Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh

Andy Card had some critical words for the new, less buttoned-down dress code policy in the Obama White House (emphasis in original):

Thought of the Day

Never has a sinless child been born. SUMERIAN PROVERB

The Republican Party’s Strategy for Regaining Power

Act like nothing changed on November 4. Act like Barack Obama did not score a huge win on Election Day, like Democrats did not pick up all those seats in Congress, like the American people did not resoundingly reject Republican governing philosophy on Election Day:

John Yoo Advises Pres. Obama To Keep Torturing

The lawyer who butchered the law to give his political masters what they wanted urges the new president — who, unlike the last president, actually knows the law and holds the Constitution in high regard — to want the same thing:

Thought of the Day

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. THOMAS PAINE

File This Under . . .

It’s about time. J STREET may or may not be news to you.  But I just heard of this project last night. There are several articles regarding this story so I will link to a few.  First, in the The Jewish Week, then in Salon, followed by Newsweek. Not surprisingly the right-wingers and AIPAC-like thinkers [...]

Stiffing the American People and Calling It “Principle”

Toby Harnden, the U.S. correspondent for the British paper, Telegraph, calls yesterday’s 244-188 vote in the House, approving an $819 billion economic stimulus package, a “slap in the face to Barack Obama” and “a hollow victory indeed.” Why? Because House Republicans all voted against it, despite Pres. Obama’s $275 billion tax cut concession, despite his [...]

The Holder Nomination

Eric Holder’s nomination has been approved for full Senate vote. But now there is a controversy over a Washington Times article about one member of the Judiciary Committee who claims that Holder “privately assured” him he would not prosecute former Bush officials for torture:

Stand-down ?

This one-day stand-down is like trying to use a Band-Aid to fix a beheading.  The problem goes far beyond Houston or the United States Army.  Recruiters are forced to lie and cheat to meet a quota that is unreasonably high in order to try to fix a broken Army. Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, commanding general [...]

Illinois Gov

I lived in Illinois for eighteen years, leaving in the summer of 2006.  I voted for Rod Blagojevich when he was elected in 2002.  He was the first Dem governor in 28 years, or so. I have a friend, A,  that still lives in Illinois.  He is a Correctional Officer (CO) at a state correctional [...]