You want Irony? I’ll give you Irony!
Open government forum tonight at UD Attorney General Joseph R. “Beau” Biden, state Sen. Karen Peterson, First Amendment attorney David Finger and three journalists will speak tonight as part…
Question
How much respect for the Democratic Party will you have if they turn around and try to redo the Michigan and Florida votes? How much less (if possible) will you…
If you want to talk about conspiracy theories in the US
The Carlyle Group is a name at the top of that list (right Liz Allen?)
Connections between the Carlyle and the Bush family have inspired controversy, particularly in relation to the War on Terror and the Iraq War. George H. W. Bush and his Secretary of State James A. Baker III have at times been advisors to the group. One writer claimed that Saudi Arabian interests have given $1.4 billion to firms connected to the Bush family. Of this figure, $1.18 billion comes from contracts awarded to defense contractor Braddock, Dunn & McDonald, which Carlyle sold before George H. W. Bush became an advisor.[16] A Carlyle spokesman noted in 2003 that its 7 percent interest in defense industries was far less than several other venture capital groups.[17]
So when I see this:
Executives of the District-based Carlyle Group are holding crisis talks in New York today over the fate of their Carlyle Capital Corp. affiliate, as pressure mounts from creditors over the company’s investments in U.S. mortgages.
My radar starts pinging. Carlyle Group you ask?
Let’s list some members:
yawn….seriously is this even news anymore?
BAGHDAD, March 10 -- Five U.S. soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in central Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said, in the worst single…
Clintons feeling the love, Andrew Sullivan Style
The Clintons are comfortable with this polarisation. They need it. Even when running against a fellow Democrat, they instinctively reach for it. Last week, in response to the Obama camp’s…
Flip flopping or just plain lying?
the Maverick in action... Flip: “He is, as he describes himself, a liberal Democrat,” Mr. McCain said of Mr. Kerry, adding that he meant no offense by the term. “I…
Crazy Question here but
aren't some of these people the same people that W courted in 2000 and 2008? One is demographic. He didn’t carry the groups he often has trouble with — white…
Food Figh
h/t suburban guerrilla... [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-yldqNkGfo[/youtube]
I’m without words on this one…
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end…
Obamamentum…back on track
Obama wins Wyoming and a MAJORITY of it's 12 delegates. Sure it isn't a lot but a win is a win. In poker, it doesn't matter about the size of the…
What I TRIED to read
So I tried to trade books with a person that was on the trip with me. He bought the book at the news stand. I got through 20 pages and…
What I read…
have I said that I love the Brandywine Public library? Well I do. If it only had porn I could replace it with the internet... Um wow, I had no…
California mourns loss of hottest blogger
It was awful to see so many women crying at the John Wayne Airport this morning as I set off to return to the first state, but my heart is…