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"Report: 237 millionaires in Congress
Less about wealth envy .... more of why they just don't 'get it' about the real world over which they're 'ruling'. Seems if they ever did 'get it' $$$pecial intere$t$ helped them forget it real quick. ______________ Report: 237 millionaires in Congress Source Politico By ERIKA LOVLEY | 11/6/09 12:14 PM EST Talk about bad timing. As Wa...
Nov 7, 2009, 9:29 am - konane

Senate rejects concealed weapons measure
Senate rejects concealed weapons measure 'This is no minor shift in policy,' said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. The Associated Press updated 1:08 p.m. ET, Wed., July 22, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a rare win for gun control advocates, the Senate on Wednesday rejected a me...
Jul 22, 2009, 2:20 pm - NBey6

Bar Refaeli is the SI cover girl winner
SI cover girl Refaeli nudges her swimsuit south By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP Fashion Writer Samantha Critchell, Ap Fashion Writer 4 mins ago NEW YORK The world knows a lot more about Bar Refaeli today than it did yesterday, including where her tiny tan line falls. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit unveile...
Feb 10, 2009, 3:29 pm - NBey6

State lawmakers bet gambling can help with budgets
State lawmakers bet gambling can help with budgets Published - Jan 25 2009 02:24PM EST | AP By GREG BLUESTEIN - Associated Press Writer...
Jan 25, 2009, 4:57 pm - Tenaj

Oklahoma's Bradford Wins Heisman
Posted: Saturday December 13, 2008 8:55PM; Updated: Saturday December 13, 2008 9:29PM NEW YORK (AP) -- Sam Bradford's biggest score: the Heisman Trophy Oklahoma's amazingly accurate and quick-thin...
Dec 13, 2008, 10:01 pm - NBey6

on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards
on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards PORTLAND, Ore. - Most states don't recognize gay marriage but now Hallmark does. The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. Two hearts. One promise, one says. Hallmark added the cards after California joined Massachusetts as the only U.S. states...
Aug 21, 2008, 12:11 pm - angelm

"What do Islamist terrorists want?
Follow up to a point made by Floridian on another blog post. For more in depth reading go to http://www.danielpipes.org/ http://frontpagemag.com/ and http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/...
Nov 11, 2006, 9:36 am - konane

Prohibition II
Prohibition II: Good Grief When government restricts Americans' choices, ostensibly for their own good, someone is going to profit from the paternalism. By George F. Will Newsweek Oct. 23, 2006 issue - Perhaps Prohibition II is being launched because Prohibition I worked so well at getting rid of gin. Or maybe the point is to reassure social conservatives that Republicans remain...
Oct 26, 2006, 7:01 am - LOTTOMIKE

is iran studying north korea's nuclear moves
studying North Korea's nuclear moves? WASHINGTON - There may be no such thing as a North Korea playbook for would-be nuclear proliferators. But many Western leaders suspect Iran of trying to emulate North Korea's secretive development of nuclear weapons. And as both nations continue to command international attention for their nuclear programs, it's clear the two countries watch each other for "how to" lessons in nuclear diplomacy. This w...
Jun 24, 2006, 2:37 am - LOTTOMIKE

FEMA swindled
Probe Finds Bogus Hurricane Aid May Top $1.4 Billion FEMA Relief Funds Paid for Football Tickets, a Caribbean Vacation and a Divorce Lawyer WASHINGTON (June 14) - The government doled out as much as $1.4 billion in bogus assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, getting hoodwinked to pay for season football tickets, a tropical vacation and even a divorce lawyer, congressional i...
Jun 15, 2006, 12:27 am - LOTTOMIKE