Moonage Political Webdream

Forbes Magazine just ran a rather awesome, if not damning, article.  I loved it.  It listed the states where there are more “takers” vs “makers”.  And, it very quickly condemned those states, as well as advising anyone investing to steer clear of those states. One of them, being my own.  They chide those states for [...]

First of all, start this video and turn the volume up kinda loud.  James Brown loud. Now start reading this out loud: “There were some real shenanigans going on in the South Carolina primary,” “I don’t know if he was a Republican plant. He was someone’s plant.” “I’ve been trying to figure out how somebody [...]

Remember Al Green? Man, I sure do: Right after Barry White and George Clinton, the dude could sing.  When he set the mood, the clothes fell off.  Didn’t even need a whole lot of tequila.  I’m sure every 40 to 50 something has a good memory or two of Al Green.  So, given the chance [...]

That’s the AP headline this morning. AP Impact: US-Mexico border isn’t so dangerous MEXICO CITY — It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer. It’s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it [...]

Connecticut Attorney General Richard “Dick” Blumenthal has been in office since 1991.  He’s done a lot of things as attorney general.  He jumped on the first great American corporate lynching of the tobacco industry well after Hillary Clinton declared war.  Ignoring the issues with global warming, he’s trying to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous substance: [...]

The Energy Information Administration, who touts themselves as “Official Energy Statistics from the US Government”, released a rather astounding conclusion.  While most people have been scare-mongering by saying Waxman-Markey will practically bankrupt most lower income people through much higher energy prices, EIA says this is not true at all: ACESA increases energy prices, but effects [...]

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]

This has got to be the stupidest/funniest thing I’ve seen in a while: Once again, the innocent peeps of the US, primarily South Carolinians, were made aware of this very, very, bad idea by a blog, The Palmetto Scoop.  The political reaction in South Carolina was fast and furious. Republican state Sen. David Thomas of [...]

I gotta score one for Huckabee today.  On the issue of the Confederate flag in South Carolina: “You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag,” Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, told supporters Thursday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas [...]

Here’s the situation: Two guys are found near a military base, loaded up with pipebombs ( or something like them ). According to Mapquest,