Archive | January, 2011
Reince Priebus Elected RNC Chairman
After seven rounds of voting and multiple candidate dropouts, Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus has been elected the next chairman of the Republican National Committee. He replaces Michael Steele and faces a very difficult challenge of both paying off massive debts and building a war chest for 2012. Good news for Republicans: This is the [...]
MSNBC SOTU Promos Ignore Republican Presidents
14. January 2011
In which MSNBC’s partisanship goes from bitter to pathetic. Note: We’re not just talking about ignoring George W. Bush or Richard Nixon. This wasn’t about leaving out presidents the country wishes to forget. Ronald Reagan is equally ignored. And yet we find clips of Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter — both of which left office [...]
A Note on the President’s Speech
12. January 2011
I missed it, but some people I trust say it was pretty good. So kudos to the White House on that. That said, I’d still like to know who thought creating a logo and printing t-shirts for the event was a good idea. And why no one bothered saying, “Uh, hey, this is pretty inappropriate [...]
Tonight’s Memorial Service: The Logo, Schedule, and Questions
12. January 2011
Okay, what? It seems that this evening’s memorial service in Tucscon has an upbeat name “Together We Thrive: Tucson and America”, a custom logo, and an odd schedule. First of all, “Together We Thrive” sounds more like a union rally than a memorial service for six murdered individuals. Who chose that inappropriately upbeat, political sounding [...]
Dupnik Won’t Release Public Reports on Arizona Shooter
12. January 2011
Sheriff Dupnik is quick to launch baseless accusations against conservative figures, not so quick to release actual, relevant information regarding the shooter. What’s wrong, Clarence, the facts don’t match the narrative? Sheriff’s Department and community-college officials in Pima County are refusing to release a wide range of public documents about the man charged in Saturday’s [...]
Police Stopped Loughner On Day of Shooting
12. January 2011
Jared Loughner was stopped by police for running a red light just hours before shooting and killing several individuals, including Congresswoman Gabrille Giffords. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting ran a red light and was stopped by a wildlife officer less than three hours before the attack that wounded Rep. [...]
Jared Loughner Didn’t Watch TV, Wasn’t Interested in News
12. January 2011
Hey, what do you know. It turns out that Loughner wasn’t motivated by talk radio or Fox News. Go figure. Osler says his friend wasn’t shooting at people, “he was shooting at the world.” Regarding the high-pitched talk radio and cable news political rhetoric, Osler says his friend didn’t even watch the news. He did [...]
Breaking: Lebanese Unity Government Collapses
12. January 2011
The Lebanese government has collapsed following the resignation of 11 Hezbollah and Hezbollah-aligned ministers. The ministers are protesting Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s refusal to undermine a UN-backed investigation into the assassination of his father. The investigation is expected to implicate Hezbollah in the murder.
Congressional Job Approval Up to 20%
12. January 2011
Not up twenty percentage points, mind you. Up to 20%. So low has the American expectation been for Congress that a 20% approval rate is a serious improvement over the previous approval rating. The new national survey finds that within only five days of Republicans taking majority control of the House of Representatives on Jan. [...]
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling
12. January 2011
Oh my. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. public overwhelmingly opposes raising the country’s debt limit even though failure to do so could hurt America’s international standing and push up borrowing costs, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. Some 71 percent of those surveyed oppose increasing the borrowing authority, the focus of a brewing [...]
14. January 2011
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