Tag Archives: Politics

I’ve been meaning to make some comments about the current banking crisis going on- not just Bear Stearns, the whole shebang. I’ve been waiting to do this until I could write this post without sounding like Andrew Dice Clay on a bad day. What galls me is not that millions of people are losing their [...]

Molnau ousted by Senate Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau was ousted from her job today by the Minnesota Senate, and Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced that he had appointed her chief assistant to be acting commissioner. Molnau still holds her elected position as lieutenant governor. Shared here, since Brian apparently thinks that nobody is paying attention to [...]

Inclusion of Iraq and Afghanistan Military Operations Funding with the Consolidated Appropriations Project Vote Smart’s Synopsis: Vote to adopt an amendment to the consolidated appropriations bill (HR 2764) to include $70.00 billion for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Official Title of Legislation: S Amdt 3874 to HR 2764: To make emergency supplemental appropriations for [...]

A lot of people aren’t aware, but there was an effort by the Bush administration to protect communications companies from being held accountable for committing illegal acts, assuming they were committing the illegal acts in the course of trying to make the government happy. So, in other words, they were being given permission to do [...]