Post Archive

February 2008

Hillary steps in it again -breaks her campaign promise to bring 200,000 new jobs to upstate NY. Sen. Clinton: “Well, I might have been a little exuberant, but I thought we could do it.” (Jerry Zremski, “It’s The Economy, Clinton Says,” The Buffalo [NY] News, 2/4/08)

Play Money: They Work Hard, Then Party Hard. But They Don’t Realize the Cost. Washington Post asks, “Do young Washingtonians spend too much on networking, happy hours, and going out?” Doesn’t everyone know about Common Share?

Did you know the Washington Wizards’ Gilbert Arenas has a blog? Gilbert sponsors a Halo team and found the Wizards Ballboy from his friends on Myspace. He even claims a bowling average between 220 and 240. Excerpts from his January 28 post: Got a New Video Game So I have …

Will this entice first time voters to the ballot box in November? Is this all “feel good” hope? Any policy in there? Does that help? Have we just seen the new politics for our generation? Where has Kareem been for the past few years? However you feel about Obama and …

NFL Sacks Church Super Bowl Parties After reading several stories about how preachers sacked the annual event to comply with NFL rules, former Washington Redskins quarterback turned Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., fired off a letter Friday to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asking for an exemption for churches.

Redskins’ Monk and Green lead six into Hall of Fame Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation His Redskins Bike Super Bowl Rings

Fiddy for Hillary “For President, I’d like to see Hillary Clinton…I just think she could do a good job. I mean Obama, ain’t nothing bad about Obama in my eyes either. I just think Hillary — that would be my choice.” Adding, “I’m not sure America’s ready to have a …

Must see TV [from Kimmel Live] DHS runs Cyber Storm [Trains, Planes, and Bloggers] This exercise may just catch on [Walk it out] Democrat biggest contributor to “Friends of John Boehner” [court ordered] The Fix [VP Line] Lowell Barron’s Punch Out [no charges] Congrats Butler and Jamison [All-Stars] So, you …

Does Martin have a man-crush on McCain? [not live from a Taco Bell]

MoveOn tells Hillary to move over – taps Barack.

Senator asks why NFL destroyed tapes

Didn’t know he could blow. From the WaPost: Marion Barry, trying out his lounge act at the 21st Amendment Bar & Grill. The D.C. Council member made a surprise appearance Wednesday night at the bar in the Capitol Hill Holiday Inn as a small crowd listened to the jazz stylings …

Pearson: Hastert knocks McCain as ‘allied with Democrats’ Asked if he considered McCain a conservative, Hastert said, “In my opinion, he is not.”

The new Party of Pork – according to the San Francisco Chronicle “This time, the Democrats are on the wrong side of an issue they once so passionately championed.”