Archive for March, 2003
Posted in March 31st, 2003
this article from the Illinois Leader. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Choose Life license plate obsession of the right wing is weird and completely out of whack to important issues, but whatever. What it does do is show very well how bills get killed in the Illinois House. The creation of sham committees […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Well, Democrats can’t blame Pate Philip anymore. What would be most unfortunate is for the courts to decide this instead of the legislature. But it looks like it might come to that if Democrats don’t take principled stand. Given Blagojevich was even more hostile to tax increases to solve the problem, as the last three […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Up at the Political State Report
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Conventional wisdom in St. Louis is that American Airlines must be saved to save the hub status in St. Louis. Regular readers know that I think this is incredibly stupid and anti-consumer, but more importantly, efforts to keep inefficient airlines alive hurt consumers by keeping inefficent business models alive. Fortunately, Daniel Gross at Slate agrees. […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Via CenterPoint: Mubarak claims the Iraqi war would produce 100 Bin Ladens Sure and Mubarak’s government’s continuing repression will lead to 100 Ayman al-Zawahiris.
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
While I think some of the whining about a New York aide is a bit silly, Rich Miller rightly takes Blagojevich to task for the faux pas of going to a legislative district in a negative mode when there is no campaign. Rutherford was not amused. "To physically appear in my hometown, a half a […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Gary Hart has added ArchPundit to his blogroll. Why thanks! and I’ll be returning the favor! I’ll be adding Dean’s as well, and well one can hope that I’ll be able to add a blog by Alan Keyes for the humor value. Up DATE: It might be helpful to point out that despite writing a […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Well to me at least… CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
The Sun-Times came out in support of Blagojevich’s plan to restructure Illinois’ pension debt. Now, Steve Neal has jumped in trying to sell it as an obvious choice. The problem is that it isn’t clear that the deal is that great and the profits are taken up front. The revenue crunch isn’t likely to be […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2003
Why does anyone care what Michael Savage thinks about embedding reporters? Admittedly, I’m happy to criticize the military on some things, but I think the generals are capable of making the correct operational security issues. On the Arnett issue, yeah, Arnett said some pretty stupid things. I think the biggest issue from National Geographic is […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2003
Fred Kaplan reminds us of General Van Riper’s ability to "be a real pain in the ass", by actually fighting instead of laying down during exercises. I think it is clear the best case hasn’t played out. That doesn’t mean we are doomed or that this is a disaster. The US will win, and hopefully, […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2003
In the rush to blame everything that was wrong in California on the most obnoxious Democratic politician in America, a little problem crept up. Gray Davis didn’t design the regulatory framework for deregulation of power in California, Pete Wilson did. It is clear now that the power suppliers gamed the system and screwed the good […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2003
Anyone remember when George Bush claimed US Foreign Policy would be more humble under his watch? He was wrong and the perfect example is Turkey. How strong of an ally is Turkey? Despite 94% public disapproval of the Iraq War, allowing the US to use Turkey to stage attacks came within a handful of votes […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2003
Via Berger: Happy Times are here again…Head St. Louis GOP Loon Bill Federer is considering another race for the 3rd District. In the same article, it looks like Carnahan might be entering the race making it a three-way with Stoll and Favazza. Of course, does one count Favazza as one person? Given his heft he […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2003
Popcorn is now the official Illinois State Snack.
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