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2006-01
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Fat Cats Responsible.
2006-01-17.
I’m trying out a new feed reader today called Omea Reader. I haven’t made up my mind yet, but one thing I like is that you can “bookmark” (note obvious anti-Microsoft terminology) news web pages that haven’t made it into the RSS world yet. I can’t stand opening up a browser and slogging through a menu of 1000 favorites to find news, so this is a nifty feature for my lazy buttocks.
- Blog
2007-01
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Nancy Pelosi and Big Tuna?.
2007-01-16.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually saw something interesting on RightsideVA (one of the SWAC blogs) over the weekend: Congress starting to smell “Fishy” already… I’m surprised this issue isn’t getting more attention, but I guess “the surge” is eclipsing everything else right now. Not to mention the new season of 24.
- Commentary
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Hard-Hitting SOTU 2007 Observations.
2007-01-24.
Here are some hard-hitting SOTU observations you won’t find anywhere else! (Mrs. Krehbiel also contributed to this list, though she probably doesn’t realize she was doing so.)
- Commentary
2007-04
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Nancy Pelosi Talking To Syria??.
2007-04-04.
I’ve tried to give Nancy Pelosi the benefit of the doubt, since she’s the first woman speaker and all. I didn’t make much of a fuss over that Big Tuna incident where she allegedly exempted one of her constituents from having to pay the federal minimum wage. I didn’t say anything about her demanding a huge, expensive, gas-guzzling military jet for her and her entourage to fly around the country in.
- Commentary
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Followup On Nancy Pelosi In Syria.
2007-04-10.
I wanted to follow up real quick on Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Syria. I took Alice’s advice and read a little bit from Media Matters on this subject and did indeed find that Republicans and talk radio/talk blogs were (imo) blowing things way out of proportion. They probably still would be if it weren’t for the Don Imus “controversy.”
- Commentary
2007-05
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Partisan Bickering Stinks.
2007-05-02.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m weary of all the partisan games over the Iraq “war” funding bill. Both Republican and Democratic legislators alike are acting thoroughly childish, imho.
- Commentary
2007-09
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The Larry Craig Irony.
2007-09-01.
Life is filled with irony. It is rather ironic that mere days after the untimely death of Richard Jewell, a man whose reputation was destroyed by the collective incompetence of the media after the Atlanta Olympics bombing in 1996 – a man whose untimely death was recently reported widely by the media almost as if they were trying to seek atonement for their previous misdeed – we now see Sen. Larry Craig’s reputation and career being destroyed by the exact same media.
- Commentary
2007-12
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So That’s What Christmas Is.
2007-12-17.
I see that there is much outrage amongst Republican bloggers over 9 Democrats voting no on H. Res. 847, a bill recognizing Christmas as an important holiday to Christians.
- Commentary
2008-08
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omgwtfbbq #dontgo.
2008-08-07.
Virginia blogger Scott White has been spamming the Virginia blogosphere with breathless posts about the Twitter thread #dontgo for the last several days. It’s being called a “movement,” a “turning point,” a “revolution,” an “online orgy of oil drilling bliss” (okay, I made that one up).
- Commentary
2009-07
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On the Climate Bill and the Worthless Congress.
2009-07-02.
I’m no fan of Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) - in fact, I typically can’t stand the sound of his voice. But I applaud him for taking an hour to try to call attention to the way Henry Waxman’s (D-CA) Climate Bill (H.R.2454) was recently ramrodded through the House without anyone reading it.
- Commentary
2013-10
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What’s Really At Stake Here.
2013-10-03.
This has nothing to do with whether Obamacare is good, bad, or indifferent. What’s at stake is whether factions in Congress should have the power to circumvent the normal process of making laws so they can enforce their will on the whole country.
- Politics
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Why Jon Stewart Usually Resonates.
2013-10-04.
I guess when you look at an issue without layers and layers of self-delusional partisan rhetoric in the way, and just focus on the absurdity of it, you can’t help but come up with a consistent view of who did what, when, and why.
- Politics
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Turnabout Is Fair Play.
2013-10-15.
Seems to be some buzz now about a bi-partisan deal the Senate is cooking up to open the government and raise the debt ceiling. The deal sounds like it goes something like this: "Let’s do this exact same shutdown and debt ceiling drama again in February." Because it’s not so much a deal as it is a postponement of a deal.
- Politics
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Back to the Senate We Go.
2013-10-16.
Today we are assured (again) that the Senate deal is close and will save us all, and everybody will approve it, and everything will be back to normal. Until January. If House Republicans go for it. Which based on their past performance, you have to think they won’t. Because if they do, then they did all this for nothing.
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See You Back Here In January.
2013-10-17.
I’m watching on C-SPAN.org as the House is voting to adopt the Senate’s bill to fund the government until January and raise the debt ceiling until February, which the Senate passed today 81-18. Everyone expects it to pass.
- Politics
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It’s Nothing Like A Credit Card!.
2013-10-17.
I was watching C-SPAN last night and saw Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaking about the debt ceiling when he stumbled into a pet peeve of mine. He was describing the debt ceiling and what it means to raise it. Naturally he went to the go-to analogy that everyone uses when discussing the debt ceiling: It’s like paying your mortgage with your credit card.
- Politics
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I Really Have To Say This?.
2013-10-23.
The problems with Healthcare.gov are entirely unrelated to whatever problems are in the law. Saying the healthcare law is bad because the web site is broken is like saying speed limits are bad because your car broke down.
- Politics