Author Archives: Bok
Disclose Act
The Disclose Act is new legislation designed to make political speech more difficult for special interests. To ease passage of the bill a special loophole was added for the National Rifle Association special interest.
Afghanistan
Turns out Afghanistan is the lithium capital of the world. Lithium is used for batteries and treatment of mental illness. I think General Petaeus’ battery ran down.
Gusher Side Chat
The President’s Oval Office call to arms over BP turning the Gulf of Mexico into the La Brea Tar Pits didn’t play to rave reviews. Here’s Andrew Malcolm in the Los Angeles Times.
Slick
Under White House pressure, BP suspended it’s dividend and established a $20 billion escrow account to help the “small people“. Here’s Steve Chapman’s lowdown on the shakedown.
Gotcha Journalism
Bob Etheridge, D-NC was asked by one of two student video bloggers if he supports Obama’s agenda. Clearly a trick question for a Democrat these days. Etheridge surmised his predicament and responded as prudently as possible. He grabbed the kid’s wrist, put a Vulcan Death Grip on his neck, bear hugged him, and demanded that he identify himself. When the video became public, as it always does, the congressman apologized and his peers came to his defense.
