I don’t watch the Today Show but I’m kind of sorry I missed this… it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen on television in a long time: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I guess the moral of this story is: Never work with Ewoks (or at least don’t give [...]
NY-23: Scozzafava Quits!
October 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dede Scozzafava, the hand-picked choice of the New York state GOP has suspended her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and is releasing all her supporters: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman [...]
Third Quarter GDP Rises to 3.5%… But…
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From Reuters: The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year as government stimulus helped lift consumer spending and home building, fueling an unexpectedly strong advance. Signaling the end of the worst recession in 70 years, the Commerce Department on Thursday said the economy expanded at an [...]
Joe Lieberman: I’ll Block Vote on Harry Reid’s Health Care Reform Plan
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance program — even [...]
This Time it’s Going to be Different… Trust Me…
October 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ouch, that’ll leave a mark. Seriously though, don’t get up caught up in the “Macs are better PCs” or “PCs are better macs” games… Computers are productivity tools it doesn’t matter whether you use a PC or Mac, if you can accomplish everything you need to accomplish with it that that’s all that counts. I’ve [...]
NY-23: Palin Endorses Hoffman
October 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If the pop culture obsessed soundbite media wasn’t following the November 3rd special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district they will be now that Sarah Palin has endorsed Doug Hoffman: The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as [...]
Dede Scozzafava? What the Heck Were Republicans Thinking???
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I have to confess the November 3rd special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district wasn’t even on my radar until I read this Wall Street Journal article… Since then I’ve been keeping a close on the race between erstwhile Republican Dede Scozzafava, Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. I can’t for [...]
Fact Check: The U.S. Ranks 37th in the World in Health Care.
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Health care reform advocates love to quote the World Health Organization report that claims the U.S. ranks 37th in the world in health care. That study is as Carl Bialik, the Wall Street Journal’s numbers guy, explains in today’s edition is nearly a decade old and relies on statistics that are even older or incomplete: [...]
Democrats Lock Republicans Out of Committee Room
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Most ethical Congress in history? Heh… From The Hill: Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present. Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure [...]
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