I am pleased that they are finally ditching that "Czar" thing. Man, "Drug Czar" was bad enough, but remember when they wanted to make a "War Czar"? That's some crazy shit.
I'll make a shamelessly bold prediction now: there is no way that the auto bailout passes the senate. If the Republican party blocks any aid to Detroit, not only is it politically popular, it might also make the economy worse, which would be great news for Republicans.
I went to high school with Carol Browner but have no memory of her. It was a big school, about 900 people in my graduating class.
At the 20th reunion, one of her friends took out a half page ad in the reunion book to congratulate her friend on her EPA job. All she would talk about during the reunion dinner was her friend Carol. I thought it was sad that 20 years on, that person's major achievement in life was that in high school she knew someone, who some day would have a high government job.
Hoho! Now Don Young's under scrutiny! Surprising noone in Alaska. Wow, It's a real change of the legislative guard underway up there. Keep digging folks, Yon Dung's got plenty of skeletons to find.
If the auto bailout really is going to be a loan (not that I like it) can we start calling it that? "Bailout" makes me stabby, along with many other things today.
What? Americans are giving rights to foreign brown people we suspect of wrongdoing? You mean we're respecting our constitution and basic human decency? Color me shocked!
I have tickets to a ball. The gown is at my local Korean tailor's getting hemmed. I have an apartment within walking distance from the Capitol lined up.
@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: There won't be anything left for the machine after Patrick Fitzgerald gets through with him. Seriously, I think Fitzgerald is going to eat him with a knife and fork.
@vamusical: True. Even my family's home in Arlington seems too far away and I'm scurred of what the Metro will be like, so I'm staying near McPherson Square so I can walk to the craziness if I have to.
@ManicPixiePoliticalGirl: Me too! I debated leaving town, but never really got that together. So I guess I am staying and walking around town, probably pushing tourists out of the way on my walks to Whole Foods or my job and whatnot. I am a native New Yorker, I cant help it.
@Gundam_Halo: I am so excited about this! My bf is working on his Physics Phd, and Chu went to our undergrad, so we are just so excited about this. It's inspirational to him to see scientists getting some love. It's sad how much of a shock this appointment was, I guess I get so used to oilmen and Sarah Palin touted as energy experts.
An apt comment from a Huffpo commenter:
"Well I think we need a little less SCIENCE in our energy policy and a little more JESUS. Jesus saves, and therefore Jesus saves energy! That's how we'll save energy. We should spend less time driving and more time praying and looking down on minorities."
@rollergirl76: "Asia," according to the article. Perhaps an Asian prison, in a Brokedown Palace type situation? I consider myself fairly adventurous but I'd be hesitant to get a tattoo in a place that doesn't necessarily have a heavily regulated tattoo industry. It kinda makes me respect her more though.
@J.D.Regent: Yeah, she's a total badass. Good for her. I just wish her tattoo was a little better drawn. She needs to go to Kat von D and get that shit fixed.
i recently ran for a very small, unpaid, public office in my town (i got about 80,000 votes but lost by 2,500). i would catch shit all the time, from young progressives! about my tattoo, "you're running for office and you're not going to cover it?!" one guy told me that if he could vote for me (he wasn't an american citizen) he wouldn't because i didn't respect voters who may be uncomfortable with a tattooed woman. hu?
Hey, where's that crazy cat from the other day, who was insisting that the Obama non-citizenship case must be legitimate, because the Supreme Court was going to hear it?
Is it so much to hope for that, when a person is heinously wrong about something, they have the guts to just pop their head in, shrug, and say, "Well. Shows what I know!"
@arodriguez.romero speaks java: @rosasparks: @yellow_dog: Aw, man, I don't have a problem with people believing crazy things. I know I believed a bunch of crazy things in my dissipated and mis-spent youth. Believing crazy things is the privilege of consciousness!
I just wish more people would recognize that it's ballsier to admit that you're wrong about something than it is to stick to your beliefs no matter what.
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At the 20th reunion, one of her friends took out a half page ad in the reunion book to congratulate her friend on her EPA job. All she would talk about during the reunion dinner was her friend Carol. I thought it was sad that 20 years on, that person's major achievement in life was that in high school she knew someone, who some day would have a high government job.
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I AM READY, BITCHES!
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And i'm pretty sure that's the definition of the party getting started, right there .....
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Nobel prize winner heading up energy? Jawesome.
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@sportz.star: I could use some bailing out right now.
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An apt comment from a Huffpo commenter:
"Well I think we need a little less SCIENCE in our energy policy and a little more JESUS. Jesus saves, and therefore Jesus saves energy! That's how we'll save energy. We should spend less time driving and more time praying and looking down on minorities."
[www.huffingtonpost.com]
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Is it so much to hope for that, when a person is heinously wrong about something, they have the guts to just pop their head in, shrug, and say, "Well. Shows what I know!"
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Where are they now? Enquiring minds want to know.
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I just wish more people would recognize that it's ballsier to admit that you're wrong about something than it is to stick to your beliefs no matter what.
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