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Venezuela celebrates new year with power rationing

By Dave in EH / January 4, 2010 /

Apparently in South America, they welcomed 2010 with power problems. You cannot rely upon “green technologies” to fully meet your needs all the time and – in times of shortage – the government will ration the limited resource.

Like Rats Abandoning a Sinking Ship…

By Dave in EH / January 1, 2010 /

Apparently, there has been a crisis of confidence of late within the ranks of the Democratic party, with recruited candidates backing out of their races, even in putatively “safe” districts.  From “The Hill:” “Democrats have lost yet another touted recruit, this time in Kansas. State Sen. Laura Kelly (D) just announced her withdrawal from the…

Dead Man Walking…

By Dave in EH / December 30, 2009 /

Ever wonder what happens when you loudly proclaim your moral stand on an issue and then sell out your putative values, all whilst in the glare of the national media? This. “The good news for Senator Ben Nelson is that he doesn’t have to face Nebraska voters until 2012. If Governor Dave Heineman challenges Nelson…

Another Chapter in the Most Ethical Congress EVAH!

By Dave in EH / December 6, 2009 /

We’ve seen self-aggrandizement, we’ve seen bribery, we’ve seen tax evasion, we’ve seen banking scandals…  Now we can add nepotism to the mix. “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said. The Montana…

Kill the messenger – Boxer ignores content of Climategate e-mails

By Dave in EH / December 3, 2009 /

Apparently, the culture of “moral equivalency” reaches even into the Senate. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) thinks the real tragedy and crime of Climategate is not the content within the e-mails, rather the way they were accessed and released. She wants Congress to investigate the hacker.

Thin-skinned, much?

By Dave in EH / November 4, 2009 /

In American politics, it isn’t unusual for Democrats to complain that certain parts of the media are less than friendly to their candidates… talk-radio comes to mind, as does cable television… but broadcast television?

A gathering storm?

By Dave in EH / November 3, 2009 /

Recent events suggest that things may (and I stress may) be looking up. Despite the endorsement of the Democratic candidate by Scozzafava in NY 23, Conservative candidate Hoffman currently leads in Sienna College polling by 5 percentage points, with undecideds doubling from 9% to 18%. In Virginia, the Republican candidate Bob McDonnell holds a commanding…

Congress robs the military to pay… themselves

By Dave in EH / October 16, 2009 /

Or, at least, their districts… Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks,…

Global Warming? What Global Warming? Update: Gore questioned, organizers shut off microphone

By Dave in EH / October 11, 2009 /

Riddle me this, boys and girls — what was the hottest year on record?  2008?  2007? Try 1998. “This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. But it is true. For the last…