Category Archives: Government
Open Mic
Sarkozy and Obama had one of those open mic moments at the G-20 Summit in France. Sarkozy called Benjamin Netanyahu a liar and Obama complained that he has to deal with him everyday.
Real Scandal
Politico had over 90 stories last week about the Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations. It’s still unclear just what is being alleged but it doesn’t appear to include pulling down his pants and ordering a subordinate to “kiss it”. That would be the charge against President Bill Clinton from about the same era.
Oddly, women’s groups swarmed to the defense of the “lovable rogue” and, after being impeached, he weathered the storm – minus his Arkansas law license.
None of us, however (at least not the 99%), weathered the storm caused by another scandal with racial overtones. Paul Sperry reported in IBD, how Clinton pressured financial institutions to make home loans to the un-creditworthy. Meanwhile, MSN Money quotes David Weidner, of Marketwatch, saying Clinton’s biggest mistake was the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
Business Week reported this week that, after stating a $4.4 billion loss for the third quarter, Freddie Mac will seek an additional 6 billion dollar bail-out from taxpayers.
Stuck on the Tarmac
More than 200 JetBlue passengers were stranded on the tarmac for 7 hours on Saturday. The Boeing plant in South Carolina has been sitting on the tarmac since April. Pelosi thinks it should stay that way until its workers un-decertify their union.
Empty Gesture
The Politico story about an alleged incident 15 years ago, with little if any evidence, has advanced to a charge by Herman Cain, with little or no evidence, that Rick Perry is behind it. It all means more strange appearances by Cain’s manager, Mark Block.
Baby Talk
Obama has warned that, if he is defeated, Republicans will leave you “on your own“. This is a bad thing? It is if you’r building the Nanny State.
Speaking of Change, last Thursday was Diaper Need Awareness Day in the state of Connecticut. It was a day for the diaper lobby to call attention to the needs of the diaper disadvantaged. The holiday prompted Mark Steyn to recall that the government already provides “adult baby” Stanley Thornton Jr. with income disability checks so he can wear a giant diaper, while laying around in a giant crib, under the attention of a buxom nanny. Apparently there are actual adults whose fetish for pooping their pants is now a federally recognized disability. Steyn considers this “almost too poignant an emblem of the republic at twilight”.
As usual, Homeland Security has been far ahead of the curve on this issue.
