Cross posted from Connecting.the.Dots: After all those high-tech commercials on the Super Bowl, the U.S. Senate this week is looking like an old-fashioned car lot with politicians lobbing buzz words at us–bipartisan, non-binding, compromise, deadlock, procedural, debate—-in their usual bait-and-switch games. McCain, Lieberman and McConnell et al are still trying to palm off Bush’s repainted Baghdad jalopy on more than seventy percent of voters who aren’t buying. Reid, Warner, Levin et al keep kicking the tires but can’t get...
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Putting the Bush approval ratings into perspective
When we see the low approval ratings for Bush, we just wonder how low he can possibly get. Radar Online has the 411 on just how low the president really is. Some of these are sure to make you cringe and you should remember that it is prefered over Bush! Fruitcake Polling Higher Than Bush According to the latest CBS News poll, the president’s overall approval rating has dipped to 28 percent—the lowest number in his presidency and dangerously...
More Stolen Veterans Data. Secretary Nicholson Should Resign
Secretary Jim Nicholson, this sir is unacceptable! Once again sir, the VA has not only failed to do their jobs, but has put some veterans at risk of identity theft. The fact that this is not the first time just underscores how inept the data security at the VA really is. The last time this happened, I received that Dear Veteran letter from the VA. This is what you had to say then Mr. Secretary. The men and women...
Kerry Adjusts to “Normal Life of Senate”
Cross Posted from Article of Faith” This morning’s NYT has a funereal article about John Kerry’s “re-adjustment” to life as a “presidential also-ran”. Frankly, reading it is like reading an obituary: “Senator John Kerry keeps to himself around the Capitol. He is always rushing somewhere, head down, disappearing into elevators. A Senate loner for 22 years, Mr. Kerry seems all the more isolated now as he darts past the media hordes around the next set of presidential seekers, colleagues...
2008: A Modest Proposal*
Cross Posted from Connecting.the.Dots: Of the many worthies seeking national leadership, one stands apart from the rest. In these parlous times, with 30 per cent of the populace firmly behind him, his experience in presiding over wars and natural disasters is unmatched. All and sundry know him as a uniter, not a divider, a decider who does not waver under pressure, a resolute commander who consults a Higher Power rather than mere mortals on life-and-death decisions. Unlike some, he...
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