Literal videos
I seem to have stumbled on the phenomenon of literal videos relatively late in the game. A bunch of them went viral at You Tube last spring, and somehow I missed them. But if you, like me, weren’t familiar with … Continue reading →
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Is the Slaughter solution for real?
I wrote earlier that I didn’t know whether the Slaughter solution would hold up, and I still don’t know. Will it bring reluctant Dems in the House on board? Does Pelosi have the cojones to go through with it? And … Continue reading →
I’m a blogger, not a tweeter
Twitter has never held any appeal for me. 140 characters? C’mon, that’s barely enough to get me started. And have you ever noticed how nearly everyone who tweets ends up sounding like a Valley Girl? But blogging attracted me right … Continue reading →
The limits of term limits?
A great many people are crying out for term limits as a remedy for Congressional corruption and power trips. And there are certainly many advantages to the idea. But certain recent actions of the Democrats in Congress have made me … Continue reading →
It has recently been pointed out to me…
…that I have so far written 467 posts with the tag “Obama.” ARGHHHH!!!!
Continue reading →Two good pieces on health care reform and the Democrats
In Forbes, Shikha Dalmia offers a good summary of the present state of health care reform. It’s worth reading the whole thing, but here’s a short excerpt: …[B]oth the Democratic Party and President Obama have mutually reinforcing blind spots that … Continue reading →
The Parliamentarian and health care reform reconciliation
The Senate Parliamentarian drives one more stake into the vampire’s heart. A few more stakes here. But the vampire staggers on.
Continue reading →Symmetry
The Massa and Foley incidents are starting to show a strange symmetry.
Continue reading →Comment of the day: power and the rule of law
Commenter Wolla Dalbo writes: I think that a lot of commenters here are basing their analysis on a false assumption, and that false assumption is that the Democrats care at all about the rule of law, parliamentary procedure, Democracy, our … Continue reading →
The Republican 41
Anyone think RINOs are good for nothing? This is exactly what they are good for. Every single Republican Senator (and that includes leading Maine RINOs extraordinaire—or are the RINOettes?— Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins has signed on in an attempt … Continue reading →
Slaughter: hey, I know! Let’s change the rules so that we don’t have to vote at all
I must confess I don’t understand how this could possibly get by: House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the … Continue reading →
They can’t even get their lies lined up
Dick Durbin slips and tells an inconvenient truth: He better stay away from the Congressional showers.
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