Sen. Bill Clinton? Don’t completely rule it out.
The former president is among several boldface names being touted as possible “caretakers” for New York’s Senate seat — people who would serve until the 2010 elections but wouldn’t be interested in running to keep the job.
As the process of picking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s replacement gets messier, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
They Just Won’t Go Away!
31 December 2008Those Evil Corporations
29 December 2008…never do anything nice for kids at Christmas, do they?
Egypt And Israel Agree On Hamas?
28 December 2008That’s apparently what’s going on in the current Gaza fighting:
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Israeli offensive in Gaza is that, for the moment at least, Israel and Egypt seem to be allied. Haaretz reports that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni traveled to Cairo to inform Hosni Mubarak [...]
Why Aren’t The Greens Happy?
28 December 2008Victor Davis Hanson (whom I think is a good candidate for a replacement for the wit and wisdom of the late William F. Buckley) has a good point:
I’m very puzzled by the nexus between the current downturn and concern about global warming. Given that we were told we had to immediately cut back on carbon [...]
Merry Christmas!
25 December 2008Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do [...]
Tracking A Real VIP
23 December 2008No, not His Oneness, Barack Obama… it’s time to track Santa!
As they have for over 50 years, NORAD will be tracking Santa on his whirlwind worldwide trip tomorrow (as I write this, we have about 12 hours left on the countdown to tracking). Go ahead and check out the site now, there’s interesting stuff there [...]
Hypocrisy In The Obama Administration
22 December 2008Here it comes… the folks responsible for lecturing us poor peons about “sustainability” and “carbon footprints” will, themselves, have carbon footprints bigger than a whole herd of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?):
National Review Online has obtained an e-mail from [proposed NOAA Administrator Jane] Lubchenco’s husband, Oregon State University professor Bruce Menge, suggesting that the couple will contribute mightily [...]
Can We Declare Victory In Iraq Yet?
22 December 2008The murder rate for Iraq as of November was 0.9 per 100,000 people.
The murder rate for the United States of America for 2007 was 5.6 per 100,000 people.
In other words, Iraq is now safer for the average citizen than America is.
Can we please declare the Iraq War a victory?
Now There’s a Snow-Loving Dog
21 December 2008See for yourself.
h/t the one and only Jonah Goldberg at NRO.
Palin Says “No Thanks” To a Mid-Term Raise
18 December 2008In strong contrast to the story below is the strong stance of the much-maligned Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin:
Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t ask for a pay raise and won’t accept one during her current term, a spokesman said Wednesday.
A new state commission appointed by Palin recommends boosting the governor’s pay from $125,000 to $150,000. The [...]
With Unemployment Rising, Congress Gets A Raise
18 December 2008File this under “out of touch with common people.”
A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay.
Instead, they will get a $4,700 pay increase, amounting to an additional $2.5 million that [...]
Where Your Tax Dollars Go
16 December 2008Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has released a report highlighting some of the worst pork barrel spending from 2008.
Lowlights include:
• $188,000 for Lobster Institute in Maine, home of the “LobsterCam”
• $1 million for bike paths on Louisiana levees while levees await basic repairs
• $2.4 million for a retractable shade canopy at a park in West Virginia
• [...]
Bush’s Shoe Tosser
16 December 2008I have only one thing to say about the Iraqi who tossed his shoes at President Bush.
Ain’t it wonderful that Iraqis are now free enough to express themselves as they see fit?
Imagine someone doing that to Saddam Hussein, or another dictator, like, say, Ahmadinnerjacket, Kim Jong-il, Hugo Chavez, or even Bush’s buddy Vlad Putin. And [...]
Double-Standard Alert! Sarah Palin vs. Caroline Kennedy
16 December 2008Ain’t it a delicious irony that the folks that thought that Sarah Palin, who has participated in three actual elections and won two of them, was unqualified for the Vice Presidency–which, by the way, is President of the Senate–are the exact same folks who think that Caroline Kennedy, who has never stood for election to [...]
What Keeps GM From Being Competitive?
16 December 2008The ever-wise Michael Barone gives some historical background:
The plight of the Detroit Three auto companies raises the question of why people ever thought this was a good idea. The answer, I think, is that unionism was seen as the necessary antidote to Taylorism. That’s not a familiar term today, but it was when the Wagner [...]
A Big Part Of Why The Big Three Are Failing
13 December 2008Just go look at the picture here.
That’s the 2007 UAW contract with Ford, all 2,215 pages and 22 pounds of it.
Now, tell me how any company, even one managed by the best of the best of CEOs (which none of the Big Three can be said to have right now) can be competitive under enough [...]