Archives for September 2011
A tweet: potty-mouth politicians
A Democrat says Tea Partiers want to see blacks hanging from trees. A Republican calls Obama idiotic. Third-rate politicians know that saying such outrageous and irresponsible things gets them on TV. But it’s a public disservice for the media to give these shock meisters the craven publicity they seek. So the next time you see… Read more.
Dear “Friends” It was just brought to my attention within the past 24 hours that an ostensibly well-intentioned person – whom I don’t even know – had set up a Facebook page in my name without my knowledge or consent. Please be advised that I do not have, and have never had, a Facebook account.… Read more.
A tweet: Obama must be crazy
President Obama sent out a letter to his increasingly frustrated supporters yesterday letting them know how frustrated he is with the way Republicans have rejected all of his job-creation policies. Within hours the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, reinforced Obama’s point by rejecting his request to present his latest policies to a Joint Session… Read more.
Feds give Bonds a walk on perjury
Earlier this year a federal jury convicted Barry Bonds on one count of obstruction of justice but deadlocked on several other counts, including, most notably, three perjury charges stemming from lying about his obvious use of steroids. Back then virtually every legal commentator and sports analyst insisted that federal prosecutors would retry him on those… Read more.