Archive for September, 2005
Posted in September 30th, 2005
No, and not because of some elaborate reason, Edgar wants to spend time with his family and the risk to the legacy throws it over the top. No inside information, just my guess. And hell, I have a 50% chance of being right. Last time that was true I said Gephardt was the VP nominee […]
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Eric Zorn reports on the Opening Statement for the Prosecution in the George Ryan trial Fardon told a complicated tale in simple words, using slides and anecdotes to support the idea that Ryan and his cronies behaved like common mobsters, extorting money and rather clumsily hiding their trail. A common mobster would never trust a […]
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Denny was doing DeLay’s bidding, but DeLay wanted Dreier because DeLay thinks he’s going to return as Majority Leader. The thing that’s always true–Denny is doing what he is told.
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Well, that took a couple hours. ABC is pointing out that Roy Blunt had employs one of the indictees in the Texas campaign finance scandal . The ROYB (Rely On Your Beliefs) PAC employes Jim Ellis as a consultant and they are happy with his work. Roy Temple has been all over this of course. […]
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Roy Temple is a long-time Democratic strategist in Missouri who is known for playing rough. He’s generally a good guy as long as he’s on your side, but he has a special place in his heart for the Blunts. I haven’t added him to the blogroll yet, but that will happen soon for his Fired […]
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Gay Marriage initiatives in states that haven’t had them yet and Gay Adoption Bans in the states that have already voted on gay marriage. Missouri Republicans are already pushing a Gay Adoption ban for November 2006.
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Unclear. An organized political party could, but it is the Democratic Party after all. Ed Kilgore offers some helpful thoughts on the issue.
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Posted in September 28th, 2005
Most people haven’t heard of Ronnie Earle outside of Texas so there’s going to be a rush to label him as on a partisan witchhunt. Oh, wait, that started some time ago. There is one basic rule in Texas Politics–which is one more than in Illinois–corporations and unions can’t donate directly to political campaigns nor […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
The essential order of an evacuation is layed out on the map for evacuations During a threat of a hurricane, a phased evacuation will be based on geographic location and time in which tropical storm winds are forecasted to reach the affected areas. Phased evacuation procedures are for traffic management purposes only. Consult your local […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
Yeah, I can’t help myself BROWN: Let me start out by addressing the premise of the question, which I don’t entirely agree with — that what could FEMA have done in terms of the evacuation? What could FEMA have done in terms of communications, law enforcement? Those are not FEMA roles. FEMA doesn’t evacuate communities. […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
Poor, poor clueless bastard BROWN: Can I address ice before you move on, do you mind? JEFFERSON: Go ahead. BROWN: I just want to state publicly that ice was one of those commodities that I feebly attempted to get FEMA out of the business of ice, because ice was originally intended to be only a […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
More from the Times transcript THORNBERRY: OK. Now, obviously, if you’ve got an evacuation center, you’re going to have to figure out — you can’t just leave those people there. You have got to have some way to get them out. And, according to some of the press reports, as early as Friday, before the […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
From today’s committee hearing DAVIS: We want to give you an opportunity first. Then we are going to go through the timeline and a number of other questions. BROWN: Let me start out by addressing the premise of the question, which I don’t entirely agree with — that what could FEMA have done in terms […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
His Findlaw profile has been updated as of 9-12-05. It includes resignation from FEMA, but includes the faulty information from before including: Outstanding Political Science Professor, Central State University Director, Oklahoma Christian Home, Edmond, OK, 1983 – Present
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Posted in September 27th, 2005
Who let’s this idiot collect one more dollar of public money? Some of the more amusing statements include that descriptions of his background were near defamatory. Strangely, the information contained in this Time Magazine piece is never actually refuted other than a declaration that it wasn’t true. In more fun, Think Progress isolates a bizarre […]
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