Archive for June, 2011
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Strategery Saturday Edition
Nothing pithy this morning, just a ton of good links for you. To be honest, I’m feeling the Blogging Blahs of late. I’ve seen a bunch of my friends in New Media get great new jobs and others get big traffic boosts and I admit I’ve been feeling a lot like the career minor-league who [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Washington’s Been Berry Berry Good to Them Friday Edition
I’m sure someone will come up with a good reason why 77,000 federal employees should each have a higher salary than their Governor, but I’ll be darned if I can think of it. It was also a bit of an eye-opener to learn that 5,000 of those employees are air-traffic controllers. I only mention that [...]
Why #WeinerGate Ticks Me Off
I admit, when the #WeinerGate story (see Stacy McCain or Big Government for full *ahem* coverage) first broke over the Memorial Day weekend, it amused the heck out of me. It had all the elements of funny: an arrogant, self-important politician, hubris, an underwear-clad crotch. What’s not to laugh about there? However, the more the [...]
Old Lefties Never Die, They Just Take New Jobs at Big Media Companies
I’m sure this will turn out well. Vivian Schiller will be joining NBC News as Chief Digital Officer. The announcement was made today by NBC News President Steve Capus. Schiller’s role is a new position at NBC News, as the network expands its leadership team to add management of its digital platforms. She will join [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Candidate Overload Thursday Edition
I admit sometimes I’m not altogether sure that more candidates is better for the Republicans. On one hand, plenty of candidates will provide many opportunities for us to work out our policy differences in time for the general election season. On the other, there is such as thing as too many voices, especially when some [...]
Harry Reid: Champion of the Common Man, Assuming the Common Man’s a Lobbyist with Bags of Cash
It is an article of faith that the Republicans are the Party of the Rich Lobbyist, but that turns out not to be so much the truth. Open Secrets took a look at who got the most lobbyist cash over the two-year period of 2009-2010 and, let’s just the if Michael Buffer has announced the [...]
The Delivery Presents – Republicans, Cell Phones, Sock Puppets, and Other Things That Will Hurt You!
Episode 96 had it all: 1) Not-so-gentle mocking of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. 2) Mentions of Anthony Weiner that didn’t include body parts. 3) A special appearance by my good friend, Occasional Spokespuppet Socky the Sock Puppet. 4) A surprise #WeinerGate revelation. 5) An introduction to the matter of over-hyped college degrees. 6) A special [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Democratic Debt Mutiny Wednesday Edition
The House of Representatives refused to raise the debt ceiling yesterday in a vote the MSM is deceptively calling “symbolic”. So much for objectivity, huh? Why it’s almost like the media were using a talking point provided by the House Democratic leadership or something. If this vote was purely symbolic, then why did almost half [...]
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