ACORN
The Census Bureau has severed ties with ACORN. Why? According to the NYTImes it’s because of Republican accusations of voter registration fraud. Apparently the NYTimes has still not heard of the titillating story of ACORN workers giving advice in at least two locations on how to set up an underage house of prostitution [one with illegally imported El Salvadorans-again, underage] and yet still remain on the correct side of the IRS so you can use tax payer money to set up said house.
Seriously – where do you get your news? Is it REALLY from the NYTimes?
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Dick Cheney
This story in Der Spiegel cracked me up because it’s labeled as news. Read this paragraph:
Dick Cheney has bought a house in McLean, an upscale community in the largely rural state of Virginia. Although it’s conveniently located near Washington, DC, it somehow seems far removed from America’s bustling capital. Eight US presidents have been born in this state, and it just might be that Cheney sees himself as standing shoulder-to-shoulder with them since, after all, he has also served as president — for three and a half years. Or perhaps it’d be more accurate to say that George W. Bush served as president under Cheney, looking after odds and ends, while Cheney took care of the big picture. Dick was responsible for America’s strategy in the 21st century.
Maybe these folks don’t have an opinion page. ??
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Matt Drudge:
I love the new heading on Matt Drudge:
Friday Night White House Policy Dump:
It’s bound to be a regular feature.
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The new inconsistency with the Law in this country.
When you have friends in high places, you get the laws subverted.
Exhibit A: Andrew Sullivan
A reluctant federal judge in Massachusetts has dropped a marijuana possession charge against author and blogger Andrew Sullivan.
U.S. Magistrate Robert Collins dismissed a violation notice against the British citizen on Friday after prosecutors said they wanted to keep his record clean because he has applied for an unspecified immigration status.
Exhibit B: The right narrative: (Wind energy vs Oil Energy)
To recap: ExxonMobil was prosecuted for killing 85 birds over a five-year period. The wind turbines at Altamont, located about 30 miles east of Oakland, are killing more than 100 times as many birds as were Exxon’s tanks, and they are doing it every year. Furthermore, the bird kill problems at Altamont have been repeatedly documented by biologists since at least 1994.
Click here to learn more of “the narrative”.
Re: the Der Spiegel story. Even if they think this is news, it’s not even new news. He has owned a house in McLean for a very long time — maybe he bought a new one, but he has lived here the whole time he’s been in DC except when he lived in the VPs house or when he goes to the Eastern Shore (in the truly rural part of Maryland). And, by the way, McLean is about as rural as North Arlington. Virginia may be largely rural, but McLean is INSIDE THE BELTWAY and is part of the DC suburbs. Sheesh…google maps much Der Spiegel?????