Posts Tagged ‘job’

Whatever happened to the Summer of Recovery?

September 13th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Heh!  Trick question of course.  It was never meant for you if you weren’t a construction project: “The vice president was talking about the summer of recovery in reference to the Recovery Act, that you would see the creation of a series of infrastructure and other projects ramping up over the summer,” Goolsbee said on [...]

The best thing from Debbie Stabenow so far

April 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

I have picked on Debbie Stabenow quite a bit here.  I think she’s an idiot.  So far, just here, I have picked on her for: Running for reform but voting against eliminating earmarks. ( That’s called hypocrisy, or lying ) For sticking pullout requirements into a funding bill, having it vetoed, and not being able [...]

Nancy Pelosi Condemns Rangel for dissing Mississippi

November 10th, 2006 | No Comments

The Democrats haven’t even officially taken over the government yet, but they are already tossing out anything Republican as fast as they can.  Along with that, I guess we can totally dismiss Bush’s "conservative compassionism": Its not just committees our influence within the House Democratic caucus will grow enormously, Mr. Rangel said in an interview. [...]

The Magazine formerly known as Rolling Stone

October 27th, 2006 | No Comments

You wanna know how bad things must be getting at Rolling Stone? I cancelled our free subscription. It’s really sad, but they really do suck any more. Following the decline of Rolling Stone over the adult period of my life is like watching an addict grow old. You sense a certain amount of desperation, hallucinations, [...]

It’s the economy, stupid

October 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments

From MSNBC: On a long list of issues, including Iraq and “ethics/corruption,” 23 percent cited the economy as their top concern, up from 17 percent in May. I have been the firm believer that all politics is local. it’s not my idea, but I sure do believe it. I have said so repeatedly. I listed [...]

Al Martinez feels the heat

October 10th, 2006 | No Comments

Al Martinez decided to get something off his chest. Now, Al’s not your ordinary newspaper hack, he’s a hack for the LA Times.  I’m not sure exactly what set him off, but here’s some of what he had to say about blogs: When I first heard the term, I thought it defined a loathsome place [...]