Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Pardon the pun here please, but this is rich: “Arnold Slashing Pay for 200k State Workers to Federal Minimum Wage.” Yes, it’s true. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who can’t seem to balance the California budget has cooked up a new scheme to balance the budget at the expense of low wage state workers:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to [...]
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Filed under: California, Conservatives, Economic News, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
VoteVets is perhaps the most effective organization that speaks directly for the Veteran of Iraq/Afghanistan.
It was Vote Vet that made the definitve commercial about the 2nd rate body armor our troops were wearing even last year in Iraq. The US Army still refuses to use the more effective supplier. Today VoteVets has a new commercial [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, In The Blogosphere, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill, Veterans Issues
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
If this round-up were any juicier, you’d totally stick a fork in it…
1. It is long overdue to retire this policy. Gay soldiers should not be held to a higher standard than straight soldiers who are free to date who they like and not conceal their attractions. It is the gay soldier who [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Ed Rendell had the best quote of the day: “Speaking Tuesday on MSNBC, Rendell said he has not been vetted by the Obama campaign, indicating he’s not a focus for their search.
“I haven’t been contacted by anybody — showing that the Obama campaign has good sense,” Rendell said, adding that Obama would do well to [...]
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Filed under: Barack Obama '08, Democrats, Election '08, Foreign Policy, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Chris Bowers makes a startling proposal about offshore oil drilling and the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, as part of a longer article published at Open Left and The Daou Report:
Let’s face it: the best political strategy Democrats have had over the past eight years is to make sure that there were always enough Democrats to capitulate [...]
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Filed under: Bloggers, Bush Admin, Congress, Energy, Environment, George W. Bush, House of Reps, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Presidential Election, Senate, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Conservative columnist and talking head, Robert Novak was cited by Washington, D.C. police this morning “after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette” in downtown D.C. and drove away from the scene in what was seemingly a hit and run.
A Politico reporter saw Novak in the front of a police car with a citation in [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Crime, D.C., In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Robert Novak, Washington
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The Daou Report is back. Peter Daou, who initially launched the Daou Report shortly after the ‘04 election, has re-launced the Daou Report.
The Daou Report was hosted by Salon from February 2005 to April 2008, renamed the Blog Report in 2006 and managed by the ubiquitous Steve Benen after Peter joined Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It [...]
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Filed under: Bloggers, Democrats, Election '08, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, John Kerry, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Progressives
