- Your humble representatives: There are 237 millionaires in Congress. That’s nearly half. Does that make it nearly impossible for the “ordinary folk” to make it to capitol hill? After all, when was the last time we saw someone on the floor of the House wearing a Confederate flag do-rag? Clearly they’ve lost touch with the common American.
- The House passed the health care bill late Saturday night. Since the vote was so closes in the House, it seems DOA in the Senate. Lindsey Graham says so, and if he won’t cross over no one will. With the House vote being that close, I don’t think there’s any way that a conference bill would pass anyway, even if it does make it through the Senate.
- According to Byron York, hours after the health bill passed the House, President Obama was sending out fund-raising emails. Tacky use of the Oval office?
- Joe Leiberman has announced and investigation into the Ft. Hood shooting. He says that the Army should have zero tolerance, and if any of the supposed warning signs were actually true, the army should have shown him the door. Should they be able to drum you out on the grounds that they believe you might be an islamofascist? Tim McVeigh basically was drummed out for being an extremist, and that didn’t end well either.
- President Obama is still sitting out the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Does it make the President look bad to swoop into Copenhagen for the Olympics, and pick up his Nobel Peace Prize but skip the Berlin anniversary?
- Red meat: Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong.
- Chicago Department of Public Health officials say they’ve vaccinated almost 51,000 people against the swine flu.
- The White House war on Fox News may not have reached detente after all. According to some DNC politicos, they have been asked by the White House to stop appearing on FNC.
- Former Cubs slugger/albatross Sammy Sosa may be the next Michael Jackson. No, he isn’t inviting the neighborhood kids to stay at his house in Miami, but he did show up to an event in Vegas looking much more light-skinned than most people remember. (with freaky deaky picture)
- Governor Quinn has become the latest person to throw Todd Stroger under the bus. He signed a law over the weekend making it easier for the board to override his veto.
- President Obama is said to be near sending 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. If you’re McChrystal, would you say “close enough” or would you stand by your statement that you need 40,000?
- Did you watch the Yankees ticker tape parade? Apparently at one point they ran out of ticker tape and started showering the World Champs with your personal financial information… really.
- The Minnesota kid who fled chemo because of his family’s religions beliefs did eventually get treatment, and now he’s cancer free. God wants you to do what your doctor says.
- Now he’ll face an even bigger fine: A 78 year old man who was upset about getting a ticket kicked the police officer in the groin… twice.
- The unemployment rate is at 10% for the first time since 1983, but the AP says this time it’s much much worse. They say more people will loose their homes, because now we all over mortgages and credit card bills out the wazoo.
- Fat defense update: The man who said he was too fat to kill his son in law has been found guilty.
- Worker productivity is through the roof. You’d think that would be good news in this age of economic unrest, but in reality workers are being more productive and that makes it highly unlikely that companies will re-hire any of the jobless.
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Archive for November 9th, 2009
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