Archive for March, 2011
These are my links for March 25th from 06:38 to 06:55:
- President 2012: Scapegoating Mitch Daniels – Over the past year, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been a case study in how not to seek the Republican presidential nomination — if indeed that is his intention.
Despite having a generally conservative governing record, in the run-up to a possible candidacy, Daniels has managed to alienate all parts of the GOP’s so-called “three-legged” stool. He has rattled economic conservatives by floating the possibility of a VAT tax, unnerved national security hawks by talking about defense cuts and seeming indifferent about foreign policy, and angered values voters by calling for a “truce” on social issues while the country confronts the national emergency of our fiscal crisis.
It’s the latter comments that have drawn the most heat, giving his potential rivals an easy opening at conservative events to say that yes, social issues are a priority.
But while Daniels has become a popular target for social conservatives who understandably don’t want to see their issues downplayed, the reality is that Daniels’ crime was to say explicitly what most of the other potential candidates are saying and doing implicitly — that is, emphasizing the importance of economic and fiscal issues over moral matters.
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- Sen. Jim DeMint’s Defense of RomneyCare is Ignorant…And Dangerous – Jennifer Rubin alerts me to these disturbing comments Sen. Jim DeMint made to the Hill in defense of RomneyCare:
“One of the reasons I endorsed Romney [in 2008] is his attempts to make private health insurance available at affordable prices,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), a GOP kingmaker.
DeMint blames Democrats in the Massachusetts State Legislature for adding many of the features to Romney’s plan that many on the right decry.
“It just depends on how he plays it. For me, I think he started with some good ideas that were essentially hijacked by the Democrat Legislature,” DeMint said.
To start with, blaming everything on the Democratic legislature is simply not an accurate account of what happened. Romney helped craft the basic architecture of the health care plan, and pursued it even though he knew that he was working with an overwhelming Democratic legislature who he knew would override his symbolic line-item vetoes of parts of his bill. He signed the bill with Ted Kennedy at his side, and did so knowing he wasn't seeking reelection and that it would almost certainly fall on a Democratic governor to implement it….
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Sen. Jim DeMint is turning out to be just another POL.
- President 2012: Tea party leader says he’d endorse Mitch Daniels – Gov. Mitch Daniels: the tea party pick for president?
That could happen, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, said Thursday.
Armey, now the leader of the tea party group FreedomWorks, was in Indiana to begin a three-day campaign-training seminar his group is conducting along with the Indiana-based tea party group America ReFocused.
He met with Daniels privately before a Statehouse ceremony honoring the governor with a "legislative entrepreneur award" and told reporters he encouraged Daniels to "think about the service he could do for this nation as president."
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Some on the right are scapegoating Mitch Daniels but Dick Armey knows Daniels is a credible conservative office holder with a track record.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
I am so thankful that Zed has made it out of the crash alive.
Certainly, that shirt is LOUD enough to attract the attention of American satellites in order to secure a rescue – and the sooner the better for Sam.
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These are my links for March 24th from 19:13 to 20:01:
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These are my links for March 24th from 14:42 to 19:10:
- Wisconsin Supreme Court: Kloppenburg, Prosser Spar Over Impartiality – With Wisconsin's Supreme Court expected to take on a case that came out of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to curb collective bargaining rights for public workers, a debate between a justice seeking re-election and a prosecutor challenging him for the seat quickly turned to impartiality Monday.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg began talking about the issue in their opening statements during a debate at Marquette University. Each accused the other of not being able to act independently.
Prosser, a former Republican lawmaker, said he would provide "moderate sound judgment" for the next 10 year term, while Kloppenburg said she would be impartial, independent and fair.
"I, unlike my opponent, will approach cases with an open mind and without having prejudice on the matters that come before the court," she said. "I, unlike my opponent, will move the court forward, away from partisan and personal quarrels."
