Now this is a provocative headline:
White Atlanta suburbs push for secession
Talk about evoking some strong imagery. Gone With the Wind, anyone?
Turns out they’re really talking about money… and as is all too often the case, it’s the suburbs that have it, and the urban area that doesn’t:
Legislation that would allow the suburbs to form […]
From Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post:
If George W. Bush proposes something, it must be bad. Such is the knee-jerk state of partisan suspiciousness that when the president actually endorses a tax increase — a tax increase that would primarily hit the well-off, no less — Democrats still howl.
Such is the level of distrust that […]
In 1993, the Clinton administration tried to pass a universal health care plan. There were a number of flaws with that national health care proposal — not least that it was employer-based and rooted in HMO’s (something I work assiduously to avoid) — but it was, at least, an attempt to wrestle the problem to […]
Having joined the 2008 presidential wannabe party, Hillary’s signalled her willingness to go through the public meat grinder — an evidently contagious form of self-flagellation that I truly do not comprehend.
There are aspects of Hillary, though, that I do understand (or at least I think I do), and they stem from being a woman and […]
Why is this story making headlines?
On Friday, U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said Chavez’s plans under the law “have caused us some concern.”
Chavez rejected Casey’s statement in his broadcast, saying: “Go to hell, gringos! Go home!”
*Yawn* — or as Adorable Child (AC) would probably say, “Whatever…”
Actually, I’m kidding about AC’s response. When someone […]
Sigh….
It was very sad this evening in Polimom’s den, as the Saints’ wonderful season ended with a less-than-stellar performance.
There I was in my easy chair, surrounded by AC and her friends, my bottom lip drooping out as far as it could go.. and one of them said, “Well… at least they’re not the Ain’ts anymore”.
And […]
Polimom’s parents didn’t spank. Instead, the preferred method of discipline was withdrawal of affection combined with a liberal application of guilt. I can tell you that this is very effective — and it’s also one of the things I put under the heading of “things I never want to do to my child” when I […]
In Tuesday’s SoTU address, Bush will be playing to a tough crowd; the national audience is well and truly ticked off at him. Thus, I’m not particularly surprised to read that he’s planning to talk about issues other than Iraq, like energy, immigration, and health care. Today’s New York Times has a preview of the […]
I read somewhere that Obama’s still thinkin’ the New Orleans Saints are living some kind of fairy tale.
Maybe — but that’s not why they’re gonna win in Chicago on Sunday.
Some have written about Destiny, and how this spectacular Saints season was in the stars.
Maybe — but that’s not why they’re gonna win either.
The New Orleans […]