Month: March 2009

New Dems are Misguided on Housing

So-called ‘moderate Democrats’ are complaining that Speaker Pelosi is using a strategy of maximizing the liberalness of legislation so that it results in a more satisfying product after the Senate gets done watering...

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Let the Air Out of Their Tires

Okay’s here’s the deal, see, I was reading this story here; a Bloomberg exclusive: While youths in Athens protest by throwing Molotov cocktails, in Paris by toppling barricades, and in Budapest by hurling eggs at...

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Deep Thought

Some days I get the feeling that the Israelis are replaying American 19th Century history, and no, not the part about the Civil War. The Israeli government has plans to build at least 73,000 new homes for Jews in the occupied...

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Advice for Republicans

As much as I enjoy watching the Republicans implode, I do wish that they would figure out a way to be a sane opposition party that can be trusted to run the country from time to time. Perhaps it is too hard to figure out what...

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Quote of the Day

Striking terror into Republicans: Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the number two Republican in the Senate, called the [Budget] proposal, “terrifying in the policy implications as well as mind-boggling...

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