Chickenhawks in full CYA mode.
Desperate to divert attention from who actually got us into the Iraq nightmare, early supporters of Bush’s adventurism are lining up to point the finger at Obama for the decay of Iraq into a failed state. Ex-UK PMTony Blair is the latest. In an essay on his website he washes his hands of any responsibility for the Iraq imbroglio, saying it isn’t his fault.
As any parent knows, when a child denies responsibility for something, there is a large likelihood he did it. More so with politicians.
Not a white man in sight.
Marion Barry blames the white man.
Barry was the Mayor of Washington in 1990 when he was taped smoking crack in a Washington hotel room. In a new book “Mayor For Life” he lays out who’s at fault – “white folks”. In his logic, the status quo (whites getting all the money) was being upset by his funneling of DC funds to black businesses. So the white power structure “set him up”.
Either he is cynically using the civil rights struggle to cover his ass. Or the crack killed a lot of brain cells.
DWI at the US Open
I wonder who Tony Lineberry is blaming for his substance abuse problems? Lineberry had the responsibility of driving US Open golf commentator, Roger Maltbie’s, cart from hole to hole. Ignoring a NC State trooper’s order to stop, he drove the cart over the trooper’s foot, was chased down and arrested for, among other things, DWI.
Lineberry has not responded to requests for comment.
Do you know who this is? Neither did anyone in VA’s 7th Congressional district until Eric Cantor spent $5 million introducing him.
If nobody knows your opponent don’t spend any money introducing him.
The political surprise of the week was the defeat of Eric Cantor in the GOP primary for Virginia’s 7th district to unknown and underfunded David Brat. The Tea Party claims Bart’s victory is evidence that the GOP is still not conservative enough. Others say it was a condemnation of Cantor’s supposedly moderate position on immigration. Constituents indicated that it was due to Cantor’s aloofness and lack of interest in the district’s business.
But whatever the reason, it seems clear that the $5 million Cantor spent to smear Brat only introduced the previously unknown economics professor to those longing for an alternative to Cantor. Brat couldn’t do nearly as good a job with his limited $250,000.
Insurers want in on the Obamacare action.
Opponents pan Obamacare as socialized medicine. Bollocks. The ACA is so good for the insurance business that insurers who sat out the first year are clamoring to get in.
I suppose that is good news for the consumer. But the bigger story is the money that is going to the companies’ profits, marketing and executive salaries. Money that – in an actual socialized system – would not have to be spent or would go to patient care.
The most corrupt state
By one calculation Mississippi is the most corrupt state. On the list the top 10 most corrupt states 9 have a Republican governor and legislature. Illinois is the exception. Unexpectedly, New Jersey didn’t make the list. Slackers.
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