San Francisco: Part Two — that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo”. There is anger building against the city of San Francisco’s anti-military vote last week. Even if you believe the Iraq War was a mistake, fair people must admire the sacrifice of our military people and …
Read More »Crisis Mismanagement
When is something a crisis to you? A crisis could be when your mortgage or rent payment is due and you don’t have the money. That’s a crisis. Or a crisis could be when you’re in school and you’ve put off doing a big term paper and it’s due the …
Read More »Steven Tyler Draws the Line
Steven Tyler | Warner Music | ‘Meet the Fockers’ Steven Tyler Draws the Line Don’t blame Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler for his current marital split. Over the weekend, Tyler announced that he was separating from his second wife, Teresa Barrick, who is the mother of his two youngest kids, …
Read More »Nowhere To Go?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Diverse Celebration? The annual Chula Vista holiday celebration showcased an abundance of diversity this year: There was a Christmas tree lighting, Hawaiian prayer dancers, and Christmas songs, including “Little Drummer Boy” and a local rabbi lit a menorah. But one group was …
Read More »The Ann Coulter Controversy
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Navy Blues The House and Senate have agreed to bar the Navy from allowing defense contractors to compete to build the next generation of destroyers. Instead, shipyards in Maine and Mississippi will take turns building half of the 10 new ships — …
Read More »More House Ethics Violations?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Paper Trail Ohio Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones (search), who sits on the House ethics committee, took the very kind of trip that Democrats are attacking House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) for, according to her own documents. Jones was part of what …
Read More »Media Bias in Favor of Democrats?
And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Media Bias in Favor of Democrats?The Media Research Center, which keeps statistics on who reports what on broadcast news, found a general bias in favor of Democrats and opponents of …
Read More »I'm Sorry Is Not Enough for Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.
And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Miss the Grapevine? Watch it! Lott’s More Apologies The more Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., says by way of apology, the worse it seems to get for him. Spike Lee, the movie director, is now saying …
Read More »Irradiated Mail Syndrome?
Congressional investigators reported this week that mail irradiation might be making some congressional employees ill. It’s a conclusion not backed up by any scientifically derived data and analysis. The congressional Office of Compliance concluded that “handling irradiated mail for substantial periods of time may be the cause, or a contributing …
Read More »Is Al Gore Ready to Run?
And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Race-Baiting?An article appearing in this week’s Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, describes Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Riceas colored people who belong to the Third World, but then heaps racial vitriol upon Rice. The piece calls …
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