While there was no explicit mention of a Dane County judge's decision to issue an emergency order to block the state's contentious new collective bargaining law, Prosser acknowledged the attacks against him on Klopperburg's Facebook page were from people hoping to elect someone to decide "cases that come out of the governor's budget bill."
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Read it all, especially about the Facebook comments – I am the turd?
- Video: The Candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate – Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg will discuss their qualifications, judicial philosophies, and the important issues facing the state’s highest court during a one-hour debate in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall. Assistant Attorney General Kloppenburg has been a litigator and prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice since 1989. Justice Prosser was appointed to the Court in 1998, and elected to a 10-year term in 2001. The election will be held April 5th.
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An important election vis a vis the collective bargaining reform law in Wisconsin or will the case be decided prior to the beginning of the term where the new Justice will be seated?
- Flap’s Links and Comments for March 24th on 14:28 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for March 24th on 14:28 #tcot #catcot
- Video: How Amazon Internet Sales Tax Legislation Hurts California Small Business | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Video: How Amazon Internet Sales Tax Legislation Hurts California Small Business #tcot #catcot
- Democrats Call Koch Industries ‘Extreme,’ but Justify Taking Their Money | The Weekly Standard – Democrats Call Koch Industries 'Extreme,' but Justify Taking Their Money
- Madison teachers given until April 15 to rescind fake doctors’ notes – Madison Wisconsin teachers given until April 15 to rescind fake doctors' notes
- Rep Elton Gallegly Announces New Camarillo District Office | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Rep Elton Gallegly Announces New Camarillo District Office #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, David, JoAnne, Kloppenburg, Prosser, Scott, Walker, Wisconsin
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These are my links for March 24th from 14:28 to 14:31:
- Democrats Call Koch Industries ‘Extreme,’ but Justify Taking Their Money – Ben Smith reported this morning that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising email, signed by Harry Reid, that tries to ride the anti-Koch bandwagon. Here's the relevant part of the email:
Senate Democrats are fighting back each and every day. But with only a slim four-seat majority, we have no margin for error. If Republicans can knock just a few bricks free from our firewall, they’ll force through their extreme agenda faster than you can say “Koch brothers.” With the GOP on the attack and with 23 Democratic-held seats to defend, we have no time to spare. We must act now to keep our majority standing strong. I need your help!
The DSCC must raise $150,371 by our March 31 FEC deadline to keep the Republicans at bay.
Smith notes the DSCC got about $30,000 from the Koch family in the last election cycle. He also reported back in September that a limited number of Democratic candidates have also received Koch money, including sitting senators Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. New York's Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, also received $1,000 from Koch Industries in the last election.
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How do you spell HYPOCRITE?
- Madison Wisconsin teachers given until April 15 to rescind fake doctors’ notes – Madison teachers who missed school last month to attend protests and turned in fraudulent doctor's notes have been given until April 15 to rescind those notes, officials said Thursday.
The district received more than 1,000 notes from teachers, human resources director Bob Nadler said. A couple hundred of those were ruled fraudulent because they appeared to be written by doctors at the Capitol protests against Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit collective bargaining.
Teachers who don't rescind fraudulent notes could receive a disciplinary letter of suspension, the most serious form of discipline aside from termination, Nadler said. The suspension would be considered already served — the time missed during the protests.
"We didn't want to give anybody more time off," Nadler said. "They can't afford it. We can't afford to have them gone any more. I don't think kids need their teacher gone another two days."
Teachers who rescind their note would receive a more minor "letter of expectation" and be docked pay at the end of the school year for the four missed days.
Nadler said the majority of notes came from doctor's offices and the district doesn't plan on calling each one to determine if the excuse was legitimate.
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Slap on the wrist and if they are honest get docked pay.
what a system! NOT
Tags: Charles, David, Democrats, DSCC, Industries, Koch, Reid, Scott, Walker, Wisconsin
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California Board of Equalization member George Runner explains how the Amazon Internet Sales Tax Legislation which I have mentioned in numerous posts hurts California and California small businesses in particular.
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