(Part of my occasional series of posts highlighting Congressional votes where the Massachusetts delegation was interestingly split, or where Massachusetts stood out from the crowd - or, in this case, both.)Last week, the US House passed … [Read more...]
Ted Kennedy’s legacy for wind power: Paralysis by analysis
Bob already posted on this last week,, but it bears repeating: Ted Kennedy's and Sen. John Warner's (R-VA) shenanigans around Cape Wind are crippling wind power projects across the country. Wind farms now have to get checked out by the FAA … [Read more...]
Cheating, and what one does about it
Here's a fascinating story about Allen Raymond, one of the guys who was convicted in the 2002 New Hampshire GOP phone-jamming scandal. He grew up in a liberal Democrat family, and sounds like an ex-Republican penitent, a la David Brock. … [Read more...]
Net neutrality goes to the floor tonight?
Matt's got the story at MyDD:Last night in the Rules Committee, the Markey amendment was put on the floor and the Sensenbrenner-Conyers amendment was not. This was an explicit move by the telecom companies to induce partisanship in … [Read more...]
Another “turning point” in Iraq
As everyone's heard, Zarqawi was killed in Iraq today. One less butchering maniac in the world is good, all things being equal. Bush's cautious announcement this morning is telling, of course; the insurgency's not going to disappear.Back on … [Read more...]
FMA Goes Down: Now watch the gay marriage polls
The Senate in its wisdom (really!) kicked the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment to the curbtoday, with some alacrity, it would seem. Everybody got what they wanted: the anti-gay right got their election issue, and the rest of us got, … [Read more...]
Applause for An Inconvenient Truth
I saw An Inconvenient Truth last night. At the end almost the entire audience broke into spontaneous applause. The last time I experienced that was at a showing of the first Star Wars in 1977. I have never heard applause for a documentary … [Read more...]
Bush, at 30%, bullies gays
So, if you suspected that Laura Bush's entreaties not to campaign on banning gay marriage were window-dressing, you were right!WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President George W. Bush will promote a constitutional ban on gay marriage on the eve of a … [Read more...]
Al Gore Has a Posse
I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" this afternoon. It was terrific ... scariest movie I've seen in a while. If you're reading this blog, you really should see it.And yeah, I'm on board for Gore '08 if he's up for it. Just think about those words … [Read more...]
Weld Loses GOP Endorsement in NY
In a "stunning rebuke" (per NYT) Weld has failed to get the NY GOP nod. The aggressive regressive wing of the Party, determined to accelerate into a brick wall, have chosen Conservative Party favorite and abortion-rights opponent John Faso … [Read more...]
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