A donviti thought for the day

I am rethinking just how valuable a harvard MBA is and if it current economic conditions have devalued it at all....thoughts. 'The problem is not at all insurmountable in the…

Guns don’t kill people

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People with Guns kill people.  People with guns that shoot 800 50mm rounds in 20 seconds kill people.   Hundreds line up to watch Supreme Court gun ban caseWASHINGTON – Hundreds of…

Wall Street Welfare

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As it is called by E.J.Dionne in what is likely the last word on corporate America’s newly found use for government and Wall Street’s currently hypocritical stance towards government and its utility:

Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they deserve their seven-figure salaries and how government should keep its hands off the private economy.

The Wall Street titans have turned into a bunch of welfare clients. They are desperate to be bailed out by government from their own incompetence, and from the deregulatory regime for which they lobbied so hard. They have lost “confidence” in each other, you see, because none of these oh-so-wise captains of the universe have any idea what kinds of devalued securities sit in one another’s portfolios.

Dorian Gray Guest Post

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This is more essay than blog post but it is a fine analysis, I think. It expounds on a similar point I was making this morning. Adult relationships are very complicated. There is no consistent, homogeneous path or clique or political party we can truly resign ourselves to. Why do we expect this from our leaders? Does a black politico really need to choose between the Condi Rice/Colin Powell path OR the Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson path? Is this necessary? Is this healthy? Can we move on from this?

Sullivan juxtaposes homosexuality and conservatism (his personal experience) to reflect on what Obama is actually trying to do. When you have ten minutes today, give this a go:

The Testing Of Obama:

Question

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Before I ask the question let me set up by saying that my daughter asked me this morning how much Irish she was.  I said about a third.  She was…

Open Government…yawn…who needs it

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DOVER — All Sen. Karen E. Peterson wants is an open debate on her bill to open the General Assembly’s inner workings to public scrutiny.

I don’t follow the local stuff half as much as I should. But on Friday there was a brillian piece by the NJ blaming the Dems and saying the GOP is trying like hell to open our government. They were more than happy to tell you if someone was an R or a D in that article.

Is Peterson a D or an R? The article doesn’t tell you until the 2nd Paragraph.

Peterson’s Senate Bill 4 would end 23 years of closed-door traditions that have taken root in the General Assembly since 1985, when it exempted itself from the Freedom of Information Act that it passed in 1977. All other legislative bodies in the state, from Wilmington City Council to the tiny Viola Town Commission, must do the majority of their business in public. But not the General Assembly.

“Sen. Adams had promised me in June that Senate Bill 4 will be discussed in caucus, and it will get a committee hearing,” Peterson said. “Long story short, he reneged.”

ruh, roh…It’s a she said, he said, she said moment…who you gonna believe?  The grumpy old man that has had a vice grip on things for god know’s how long or the little old lady pushing open government?