Senate and House approve the amendments.The SAFE Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 98-0 on September 14th, including all of the Senate's amendments. On September 28th, as the House was appointing its delegation to the conference … [Read more...]
Graft, corruption in federal (and Mass.) Reading First program
September 23, 2006Report Says Education Officials Violated RulesBy SAM DILLONThe New York TimesDepartment of Education officials violated conflict of interest rules when awarding grants to states under President Bushs billion-dollar … [Read more...]
Signs of major Republican Party Fracture…
Larson, who three years ago was number one on Boston Magazine's list of the 100 most powerful women in the city, said in an interview that she believed that Patrick had far more private and public-sector experience than Healey. "Deval … [Read more...]
Republicans Vs. Healey
Kerry Healey - Out of Touch points us to this defection from Team Reform: Republican State Committe member Tom Ciula. The article's a gold mine of quotes. He sounds like one of the Dem Three (and in fact, seems to endorse Reilly):As a … [Read more...]
Too dumb to breathe
Amy Ridenour of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research slams all those crrrraaazy global-warming agitators in the media who don't know nothin' 'bout science:Anyone smart enough to take in O and emit CO2 knows you can't … [Read more...]
Hey Republicans – want to REALLY fix the immigration “problem”?
I haven't followed the current immigration debate all that closely. But as I understand it, the basic issue is that there are a lot of people here illegally, and those people are perceived to be (depending on your point of view) (a) … [Read more...]
You gotta love Republicans!
THREE-MINUTE UPDATE: Check the hell out of this ARG poll: Americans support censure 46%-44%. Closely divided? You bet. Opportunity for leadership? Absolutely. Also, Linc Chaffee won't rule out censure. That ought to go over well with the … [Read more...]
Great Thud of Non-Event 2006: “Oil Independence”
Last year I predicted that Social Insecurity would be a candidate for the "Great Thud of Non-Event 2005". Not exactly a bold prediction, but it turned out to be correct. This year's is an absolute slam-dunk: "Independence from Mid-East … [Read more...]
Gouvernour-in-exile
Where's Mitt? Not here! A few weeks ago, I made the ho-ho "prediction" that Our Guv would go "into self-imposed exile from Massachusetts". Good for a chuckle, huh? (Go ahead, it feels good.) So what do you call this? <a … [Read more...]
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