Archive for November 16th, 2009
Monday Night Quick Hits
Back in the heady days of the Blogosphere, there came the invention of the Google Bomb. I am not sure the logistics or algorithms involved, but the more you typed in a key phrase along with a link to a legitimate website, the more that site would be the top result for a Google search […]
Biden Leads Castle In A Just-Released Poll
Whoa, big news! All-but-announced Senate candidate Beau Biden leads Mike Castle in a new poll by 5%. This is bad news for Mike Castle: In a hypothetical match-up of the candidates, Democrat Beau Biden leads GOP challenger and Delaware Congressman Mike Castle by a margin of 45 to 40 percent; 8% are undecided and 6% […]
People’s Settlement Final Report Released
Today, Tom Wagner published the final report of his investigation into People’s Settlement. The findings are as follows:
- They did not meet the standards of the Green Energy Savings Program
- Their accounting standards are inaccurate
- Questionable real estate transactions have been referred to the Attorney General
- Department of Education audit findings were not reported to the board
Monday Open Thread
Happy Monday all! Can you believe it’s already open thread time? I know you’ve been waiting anxiously for one. Now this is funny. An activist speaks at an anti-immigration tea party against European immigration to the United States. It’s quite amusing because he doesn’t reveal all until the end of his speech. Being a know-nothing […]
Fear Not Wingnuts
The latest crazy Republican talking point floating around concerns the decision of the Justice Department to try some high profile terrorism suspects in the federal courts in New York. Their concern is that the suspects could be acquitted (and there wouldn’t be any danger in that would there wingnuts if Bush/Cheney didn’t have so much […]
Is This A Joke?
I’m honestly not sure. Given all the lunacy spewing out of Republican mouths this comment may not be just a throw-away. Host Chris Wallace pointed out that former Vice President Dick Cheney did not bow to the emperor when he visited Japan. (He did not elaborate on how this difference in greeting affected American policy […]
Learning The Wrong Lesson
Al Franken’s election was one of the pleasant surprises of the 2008 election. Franken is turning out to be an excellent senator. He’s already made an impact with his amendment that prohibits the Defense Department from contracts with companies that force rape and assault victims into arbitration – an instance when a lawmaker sees an […]
Hypocrisy and The Art of Judge Blocking
At this point in the last two presidents’ first terms, W had 28 lower court justices confirmed and Clinton 27. Guess how many for Obama. Seriously, guess. Come on just guess before you get to the next sentence. Okay, okay, the answer is six, or 6 for those of you who prefer the numeral version, […]
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