Enough talking about Pennsylvania. It’s time to look ahead. Consider the possibilities.
The State of the Race in Indiana and North Carolina
And so, with Pennsylvania now behind us — and what a wild time it was (and how much we now know about the state’s fascinating demographics!) — we turn our rapturous attention to Indiana and North Carolina and their upcoming May 6 primaries. (Oh, right. Sorry, Guam. You [...]
Categories: 2008 Election
Oh, what a wicked web we weave…
Yesterday, the Bush administration released images of a Syrian nuclear reactor, destroyed last September by Israel, that it says was built with the help of North Korea. Hours before releasing the photos to the public, the administration briefed the House Intelligence Committee. Before yesterday, only a handful of “crucial members of Congress” had received “highly [...]
Categories: National Security
Just in case your Friday evening gave you a chance to breathe a little easier, maybe let your mood turn a bit optimistic - let’s dash all of that. Hate to do it to you, folks, but there’s another reminder that the economy is tanking. All parts of it. But it all starts with housing…
House of Cards: Collapse of the Mortgage Market
From tent cities and food rationing to $4 a gallon gas, you just want to shake your head and wonder what country we’re living in. The housing market and all the banks associated with it are a house of cards. And the wind is blowing [...]
Oh, yeah. Gas prices are a problem, too…
US Ship Fires On Iranian Boats, Oil Prices Rise
Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two Iranian boats. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon. Word that a U.S. ship had fired on the boats in the Persian Gulf raised concerns that a [...]
Categories: Economy · Housing Market
Are just SO darn important. Not everybody learns that, it seems.
Homeland Security Report Sharply Rebukes McCain’s ‘Islamic Extremism’ Rhetoric
Earlier this week, The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) launched a campaign to persuade Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to drop the adjective “Islamic” when describing terrorists and extremists. Indeed, one of McCain’s favorite talking points is railing against “Islamic” extremists and terrorists. But the McCain campaign has refused to budge, saying that he will [...]
Categories: McCain · Middle East
Here’s a quick poll you might find interesting. I’m confused, though. Sam’s Clubs are limiting purchases to four bags. Four BIG bags. Fifty pounds each, I believe. That’s rationing?
Rice Shortage Poll: What Do You Think?
With the nation bracing for a rice shortage, and nationwide wholesale retailers Sam’s Club and Costco rationing the amount of rice each consumer can buy, the Huffington Post wants to know your thoughts on the rice shortage. Fill out [...]
Categories: Economy
Who CAN we look up to?
Perhaps it is a sign of the times, but it strikes me that the country has suddenly found itself bereft of former leaders that carry any kind of broad credibility to weigh in on the serious matters of the day. Whomever is sworn in as president in 2009 will not have much to lean on. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are obviously discredited and useless. They’ll never be ‘elder statesmen’ in any sense of the term. The elder Bush still retains a measure of credibility, although his name is [...]
Categories: Democrats · Politics · Republicans
I’m thinking that Texas religious sect just may have a case here. This was a strange one, from the get-go.
Defense Files Challenge to Raid on Polygamist Sect
Criminal defense attorney Gerry Goldstein, lead counsel for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has wasted no time in filing a blistering attack on the raid on the polygmanist sect’s Texas compound: “At the crux of the 39-page motion Goldstein filed Thursday in the Texas 51st Judicial District Court on behalf of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a revelation that the man authorities were looking for, [...]
Categories: Sex
It’s bad out there. It really is.
Consumer Mood Sours More in April
Consumer confidence fell for a third straight month, hitting its weakest in more than a quarter century on worries over inflation and the sagging housing market, a survey [...]
Categories: Economy
Somebody’s gotta do something. It might as well start here.
Lawmakers Fume Over Gas Prices
From MSNBC today… Lawmakers on The Hill are fuming over gas prices: We hear a lot of grumbling but when is someone going to do something concrete and turn this mess around? Money is pouring out of people’s pockets and into their gas tanks and the price of everything else is rising due to the gas [...]
And John McCain doesn’t understand it. While Conservative bloggers are impressed with his Kentucky visit, others are not.
McCain’s vision for a new ‘war on poverty’
John McCain recently acknowledged, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” That’s a perfectly accurate self-assessment, but McCain would almost certainly be better off if he didn’t spend so much time highlighting his lack of knowledge on the subject. For example, yesterday, the Republican presidential candidate had the gall [...]
At work. With an the economy imploding, wires being tapped, and wars being fought, you’d think the fine folks in Washington could find something more productive to do with their time.
Targeting porn on military bases
Some very strange conservative activists, apparently with far too much time on their hands, launched an initiative last November to limit U.S. troops’ access to adult materials. It never occurred to me that policy makers would take this seriously, but apparently, they are. To quickly recap for those just joining us, Congress banned sales of sexually [...]
It (finally) is Friday! Picked up our monthly bushel basket of Arkansas food products on the way home tonight. We’ll be eating just fine for a while, thanks to fresh strawberries, fresh butter, fresh milk and cream, bacon, eggs and more! Even sweet potatoes and, yes, RICE!
That’s the good stuff. Now, on to one thing that really got under my skin when I stumbled on it during lunch today. Rush Limbaugh has really crossed the line this time…..REALLY!
Limbaugh Urges Riots in Denver
…and you should be urging Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to investigate. How is it that a GOP attack dog frontman can call for riots in the streets of Denver during the Democratic National Convention, and not be currently residing in a jail cell someplace? Because, apparently, IOKIYAR. Still, Inciting to Riot is a felony - and the Colorado AG should be all over this [...]
More here. Critics are not going to back off on this one. Limbaugh was wrong. He went WAY over the line.
Limbaugh’s Incitement to Violence
My friend Richard asks a good question. Why does Rush Limbaugh get a pass on encouraging his listeners to riot at the Democratic National Convention in [...]
Categories: Democrats
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