I was reading the other day where some members of Congress and the punditocracy think that a cap and trade bill is dead in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill. Huh? A bill designed to limit the long term damage being done to our environment (read, the place we all live in) by slowly… (read more)
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Headlines, Special Reports, And Nasty Labels
When the average soul takes a look at the news of the day, it is hard to see how anyone is ever happy. Nancy Grace reports; “Somewhere there is a victim I can exploit for ratings.” TMZ reports; “Jesse James and Tiger Woods vie for the title of most mistresses by a man not in… (read more)
Osama Bin Earmarks?
The Congress of the United States of America, both Democrats and Republicans, have taken up a holy quest of sorts this week; the mission to be the heroes who vanquish that eternal enemy, the earmark! This week the Democrats in the House proposed outlawing “for profit earmarks”, measures where a lawmaker inserts an appropriation into… (read more)
A Total Loss of Perspective
The images from the protests held Thursday on the steps of the Capitol were disturbing; the (by now) typical Obama-as-Death effigies and confused references to both Fascism and Communism shared the stage with a new twist. One of the protesters decided that graphically comparing the health care bill to a Nazi death camp was a… (read more)
We Call Them Liars in the Real World
I misspoke, or made an error, or omitted a fact, or misremembered, or, or, or, errrr….I am a politician (or a ballplayer). If we said to our parents what these folks say to their constituents on a regular basis, we would be slapped and grounded. They get to continue pretending to be important. After spending… (read more)
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