It appears, from the latest poll, the Rev. Wright did, indeed, hurt the Obama campaign. Interesting, while the numbers moved, a lot of people polled still don’t thing the Wright events are a big deal.
From Fox News Poll: Clinton 44, Obama 41. Change from March poll: [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
And, it’s no wonder why. Hillary Clinton took part in a most inappropriate, staged, photo op today. Not that most campaign events are NOT similar, this one really seems ill-advised.
Clinton Takes a Lesson in How to Pay at the Pump
Amy Chozick reports from South Bend, Ind., on the presidential race. “To drive home just how much she understands the impact of rising gas prices, Sen. Hillary Clinton joined a steel worker in South Bend today on his morning commute. The only snag: She hasn’t actually pumped gas—or driven—in years. Hillary Clinton pumps gas with Jason [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
Really. How could anybody justify the way KBR has been operating? How can they continue to land government contracts? If you can believe these former employees, there’s no way that you CAN justify it.
Former Employee Says KBR Promoted Camp Manager After She Was Caught Stealing
On Monday, two former employees of embattled contracting firm KBR testified that they saw coworkers regularly steal from Iraq while working there. One employee, Linda Warren, said “that some of her American colleagues doing construction work in Iraqi palaces and municipal buildings took woodcarvings, tapestries and crystal ‘and even melted down gold to make spurs [...]
Categories: Bush Administration · Iraq War
Ch-ch-ch-changes. Another head rolls from the Bush Administration.
One of Bush’s most notorious hacks exits stage right
The General Services Administration generally isn’t one of those departments that captures the public’s attention. The GSA is, by design, a behind-the-scenes agency — it helps other parts of the government function by managing federal contracts. In recent years, however, the GSA has found itself under the spotlight, after the White House tried to exploit the [...]
Categories: Bush Administration
Take a sad gander at the latest crude oil pricing predictions. Scary stuff, my friends. So very scary.
Oil heading to $125, possibly $150 per barrel
The important point that jumps out in this video exchange is that the fundamentals are there to support a steady increase in the price of oil. The world has not yet hit a price high enough to have enough of an impact on pressuring consumption. CNBC flashes a chart showing per capita oil consumption and the US numbers are [...]
Categories: Economy
Don’t you feel safer tonight?
U.S. Prepares ‘New Options’ To Attack Iran, Deploys Second Carrier To Persian Gulf
The Bush administration deployed a second aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday to serve as a “reminder” to Iran, in the words of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. When asked whether the Pentagon was preparing military strikes, Gates said, “No.” But, CBS News reported last night that the Pentagon is developing new “options” for attacking [...]
Categories: Iran · National Security
If you fly very much, this is certainly not going to make you feel very good tonight.
Why Airlines Might Abandon Your City
Nightmare Scenario #1: You’ve got your briefcase in hand, boarding pass in pocket, and your carry-on rolling behind you. You head to the airport with confidence. Except — there are no planes there. Nightmare Scenario #2: [...]
Categories: Consumer
Good work, gentlemen. Good work, indeed.
Robert Kennedy, Greg Palast: The Final Investigation
One million Democrats attempting to vote in this year’s primaries found their names missing from voter rolls. WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GO? Law professor Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and journalist Greg Palast are launching an investigation. We want to know: where are these votes? Who swiped them? How? And [...]
Categories: Politics
Of course, somebody will point out that it’s probably still more human than it was back in the 1800’s. Still doesn’t make it right.
AP Exclusive: 2 beef processors cited for humane violations
A government inspection of slaughterhouses found significant problems with the treatment of cattle and two of the nation’s largest beef processors – both of which provide meat for the National School Lunch Program – were [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Bill Press was talking about the President’s Tuesday news conference as I was driving to work this morning, noting that there were a lot of just flat-out false things that came out of his mouth. Chief, perhaps, among them was the concept that having access to the crude oil in the ANWR would have solved a lot of our problems. Well, that and new refineries that he hinted Congress had a roll in blocking. Isn’t that the responsibility of the oil companies? Shouldn’t they be putting some of those huge profits into new refineries? Congress, to the best of my knowledge, hasn’t blocked any new refineries.
Now, on to the problem with the ANWR argument.
Reuters has a nice rundown of why George Bush’s claim that gas prices are a result of Democrats’ refusal to allow oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge is just so much horsepuckey: [...]
Quite the fascinating discussion on the issue of building refineries here:
Shell Oil president: To cut price, produce more gasoline in U.S.
Categories: Congress · Economy · George W. Bush
I don’t know whether to pound my fists on the table or cry.
I just get the feeling that people aren’t going to be too pleased to learn about this: Two oil giants, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, announced record profits yesterday totaling $17 billion in the first three months of the year. Exxon Mobil is expected to smash its own previous records for quarterly corporate profits tomorrow. Average gasoline prices, meanwhile, have surged to a new high of $3.60 per gallon. If you thought the war in Iraq would provide us with cheap gas, you were wrong. If you thought the war [...]
Categories: Economy
More government-speak. By “get control” they mean “cut benefits” don’t they? Either that, or make everybody pay more.
Medicare “drifting towards disaster”
REUTERS: “(U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt) said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 billion federal health insurance plan for the elderly, which now covers 44 million people.” And boygeorge and his pals breathed a collective sigh of relief at the mention of the words “the next administration.” Maybe voting for [...]
Categories: Health Care
Travel restrictions? Give me a break!
Don Siegelman hit with travel restrictions…
Well America, it has come to this. If you don’t know who Don Siegelman is, I suggest you start HERE. Now for the news update: “WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has been barred from traveling without getting [...]
Categories: Crime
Ah, the sweet smell of springtime! We’ve had several of the nicest days, weather-wise. Sunny, light breezes, around 70 degrees. Chamber of Commerce weather, I always call it!
Too bad everything around us isn’t so nice. The economy is bad. And, it appears, getting worse. Banks can’t even unload a lot of the foreclosed homes. We’re talking future shanty-towns, folks.
Banks increasingly stuck with their problems
This is a really interesting bit of information pulled out of the home foreclosure report that came out on Tuesday. Just another sign of how excessive the real estate market was and is even today. This suggests much more room to fall before prices even come close to [...]
Categories: Economy · Housing Market
|
