The Chicago Tribute is reporting that the Bush Administration is pushing new rules for House Ethics Committee members. While in the past members who had, or professed, ethics often joined the committee, the Bush Administration has suggested these members show “an ethical bias” and are unfit to serve on the committee. They suggest […]
Irony in today’s Naperville Sun - a budget item for the DuPage Airport Authority:
“Dogs also will be added to the payroll to keep birds out of the path of aircraft for a price to be determined, said airport Executive Director David Bird.”
We hope David won’t be struck by a plane, or bit by a dog, […]
Stating that Constitutional Amendments that went beyond those easily counted on fingers and toes were “problematically accountable,” President Bush today suggested that the 22nd Amendment barring U.S. presidents from running for more than two terms needed to be changed. “I’ve made some mistakes - a few. Some appointments,” the president said. “I […]
I caught Cooking With Kerry tonight on Prairie Home Companion (it seems it was last week’s show). Extremely funny, and bizarrely endearing. The Kerry campaign ought to buy radio time and play it.
Adapted from the story.
They lit their…candles and then saw that someone had been to visit them.
The first said, “Who has been sitting on my chair?”
The second said, “Who has been eating from my plate?”
The third, “Who has taken a piece of my bread?”
The fourth, “Who has taken some of my vegetables?”
The fifth, “Who has […]
At this time of record high oil prices overseen, but not reduced, by a Bush White House occupied and run by energy executives, it seems somehow appropriate and necessary to reconsider the truth of what the American Founders argued in Federalist No. 70.
“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good […]
What’s with the Republicans and the use of Poland in debates?
Gerald Ford in 1976
“MR. FORD: I don’t believe, - Mr. Frankel that - the Yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don’t believe that the Rumanians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don’t believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by […]
[Warning: Sarcasm may be contained in this blog entry, readers should proceed at their own risk]
The New York Times buries economic expansion news in a military recruiting story today:
“To help meet its recruiting objectives at a time when its forces are strained by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army’s recruiting command has lowered […]
Apparently reporter Andrea Mitchell who is married to Alan Greenspan has the same solid grounding in statistics as he does. For example, Greenspan recently noted Social Security is in danger - remember when he fixed Social Security? Ah, well, as the Maestro might say, one must be conservative with numbers.
For some reason this joke in today’s New York Times made me laugh:
“I hear the war for Iraq has cost us $200 billion,” said Matt Bellace, caught at Caroline’s on Broadway. “Did anyone think of just buying Iraq?”
It’s dark humor with a core of truth.
On reflection, I guess Colin Powell suggested something like this, when […]
