The Rivera Offensive
ArchPundit
The Chicago Tribune finds an inhumane, but superior strategy to end the war quickly.
I’ll put money down that Steve Chapman wrote this one.
15 Months and Counting
For 15 months Chicago State’s Attorney Dick Devine’s office has been looking into the case of Daniel Taylor. Taylor was convicted of a murder committed while he was in jail. I have a conclusion in mind as does the Tribune? What is the hold up Mr. Devine?
Political State Report
Illinois isn’t just satisfied with screwing up its own budget
Hynes and Pappas 1-2 in new poll
And the worst news of the day is at the Trib—CTA Shuts Down Demon Dogs. Bastards!
Geraldo vs Arnett
Atrios hits my question put off by a day of meetings yesterday, but could someone explain the differing reactions to the two of them?
There does appear to be one possible reason beside hypocrisy that people treat the two cases so differently—Geraldo is such a bleeping idiot, people expected it out of him.
And Bunning wants to try Arnett for treason. I would think that US Senators would disapprove of a law that equated stupid utterances with treason for obvious reasons.
That’s Woman to You Dipshit II
Virginia Postrel points out what has already pissed me off.
Lynch is a soldier–show her the respect of treating her like one. We don’t send girls or boys into military maneuvers, we send women and men. Or if you can’t get that straight…Private or other rank is just fine.
I Highly Recommend
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 that never meet are used quite often and are an easy way to avoid legislative responsibility.
On the other hand, this whine by Kevin McCollough is poorly informed as usual:
Last Wednesday U. S. Congressman from New York Charlie Rangel said on FOX News Channel, "I don’t think we should be bombing women and children…" Even for the mildly maniacal Rangel this was a moment in which he seemed crazed even by his operating norms. The sidewalk warriors went into action and by the end of the week the lunacy had been denounced at every water cooler in the nation.
McCollough might have noticed that Charlie Rangel served in combat in Korea. Whiny punks who have delusions of being sidewalk warriors might criticize his ideas, but damn well not his sanity or right to express himself about war.
Who Is To Blame for the School Funding Crisis
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 governors have pointed out are necessary, I don’t have much hope.
Let American Die
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.
But maybe they shouldn’t. What if we’re in the midst of a several-years-long era of lower demand, transparent pricing, and rising competition from upstarts free of expensive contracts and airplane leases? These airlines might emerge from bankruptcy with lower debt loads and better union contracts and find they still can’t compete. They might be setting the stage for a round-trip journey to Chapter 11?call it Chapter 22. Perhaps instead of trying to save all our airlines we should let some of them die off.
Amen.
Mubarak’s Hypocrisy
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.