New Home For Political Content
OK, it’s finally done. All future political content will be posted to my politics specific blog, The Politimat. At first it was just Politimat, but then when making it look like the White House website, I needed the “the”. It turns out, I think I like the sound of that better. But we’ll see.
Hilda Solis, New Secretary of Labor
She’s a pro-labor activist. And she supports the Employee Free Choice Act which means she must be stupid. Watch this woman, she will be one of the people that helps to ruin the democrats time in power. By the way, what does pro-labor mean? That’s just as dumb as pro-life. Who’s is anti-labor? Who’s anti-life? Nobody. [...]
Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer vs. CNBC vs. Stock Market
I really enjoyed Jon Stewart’s interview with Jim Cramer today. I don’t care much about Jim Cramer, but Jon really pointed out what a serious joke the stock market is. And Jim Cramer didn’t seem to get it, or didn’t admit to getting it. Jon pointed out that everyone in the industry seems to know [...]
Democratic Dissenters
A group of 15 to 20 democratic moderates in the senate are forming a loose coalition to focus on deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility. Rachel Maddow is very upset about this, because how dare anyone have a dissenting opinion. Rachel has showed us tonight that everyone has to agree with her or she gets very upset. [...]
Banks and Unions and Rachel Maddow
Apparently Citibank hosted a conference call yesterday about the Employee Free Choice Act during which some of the participants of the call expressed negative opinions of the bill. Bank of America also hosted a conference call LAST OCTOBER where opions were expressed against EFCA. They have audio of Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot expressing [...]
South Carolina Strikes Back
Yesterday I reported that South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford, had decided to use his state’s share of the stimulus money to pay down the state’s debt, much to the chagrin of the people of his state. But today another republican, state senator Hugh Leatherman introduced a bill to bypass the governor and allow the state [...]