Post Archive
March 2008
8 House Dems Get Letters Before Bombing
Bres: 8 House Dems get letters, photo of New York recruiting station before bombing Shackleford: Domestic Terror AP: Army Alerts Recruiters Nationwide After NY Bomb UPDATE: Law Enforcement: Letters Unrelated to Times Square Blast
Latest Links
Global Warming Payola?[Tierney] List of Thwarted Attacks Since Sept.11 [thank you DHS] The Next Slum? [McMansions] Bob Dylan Keeps His Hat [Sao Paulo]
Forget FISA, get me a drink with an umbrella in it
This week the Democrats made time for luxury living, but not so much time for our national security.Their excuse for omitting FISA [again] … …the schedule was too packed. “House Democratic leadership aides said late Tuesday it looked increasingly likely that floor action on legislation overhauling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …
St. Pete tells the pundits to take a vacation
According to the St. Petersburg Times ed board, Democratic voters gave Hillary Clinton exactly what she needed Tuesday in order to keep her in the fight until the convention. Although they admit the fight won’t be pretty. The endgame in this fascinating and historic contest could be ugly and divisive. …
Latest Links
Matalin to Carville: You Get It Everyday [gross] Boltbus Offers Cheap Rides from D.C. to NYC [$1] McCain is a Cannibal? [no media bias] Red bras = Republican, Blue = Dem? [oddly enough]
Steny Hoyer didn’t get the memo …
Pelosi: Voters will determine Dem candidate – not party leaders [I’m smart] Hoyer: Party leaders and super delegates will play a role, and an important one [I’m smarter]
Finally, a blogger asks the important question
Question: “Mr McCain do you know the difference between YouTube and MySpace?” [nice scoop]
A Texas-sized sh@t show
Howard Witt might have said it best … “You say a caucus. I say a ruckus. A hocus, a jokus, a chaos, a muckus – let’s call the whole thing rough.” [swampy] It was anything but calm, collected and normal last night in Texas, as precinct after precinct attempted to …
The MSM’s gift to Hillary, an Obama edge
It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the Clinton machine was going to play the “expectations game” tonight – matter of fact, they’ve been playing it for quite some time. As we wrote here last week, it was critical for Team Clinton that the MSM label Obama as the …
Apparently there’s a primary in Texas tonight?
You know the old adage – legislation is like making sausage – the result might be great, but you surely don’t want to watch the process. Well, the same goes for the Democratic “after primary caucus” process down in Texas – at least for one teed off resident. [why I’m …
HYPER HILL
For those about to rock [We Salute You] If you ain’t first [You’re Last] Weekly music agenda [dcist] Stop hogging the arcade game! [Chuck.E.Cheese] Steve-O Arrested [Splash!] Randy Moss Back with Patriots [conversate] Obama goes hip hop, again [robo call Jay Z style]
Hillary endorses McCain … sorta
Okay, so it’s not an official endorsement, but it’s damn close. From the National Journal’s Hotline: “Hillary Clinton told reporters that both she and the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain offer the experience to be ready to tackle any crisis facing the country under their watch, but Barack Obama simply …
Live-blogging, not just for Democrats anymore
Republican Leader John Boehner is sick and tired of the Democrats having all the fun. Instead of sitting back and watching his Democratic friends live-blog ’till their blue in the face, the Ohio congressman has decided it’s time for him to venture out into the wild wild web and “live-blog” …