Obama: "Let's all be bipartisan, celebrate and have a good time."GOP: "Hell no!"Press: "Republicans plan to test President Barack Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship."Wait, isn't he testing theirs? Or is bipartisanship just … [Read more...]
Archives for January 26, 2009
It’s Time to Dump “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — A Voice Crying in a Different Wilderness
The same census data shows that almost one million gay and lesbian Americans are veterans. (Same reference). There are a total of 23.6 million veterans in the United States. This being the case, over four percent of our veterans are gay or … [Read more...]
The Bank Dick (2009 edition)
In 1940, W.C. Fields released one of his biggest hit movies, "The Bank Dick." Lest you titter, Wikipedia helpfully explains that "[a]t the time, dick was common USA slang for detective." Today, of course, "dick" is slang for something … [Read more...]
The best line on today’s NY Times op-ed page
Will Obama Save Liberalism? By WILLIAM KRISTOL Published: January 25, 2009 All good things must come to an end. Jan. 20, 2009, marked the end of a conservative era. [There follows a boring recitation of Kristol's typically lame … [Read more...]
Representative Ruth B. Balser to announce that she will run for Mayor of Newton!
Representative Ruth B. Balser to announce that she will run for Mayor of Newton! Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Memorial-Spaulding Elementary School, Library 250 Brookline Street, Newton* Contact: … [Read more...]
Recovery.gov
Keep the Change, Mr. Obama
· Hillary Clinton. Now THERE's a real beltway outsider, if ever there was one. She will represent the interests of at least SOME of the residents of the U.S. as Top Dip. Assuming, that is, she can get beyond representing the interests of … [Read more...]
Is this how the first bailout is supposed to help our economy????
Obviously, one of the purposes of the first bailout bill (aka TARP) was to loosen the credit crunch and get banks lending again. This, we're told, would help restimulate the economy and create jobs... Pfizer employs about 85,000 people … [Read more...]
Paying attention is a two way street
There is no excusing the Speaker from not paying attention when his long time friends and supporters offered to pick up some of his personal expenses or offered him gifts, even if it was “perfectly legal”. He just didn’t … [Read more...]
Economics 101: Why I now believe it is time to nationalize our Banks
Ok maybe you got a clue from the title but if you missed it here are the details. It seems Citigroup was concerned about not having enough corporate jets to satisfy their executives so with a portion of the bail out money they received in … [Read more...]