Ryan wants to cut popular programs to finance a tax cut for the rich; perhaps he should become a Democrat and run for Governor of New York. The Achilles Heel Of The Path To Prosperity | The New Republic www.tnr.com
This meets the Warren Court's definition of pornography: "utterly without redeeming social importance" Live: The New York State Senate Is In Session www.nydailynews.com
Hertzberg breaks down the Beck scenarios. Hendrik Hertzberg: Beck’s Last Tapes www.newyorker.com
I will not opine on the constitutionality of not paying members of Congress during a government shutdown; I will merely ask, of those with the standing to challenge such a law, who among you would dare to file a suit challenging its constitutionality?
"We’ve gone to 50th in education and number one in gonorrhea, and that’s the accomplishments of an all Republican government" ~ SC Democrat (Dick Harpootlian, according to Mother Jones)
And given which Republicans have been Governor there, that latter is hardly a surprise
Kinsley: "Lanny Davis was special counsel to the president in the Clinton administration and a personal friend of the Clintons. He called me shortly after I got to Microsoft to say how sorry he was that we’d missed each other as I was leaving Washington and how much he hoped to stay in touch. Oh yes, and he felt terrible about all the bad publicity and unfair government harassment my boss, Bill Gates, was getting. He would love to give him some help and advice. Could I put the two of them together? The answer, of course, was that I couldn’t. But the odd thing was that, at that point, I had never even met Lanny Davis.” Opinion: How Microsoft learned ABCs of D.C. – Michael Kinsley www.politico.com
Leroy Comrie: The poster boy for a healthy lifestyle.
Comrie wants to ban toys from fast food, because he's afraid he might eat one accidentally. City Councilman Leroy Comrie's Hope To Regulate Fast-Food Toys: McDonald's Not Lovin' It www.nydailynews.com