Archive for March, 2007
Posted in March 29th, 2007
Kyle Sampson considered sacking Fitzgerald. Why didn’t he? Because of the Plame investigation is the insinuation. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/mZmJsLCzVIU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Of course, the demonstrates the problem the Administration has more than alleviating concerns. Why in the hell would anyone think of firing Patrick Fitzgerald as US Attorney? It’s not just that he was […]
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Posted in March 29th, 2007
Kristin McQueary writes a pretty good column on the Gross Receipts Tax today. What has been surprising is the lack of outrage over the tax breaks, loopholes and stunts big businesses have employed for years to avoid paying corporate income taxes — not to mention the tax burden they avoid through the growing use of […]
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Posted in March 29th, 2007
Oh, what the hell. I’ve set up a league to live draft on Saturday at 1:30 CDT (you can autopick if you prefer). It’s a 5X5 league with 10 teams. C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 1B/3B, 2B/SS, 5 OF, 2 Util, 9 P, 4 Bench, 2 DL–so lots of slots. It’ll be relatively casual, but […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2007
Gonzalez and Fitzgerald at the same event Given Fitzgerald’s status in Chicago, I’m betting the press turns Gonzalez into pinata at 11. Or as the Trib says today: A further mystery is that some of the prosecutors were given poor evaluations, but others had gotten high scores. One of those fired, Bud Cummins of Arkansas, […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2007
I think Frank James does a very good analysis on the Pickler piece that won Daily Dolt below: Again, it strikes me that this is what politicians do, or allow to have done in their names, even first-class ones. Abraham Lincoln did a stint of rail splitting before becoming an affluent railroad lawyer but he […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2007
capitals for the mistake last time
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Posted in March 27th, 2007
The worst thing that has happened to news coverage is probably the rise of the pundit class, but with them came the psychological profiling of candidates and the navel gazing about whether they have a story about their youth correct. I remember when Bill Clinton told the story of confronting his abusive stepfather when he […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2007
Nedra Pickler of the AP WASHINGTON – The voices are growing louder asking the question: Is Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) all style and little substance? The freshman Illinois senator began his campaign facing the perception that he lacks the experience to be president, especially compared to rivals with decades of work on foreign […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
Josh Marshall really hits the nail on the head: There’s this old line the wise folks in Washington have that ‘it’s not the crime, but the cover-up.’ But only fools believe that. It’s always about the crime. The whole point of the cover-up is that a full revelation of the underlying crime is not survivable. […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now if he’d only team up with LaBarbera, the world would no longer be able to be parodied.
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
The Trib comes out against the death penalty The evidence of mistakes, the evidence of arbitrary decisions, the sobering knowledge that government can’t provide certainty that the innocent will not be put to death–all that prompts this call for an end to capital punishment. It is time to stop killing in the people’s name. The […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
Stupid Tribune Editorial: Given the Bush administration’s assertion that anyone who aids a terrorist group should be prosecuted as severely as the terrorists themselves, $25 million seems a light penalty. But it didn’t buy the company out of trouble. Colombia’s top prosecutor says he wants to extradite the executives who reviewed and approved the payments. […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
He does a very good piece on the aldermanic run-offs, though I think one point is lost in the article. One of the advantages the union candidates have is that the run-offs are going to be even lower turnout than the general and the unions are going to have the best turnout operation going. That […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2007
How often does this happen in Springfield And the funny thing is that most of the people saying nice things about the guy aren’t just staff. Hynes and L Madigan have very good reputations as well as being fairly modest and hard workers, but Alexi had a special target on him after being backed by […]
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Posted in March 22nd, 2007
This is going to be a huge story as the sub prime market is falling apart nationally. OBAMA URGES BERNANKE, PAULSON TO FIGHT FORECLOSURES, HOLD HOMEOWNERSHIP SUMMIT WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Barack Obama today sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Paulson urging them to immediately convene a […]
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