By JamesW on Oct 18, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Sometimes I think our political leaders read too much Ian Fleming, or worse, indulge in the faint-within-faint-within-faint political tactics implicit in the whole “Dune” series. If the recent insinuated allegation recently filed by the Obama Campaign is true, then we have nothing short of a full fledged conspiracy to undermine the very fabric of [...]
By JamesW on Oct 17, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 4 Comments
It turns out “Joe the Plumber” (real name is Joe Wurzelbacher) isn’t really a plumber, and has no real plans to buy anyones business in the near future. In addition, he currently makes about $40,000 a year, and if he did manage to buy the business he has his eye one, he might, if [...]
By JamesW on Oct 16, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Conrad, who appeared before the crowd before McCain had arrived, offered a prayer that seemed to urge divine intervention to prevent Barack Obama from winning the presidential election — and cast the outcome as a referendum on differing religions.
The Times’ Maeve Reston was at the event, and she passed along the key passage from Conrad’s [...]
By JamesW on Oct 13, 2008 in Featured, The Mud Pit | 1 Comment
Future generations (if schools still exist), might be taught about the historic meeting on September 25th, 2008, when President Bush was heard to utter “If money doesn’t loosen up, this sucker could go down.”
It was supposed to be not much more than a photo-opportunity, a demonstration of national unity in the face of economic [...]
By JamesW on Oct 10, 2008 in The Mud Pit | 2 Comments
FROM THE LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, WEBSITE:
When Mike Scott took charge of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in 2005, he became just the 12th person to oversee the agency since 1887. Already, he has made his mark in the community – and the state.
“People could say running for sheriff took either courage, ignorance, or [...]
By JamesW on Oct 8, 2008 in The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
The New York Federal Reserve is lending up to $37.8 billion to American International Group to give the troubled insurer access to much-needed cash (for more, and better parties?).
The new program, announced Wednesday, is on top of the $85 billion the federal government agreed to lend to AIG last month to prevent the global company [...]
By JamesW on Oct 8, 2008 in The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
This from the LA TImes: Days after the Feds committed $85 billion of tax-payers’ money to a bailout of insurance giant AIG, senior execs from the troubled company headed to Southern California’s ultra swanky St.Regis Resort in Monarch Beach for a week of wining (or should it be “whining”) and dining. The company paid [...]
By JamesW on Sep 17, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
Whatever happened to “small government”. Isn’t that a Republican trademark? Now, thanks to our tax dollars, we (and I mean everyone in this country that pays taxes), own 79% of AIG, paying $85-billion, and of course manage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well. And how did you feel about paying out $24 million to [...]
By JamesW on Sep 2, 2008 in The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Which one would you get behind, one of the universe’s worst sociopaths ever, or a ‘blowhard doofus’? I think I know which one I’d pick.
The blog Politicker ME reports that at a Maine delegate breakfast at the Republican National Convention, Rove, the so-called “architect” of the Bush administration, called Biden a “big blowhard doofus.” Biden, [...]
By JamesW on Aug 29, 2008 in Environment, Featured, The Mud Pit | 4 Comments
Pesky Scientists Ruining Our Good Time – AGAIN
There are an estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears in the Arctic, but scientists from the US Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world’s bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of a decline in the Arctic sea ice.
In a stark warning last year, scientists at [...]