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Departing Democrat Representative Eric Massa gave us a behind the scenes look at how the Obama White House runs its business…the Chicago way. Massa’s stories about his encounters with Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel provide detail on what ends this administration will do to achieve its goals. There were plenty of stories about Emanuels’s language, behavior and outbursts, but they were usually tinged with doubt because of the sources. Massa is a Democrat.
Perhaps the perky, Pulitzer Prize winning Katie Couric had her greatest moment when she seemed to stump Sarah Palin when she inquired about what the former Alaska governor reads. Months later Palin spun it that she was rather perturbed at Couric’s sophomoric [my description] question and not caught off balance. Only she knows for sure.
After extensive research we at GMZ have discovered what magazines celebrities read. No laws were broken by GMZ in obtaining this information:
Ralphie Parker: Growing up in Indiana, all nine-year old Ralphie wants is a “an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.” His parents, other adults and even Santa discourage him from this gift by telling him that “you’ll shoot your eye out.” Ralphie got his wish and promptly took a shot and hit himself in the glasses.
Update – March 4, 2010: Texas’ Governor Rick Perry has been one of the most outspoken national voices critical of the Washington power grabs. So what does Texas Senator K. Baily Hutchison do? She runs against him. The conservative-lite Hutchison decided that Texas no longer needed a strong voice in their Governor’s mansion.
Texas Republicans disagreed. Yeah Texas! Governor Perry trounced Senator Hutchison on Tuesday by a 52 percent to 30 percent margin. I used to have great respect for Ms. Hutchison, but I am tired of conservatives going after other conservatives while letting RHINOs alone. Hopefully another real conservative will challenge Senator Hutchison when she wants another term in the U.S. Senate.
News briefs are my collection of interesting news stories that may not warrant a full post…
Brief 1: It seems like the citizens of Japan want the U.S. out of their country. The UK Daily Mail reported that thousands of protesters called for the removal of all of the estimated 47,000 U.S. troops. Apparantly our troops are noisy and pollute as they protect the pacific rim. I say bring em home. Why spend our tax dollars to boost the Japanese economy. There are a lot of communities in the United States that would welcome them and the money they spend. We also need to take all of our equipment and defense technology too. While we are at it, we can take them out of Germany too.
Ayn Rand’s famous character from Atlas Shrugged railed against big government and a nanny state. Many of us find inspiration in his words and actions to bolster capitalism;
“I ask for nothing more or nothing less than what I earn. That is justice. I don’t force anyone to trade with me; I only trade for mutual benefit. Force is the great evil that has no place in a rational world. One may never force another human to act against his/her judgment. If you deny a man’s right to Reason, you must also deny your right to your own judgment. Yet you have allowed your world to be run by means of force, by men who claim that fear and joy are equal incentives, but that fear and force are more practical.”
I have had varied experience with unionized labor. My father belonged to the Communication Workers Union and was an adamant supporter his whole life. As I got older I wondered how he came to almost despise the company that he worked for and paid his salary. I have never been in a union, but I have been around them throughout my career. An interesting issue has been raised about the fastest growing segment of unionized labor…government workers.
If you have worked anywhere you have probably run into that guy (or girl) sometime in your career. Terry was the name (name changed to protect the innocent) of “that guy” at one of my recent jobs. I would describe him as young, well dressed, very good looking, very personable, great to talk to, funny, a good listener, and someone everybody likes. Terry started in our sales department.
Comprehensive is defined as:
“So large in scope or content as to include much.”
Synonyms: complete, broad, wide, full, sweeping, exhaustive, extensive.
What does Wolf Blitzer think:
“I think what we try to do is bring the news to our viewers in a very comprehensive responsible way” This is CNN?
Can you use it in a sentence?
Politicians often use the word comprehensive when they introduce a piece of legislation when the want the American people to think they are being thoughtful and forward-thinking. Most citizens who pay attention know that when an elected official uses the word comprehensive to describe a bill, a rule, a policy, etc. that it actually means that it is full of things they do not want you to really know about. [Okay that is two sentences]
Round one gave us around thirty inches and was followed shortly by another twelve from round two. One more day with snow and February will break the record for snowiest February of all times. The record is predicted to be broken tomorrow after a week-long respite with above freezing temperatures and dry roads for commuting.
A unique thing that I noticed during the recent deep freeze and mountains of snow was how many houses started gardens on their roofs. Icicle’s were springing up all over town and hanging from gutters. It became almost a daily chore for me to knock the new sprouts from the edge of my roof only to have them grow back the next day.