Archive for May, 2011
If You Want Accuracy, Listen To Liberals
Pundits were rated for accuracy of their predictions. Paul Krugman was the best and Cal Thomas was the worst. All the top 5 pundits in accuracy were liberals and Democrats.
Guess I’ll Have To Listen To Jensen Today
Over at Kilroy’s, Nancy Willing states that John Young and Lillian Lowery will be on the Rick Jensen show today. Warning: Nancy’s info had better be correct! 😉 Consider this an open thread on the subject. Hey, maybe someone will answer my questions! My questions: 1. Who wrote the assessment plan? Specifically, the part that […]
One Goal of Budget Cuts
Killing the publishing of crucial data series and analysis. Or better — smothering the building of open government in its crib.
General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The General Assembly is back for a two-week sprint to its next recess. While there’s no way they’ll match the productivity of the pre-Easter session, which was downright historic, there’s gonna be quite a bit of action. Protection for those facing foreclosure, and consideration of the legalizing of marijuana for medical purposes are but two […]
Republicans Hate Big Government, Unless They Love It
Republicans also hate wasting taxpayers money, except when they love wasting it. New Jersey’s teabag Governor nixed a train tunnel into Manhattan that had a lot of other funding, copious economic development potential and a huge pent up market demand from tens of thousands of locked in customers, but he wants to set NJ tax […]
The Checklist.
What I’m imagining is Obama and his supporters offering voters a list of accomplishments from his first term, and it’s going to be a doozy: ended the Great Recession, health care reform, Wall Street reform student loan reform, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, New START, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the biggest overhaul of our food-safety laws in 70 years, new regulation of the credit card industry, new regulation of the tobacco industry, a national service bill, expanded stem-cell research, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, net neutrality, the most sweeping land-protection act in 15 years, health care for 9/11 rescue workers, and the confirmation of two Supreme Court justices.
Oh, and he killed Osama bin Laden.
Republican Reaction
Here are some statements from potential Republican presidential candidates. See if you can tell which ones are running for President and sense the potential for a political shift and which ones are not and could care less.
These Grapes Are Very Sour
Donald Trump is not amused. There are people in the world suffering, don’t you know.
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