Author Archives: Bok
The Tingle is Back
The president had a December to remember and those who cover him let him know it. Got the idea for this one from Dana Milbank’s Washington Post column,”Obama the Great – if he does say so himself”.
Movin’ On Up
The census numbers are in and the population losers tend to be high tax and regulation states while winners are the opposite. New York and Ohio lost 2 House seats each. Texas gained 4. Doesn’t prove anything, but here’s what Michael Barone has to say about it.
Centerpiece
“I’ve been struck by the speed and decisiveness of his move to the center,” Will Marshall, of the Progressive Policy Institute, said of Obama – in June of 2008! Now that he’s taken over health care, autos, and the internet, could Bam be at it again? Carl Leubsdorf, in the Dallas Morning News, says Democratic presidents have to move to the center to survive.
Harry Reid Ruined My Day
The senate tried to pass a last minute, $1.2 trillion, 1,924 page spending bill last night. The bill had 6,630 earmarks totalling $8 billion. Even dead senators got earmarks – $8 Million for the Edward Kennedy institute and $10 million for the John Murtha Foundation! The Wall Street Journal called it “The 111th Congress’s Final Insult“. A cartoonist can’t ask for much more than that. Then, just as a 40 hour reading of the bill was about to begin, Harry Reid pulled the plug and spoiled all the fun. He ruined 3 days worth of cartoons. I think I’ll call my congressman.
Got this far.
