Frank Rich in the Times today, writing about the Senator Coburn’s eagerness to be heard at the recent confirmation hearings but reticence with regard to another matter involving a brother Senator: “Coburn maintains that he has immunity from testifying in any Ensign inquiry because he counseled Ensign as “a physician” and an “ordained deacon.” Coburn is an obstetrician and gynecologist, but never mind.” …from the iPhone
From the NYT, speaking of LBJ… The president flipped off the set,” Mr. Moyers recalled, “and said, ‘If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America …from the iPhone
Took rime out from my meeting to hang with a friend.
What Real Estate Bubble?
At a convention center 10 miles south of Washington, DC in a “town” called “National Harbor.” Ammenities include dancing fountains, huge rooms, some 18th century-styled buildings under the skylight and tasteful admonitions about how to behave “green.”. Egad.
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. …from the iPhone
Palin has a special-needs baby, an unwed daughter-mother and a fisherman/oilman husband. She says she has 500K in legal bills. She can choose to be a politician or a celebrity. Which serves her needs? Which is the better platform from which to launch a presidential bid if she chooses? The major conservative voices are all gazillioneers; why not SP? …from the iPhone
59 60! Ummmm…. 58 (+/- 2). Sigh.
Is there something mysteriously erotic about the 2009 Republican Conservative Family Values platform that wires men’s brains to go all soap opera? Sanford should have gone hiking.
David Brooks in the June 23 NYT. Reflective of Paul Krugman’s comments in that same paper six years ago: “And California’s slide into irresponsibility, in which politicians refuse to acknowledge any connection between the government services the public demands and the taxes that pay for those services, is being replicated all across America.”
The more I listen to these guys the more it seems fated that the next chair of the GOP has to be Dick Army. It’s fate. They haven’t been able to find Jerk Army.
