I first posted this at motherjones.com. Tried to be nuanced. But did I end up just sounding naive? Feel free to tell me. Eric Holder Jr., by all accounts, is a decent, smart, caring, competent fellow. President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be attorney general had a brilliant career in public service: he graduated from Columbia University law school, worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was a trial attorney at the Justice Department, a Superior Court judge in Washington, DC, a US attorney, an
NEWS and NOTESWorld Wrestling Entertainment’s SmackDown crew will be in Dothan, AL, at the Dothan Civic Center tonight. Advertised: Triple H, Edge, Vladimir Kozlov, R-Truth, the Great Khali, Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and Carlito.Bell time is 7:30 PM.WWE’s RAW/ECW crew will be in Hammond, IN, at the Hammond Civic Center. Advertised: Rey Mysterio, Jr., Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Kane, Ted DiBiase, Jr., Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Tommy Dreamer, Cryme Tyme, Beth Phoenix
Independent candidates in Connecticut are recieving a swarm of bad press over how they spent the money they got through the public financing system.Recently filed state campaign finance reports show Independent candidates bought their fair share of slogan-splattered campaign pens, T-shirts and lawn signs, but they also paid their friends, relatives of friends, and each other.Mike Telesca, an Independent candidate for the 73rd House District, earned $6,000 from fellow Independent candidates Cicer
Apparently, high level talks have already been taking place with Iran and Syria behind the scenes: An Iranian man holding a Lebanese Hezbollah flag walks past an anti-US mural in Tehran Source: AFP “US President Barack Obama has already used experts within the last few months to hold high-level but discreet talks with both Iran and Syria, organizers of the meetings told AFP. Officially, Obama’s overtures toward both Tehran and Damascus have remained limited. In an interview broadcast Monda
Elections are simple (in theory) and for the vast majority of participants in any campaign, a single action is requested: a vote for the candidate. A smaller sub-set will give money. An even smaller group than that will actively organize and raise money. An $800 billion stimulus package thrown into the teeth of a foundation-rattling recession is inherently a political challenge in terms of clear public messaging – and the votes that count live on Capitol Hill. Into that storm steps – timidly,
“Blue State MODERATE [emphasis added] Michael Steele beat four MORE HARDLINE [emphasis added] GOP candidates to become the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee.”—NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 1/31/09 FROM THE MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S “MARYLAND LT. GOVERNOR MICHAEL STEELE RESEARCH BOOK”: While speaking to the Baltimore Jewish Council, Michael Steele compared doctors conducting stem cell research to Nazis performing human experiments during the Holocaust: “You of all f
from the GENERAL, MUNICIPAL, BOILERMAKERS AND ALLIED TRADE UNION, TUC:Economic Freedoms Cannot Have Priority Over Fundamental Social Rights And Social Progress, And In The Case Of Conflict, Social Rights Should Take Precedence Says GMBIf we cannot guarantee this, we will have a free for all of social dumping across Europe, to the benefit of none30 Jan 2009 Kathleen Walker Shaw, GMB European Officer commenting on the unofficial dispute in the engineering construction industry said, ” The pressure
Turnabout is fair play.Consolidators have screwed employees out of their jobs.Now, advertisers are screwing radio stations out of previously agreed upon rates.What do you expect when there is only one rep firm for the entire radio business?And that rep firm is owned by Clear Channel, the largest radio group.And Clear Channel is owned by a group of clueless private equity companies named Lee & Bain.What you get is radio advertising anarchy.And that’s what is happening — chaos, disorder. Perhaps
My sincere apologies.It must be the start of school if I’m not blogging consistently. The 100,000 post really doesn’t count as a serious blog, but school has started and I have a full load: Music in the Black Church (in lieu of Intro to Greek 2 taught by an incompetent professor resulting in me dropping a class), Intro to Missiology, Church History 2 taught by an almost nearly inept professor and TA and Intro to Pastoral Care. Not a lot a heavy hitters, but these are still classes that require
Many people who are looking for quick cash at the moment are being rejected due to the banks strict policies. They have been forced to keep a careful eye on who they are lending their money to due to the ruthless lending they have been doing in recent years. You are more likely to have your application accepted if you are a low risk borrower. You will qualify as a low risk borrower if there is a low risk that you will not pay the money back on time. Therefore the banks will feel a lot more com