Via a press release from Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Today the Senate passed S.3145, which names a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, near Buffalo, New York, as the ‘Timothy J. Russert Highway.’ Tim Russert, the long-time host of “Meet the Press” and award-winning NBC journalist died June 13. Senator Boxer said: “Tim Russert’s love for his hometown was as well known as his passion for politics. This bill is...
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I believe today’s Ten Post Round-Up will give you a severe case of Shaken Blogger Syndrome (as in, you will shake your head so much from reading some of today’s posts that you may actually turn into a bobble-head doll–without the snazzy grass skirt)… 1: Government putting kids in danger to make a point?… Children Paying a Heavy Price for ICE’s Showy Immigration Raids–AlterNet 2: If you can’t find me on the internets, it’s because I’m hanging out here…...
Late Night News
What a day… I barely had a chance to even check the news today. Here’s a few important links of the days on the political front: From the Huff Po: Dodd And Feingold Will Filibuster Telecom Immunity… and “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says he will support Dodd and Feingold.” Think Progess has more. Oh and speaking of the Telcom Immunity Act: SPOTLIGHT: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA. Barack Obama “holds...
Bill Clinton is on Board for Obama
Bill Clinton issued a short, to the point endorsement for Obama via his spokesman Matt McKenna today: “President Clinton is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to ensure Senator Obama is the next president of the United States,” McKenna said. The Swamp notes that the Obama camp was not “specific when asked” what Clinton what they might ask Clinton to do. Sphere: Related Content
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I realize that this may come as a surprise, but today’s Ten Post Round-Up has very few of them… 1: Frozen dinners gone wild?… $30 TV Dinner–BuzzFeed 2: Most Americans are religious. They just don’t think their religion is the only way to God… U.S. Religious Landscape Survey–Friendly Atheist 3: It’s all the rage this summer: Flip-flops!… Master List of McCain Flip-Flop and Gaffes–Mugsy’s Rap Sheet 4: That’s like working at McDonald’s and refusing to wear your tricked out...
Bad Seal
Remember that silly campaign “seal” that the Obama campaign unveiled late last week? Just about everyone seemed to the think the “seal” was a bad idea, from staunch Obama supporters in the blogopshere, to the media, it was mocked and ridiculed. The good news is, it didn’t take team Obama too long to figure out that they needed to pull the bad “seal” out of circulation. Marc Ambinder reports he’s been “told that Obama recognizes that it was a...
Hillary Clinton Fulfills Promise, Speaks at High School Graduation
Four years ago, Hillary Clinton made a promise to Aleatha Williams, that she would speak at her high graduation. Yesterday, she fulfilled that promise. Aleatha Williams, is the daughter of a Clinton supporter and she volunteered for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. She introduced Senator Hillary Clinton to “fellow graduates from Pelham Preparatory Academy in the Bronx as “my aunt.”" Clinton said she had known Aleatha “and her wonderful mother, Patricia,” since the girl was 2 and had promised her when she graduated from...
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
If you thought your world was weird, yesterday, wait until you read today’s Ten Post Round-Up (let’s just say you may get the idea that Hades is about to experience some serious climate change…) 1: He’s ba-aack!… Ted Haggard Back In Colorado Springs–cbs4denver.com 2: And, so what if he doesn’t budge, eh?… Putting The FISA Pressure On Obama–The Democratic Daily 3: Snoop D-O-double-G as a cowboy? Fo’ Shizzle!… Snoop Dogg Goes Country?–The J-Walk Blog 4: Orange is the new...
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