One of my favorite clichéd bits of wisdom is “tell me about your friends, and I will tell you about yourself.” (I am also partial to never get less than twelve hours sleep, never play cards with a guy who…
Month: July 2010
HCR: Popularity Movin' On Up, No Word On Deluxe Apartment In Sky
According to Kaiser’s Health Tracking Poll: The July Health Tracking Poll indicates overall public support for the health reform law is steady from June, while unfavorable views of the law have trended downward. Half the public (50%) now expresses a…
Immigration: Judge Correctly Blocks Some Parts Of AZ Immigration Law
Well this is sure to draw scads of hyperbolic, ignorant, and/or legally inaccurate rants from conservative television and radio (and probably from Mike Ross, as he seems to tow the Republican line on this issue, even going so far as…
AR-Sen: Boozman As Sisyphus
Still pushing that rock up the hill, John Boozman writes: Instead of making hard decisions to change this course, President Obama and his allies in Congress, including Senator Lincoln, have vowed to throw money at every problem they encounter —…
Econ 101: A Quick Post For The Austerity Crowd
Well this certainly doesn’t jibe with what the we-have-to-stop-spending-or-we’ll-kill-the-market crowd keeps telling me. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,428 Monday, finally breaking back into positive territory for the year. At its low on 7/2, the market was down…
AR-04: Morrison Backs Rankin
I wonder if we are going to look back in a few years’ time and scratch our collective heads at the whole D.C. Morrison thing. I mean, the man was and remains in no way, shape, or form a Democrat. …
Green Party Picks Candidates
The Green Party of Arkansas had their nominating convention Saturday at Juanita’s. Via Talk Business, we see that they have fielded candidates in most of the big races, including AR-Sen and AR-Gov as well as three of the four Congressional…
AR Sec. State: Intelligent Design And Unintelligent Legislation
When Robbie Wills launched his attack against Joyce Elliott’s voting record in the days leading up the runoff, I wrote a post explaining why it was foolish to fault Elliott for voting against a bill that was, without a doubt,…
SC-Sen: Alvin Greene, Payday Candy Bars, and Squirrel Turds
What are things that are incredibly nutty? Alvin Greene knows exactly how to create jobs in this struggling economy. “Make toys of me,” he says. In an interview with The Guardian, the reliably eccentric South Carolina Senate candidate pitches his…
In The Blogs: Tolbert Tackles Auto Issue
I was going to chime in a with few thoughts on the StateVehicleGate thing, but I see that Jason Tolbert absolutely nailed it. So I will just link to his post, blockquote some of it, and note that this is…