Archive for March, 2009
From the Ridiculous To The Sublimely Ridiculous
Trying to sell a Senate seat for personal gain is an impeachable offense, as we all know. How about shamelessly sacrificing the welfare of your state for your own selfish political aspirations? South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has probably set a new record for reckless disregard of his duty to his constituents: South Carolina Gov. [...]
The Employee Free Choice Act
Any time the Employee Free Choice Act (the so-called card check bill) comes up for discussion, someone will say they oppose it because they believe in a secret ballot. Warren Buffet was the most high profile recent example: “I think the secret ballot’s pretty important in the country,” said the Oracle from Omaha. “I’m against [...]
Interesting Tactic
Pentagon: Chinese vessels harassed Navy ship – AP (3/9/09): “The Chinese vessels surrounded USNS Impeccable, two of them closing to within 50 feet, waving Chinese flags and telling Impeccable to leave the area,” officials said in the statement. “Because the vessels’ intentions were not known, Impeccable sprayed its fire hoses at one of the vessels [...]
Trial And Error In The Republican Public Discourse
The Republican party continues to try and define, by trial and error, what constitutes permissible public criticism of the Bimbaugh. The current focus is on how muted the criticism must be before the Bimbaugh decides you don’t need to be slapped back into place. Lindsey Graham offered up this weak and watery statement yesterday, billing [...]
Such a Douche
Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban – New York Times (3/8/09): Mr. Obama rode to the White House partly on his savvy use of new technology, and he has a staff-written blog on his presidential Web site. Even so, he said he did not find blogs to be reliable, citing the economy as [...]
I’ll Take the Over…
…but just a little over. July 4th weekend? The only problem is that Tweedle Dee Summers will probably take over. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
They Jabbed Him With The Voodoo Pin Again
I think I’m finally in sympathy with those who believe that the White House is orchestrating this whole Rush Limbaugh media flap thing. Take what Limbaugh ended up saying yesterday: Rush Limbaugh carved a new notch in his ever-expanding belt of tastelessness when he predicted Sen. Ted Kennedy would be 6 feet under by the [...]
Peter Principle
“In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.” Dr. Laurence J. Peter, 1968 I think Tim Geithner may have risen a few steps past his level of incompetence. I think he might be able to handle the position of teller at the First CityWide Change Bank. But only if he [...]
Supreme Court Sides With Civil Liberties Groups
The Washington Post had an editorial today about the case of suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri. Al-Marri had been held in military detention without charges since 2003, but President Obama recently transferred him into the civilian justice system: President Obama late last month directed the Defense Department to relinquish control of Mr. Marri to [...]
They’re Doing Us a Favor
Talking Points Memo | Please Grow Up The senate Republicans are refusing to give a vote to two of President Obama‘s key (hopefully soon to be) economic advisors — Austan Goolsbee and Cecilia Rouse. So for the moment they’re barred from advising the president at all. The Republicans seem pretty candid about the fact that [...]