The internets are buzzing tonight with the news that Wisconsin Governor Walker received a prank call today from Ian Murphy, 33, of Buffalo, who writes for a site called BuffaloBeast.com. Murphy was pretending to be prominent conservative donor David Koch. Koch, was “one of the biggest contributors” Walker’s election campaign. So obviously when money calls, Walker answers… It all looks very damning for Walker. Very damning. Walker was completely duped. Walker is completely in the pockets of the Koch brothers,...
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Budget Showdown: Boehner Points Finger Back At Reid
GOP House Speaker John Boehner says that he doesn’t want to close the federal government over the emerging budget stand-off, but he essentially told Democrats, “Do it my way.” It’s the latest in the back-and-forth over funding federal operations through September once the current spending measure expires March 4. The government would shut down without agreement on a new spending bill, which could throw the nation back into economic recession, Democrats warn. “Struggling families in Nevada and across the...
Unions & The Tea Party
Is there a correlation between unions and the Tea Party? Will Wilkinson makes a comparison: There’s something about the union demonstrations in Madison, and the excitement it has caused on the left, that reminds me of the Tea Party. I think I’ve figured it out what it is. The advent of the labor movement is at the heart of the left’s sacred creation myth. The sense on the left that unions are under siege gives them something to fight...
AOL, The Huffington Post and My Email Address
I’m not a fan of AOL. I remember the days when you couldn’t buy a new computer without having AOL pre-installed. I signed up once years ago and dropped the service within days. AOL continued to bill me for a few months, until I finally convinced them they could not have my business and needed to refund my money. That was a long time ago, so imagine my surprise tonight when I received an email from AOL with the...
Why George Clooney Will Never Run for Office
George Clooney spends a good amount of time using his celebrity status to raise awareness on a lot of issues, including “helping generate support and aid for the people of the Sundan.” However, as politically involved as Clooney has been at times, he told Newsweek recently that he won’t be running for office anytime in the near future: “I didn’t live my life in the right way for politics, you know … I f—ed too many chicks and did...
Harry Reid Says He Won’t Blink In Coming Budget Showdown
The top Senate Democrat pledged Tuesday to move a stopgap budget measure to avoid a government shutdown, and challenged Republican House Speaker John Boehner to “drop the threats and ultimatums” in seeking a solution to the coming federal budget impasse. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he is asking Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) to prepare ” a clean Continuing Resolution” that Reid can bring to the Senate floor next week. Approval of such a stopgap...
Fishermen Meet with Senator John Kerry
Senator John Kerry met with fishermen and city leaders in New Bedford today to discuss the fishing industry. Sen. Kerry said, “Our fisherman across Massachusetts are hurting, not just the economy, but the government and some the decisions that have been made without sensitivity and without adequate creativity. I believe we can do better.” NECN reports that Kerry plans to fight federal fishing rules. The fishing industry plays a major part in the Massachusetts economy, but local fisherman are ofter caught in...
Water, Tea or Koch?
Again, as reported, the ideology is consistently “libertarian” in the Cato sense, which is concerned with the civil rights and liberties of the NON-wealthy in the same way that Brutus was concerned with Caesar’s right to a fair trial....
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