Oh, what a great poll! And, of course, it comes from our friends at Fox News. Surprised?
There’s something eminently entertaining about Fox News polls, in large part because the network includes questions in its polls that no other news outlet would even consider. In this case, that’s not a compliment. In the poll (.pdf) released this afternoon, the big question, of course, was about the horserace in the general election. Fox News [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Television
You just had to know that there would be FEMA issues in the upper midwest. It was only a matter of time.
Juli Parks didn’t worry when water began creeping up the levee that shields this town of about 750 from the Mississippi River _ not even when volunteers began piling on sandbags. After all, FEMA and local officials had assured townspeople in 1999 that the levee was sturdy enough to withstand a historic flood. In fact, some relieved homeowners dropped their flood insurance, and others […]
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Categories: FEMA · Floods
It’s only natural to take advantage of business and personal relationships. We all do it. Still, it’s just not right when deals like this one come together.
Dear Iraq, sorry the war hasn’t gone well. But now that the surge is wrapping up, we hope you won’t mind that we need several dozen permanent bases in your country. Oh, and did we mention that we’ll need you to approve some no-bid contracts for our oil companies, too? After all, what’s a few [...]
Categories: Iraq War · Oil Prices
Here we go again. Another “compromise” that simply walks back from what the dems were elected to do in Congress.
We knew this “compromise” was in the words, but it doesn’t make today’s announcement any less disappointing. After more than a year of partisan acrimony over government surveillance powers, Democratic and Republican leaders have agreed to a bipartisan deal that would be the most sweeping rewrite of spy powers in three decades. The House is likely [...]
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Categories: FISA · National Security
