha, the incoming first daughters, will enroll at the pricey private school when the family moves into […]
November 20, 2008 – 8:53 pm
The bubble beside Norm Coleman’s name appeared to have both an X and a squiggle in it, but the Al Franken campaign wants the state Canvassing Board to rule on whether it should count. That’s the only challenge in the special envelope in Plymouth so far, according to Sandy Engdahl, the city clerk and the […]
November 19, 2008 – 9:16 am
Update: On reflection, I thing the words I was looking for are morality and values. The GOP should stand for values. It shouldn’t, in my opinion, by pushing morality. That is for individuals, private groups, and churches. See the end of the post for more. FoodHot Chocolate (well, we are having way below average temps this […]
November 12, 2008 – 11:24 am
Interesting advice THE threat of recession could disappear if we all put a smile on our face, the Government’s top money man said today. After two months of persistent bad economic news, Treasury secretary Ken Henry said the worst could be avoided if Australians simply cheered up. “Fundamentally what is driving weaker economic outcomes globally […]
November 1, 2008 – 8:33 am
As DrewM points out at Ace of Spades HQ, Team McCain needs to have an ad out on this in Ohio. Heck, they should put together a national ad, showing what life would be like under an Obama presidency, where, if you disagree, you will be investigated Vanessa Niekamp said that when she was asked […]
October 28, 2008 – 8:58 am
To follow up on the story where several Ohio agencies did investigations into the background of Joe The Plumber, we get Ohio’s inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on “Joe the Plumber.” Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family […]
