Archive for August, 2007

wrap your brain around this number

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CEO pay can look like chump change next to private equity and hedge fund managers’ pay. Those managers made an average of $657.5 million in 2006 – more than 16,000 times what the average full-time worker makes, and roughly 61 times that of the average CEO.

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Tom Carper: The Placeholder Senator

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post by an anon Delawareliberal reader. It assumes a general familiarity with Carper’s his votes during the Bush years which identify him is a huge asshole and peice of shit. So knowing he sucks – the question becomes, what do we do with that knowledge? So how can Tom […]

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Breaking: Gonzo is Out

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UPDATE: THIS ONLY HAPPENED ON MONDAY PEOPLE!!!! No…not gay… he has resigned.

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How sad is this?

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This is the White House’s response to not being able to meet 15 of the 18 benchmarks for the surge… A bar was set so high, that it was almost not to be able to be met,” White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. “On the other hand, one of the things it does […]

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Hit and Run Lawyer to work for Public Def Office

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Starting Friday, Wharton, who spent 23 years in the Attorney General’s Office, will join the Public Defender’s Office. I sure hope the guy has someone driving him to work….. It seems like just yesterday our little wannabee AG was running over people… they grow up so fast.

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oh my god, plllluuuuhhhhhheeease stop the madness

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Colo. School Bans Tag on Its Playground

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Who doesn’t support the troops?

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this is such a tired, partisan attack, that I can’t believe gets any space these days And it’s terribly unjust that the sacrifices of our support troops go ignored by the big-star media. For just one example, a single military-police battalion lost 37 soldiers killed in the course of their tour. But what do we […]

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Bombing Iran will send “a strong message”

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Man oh man. Mike Castle’s hero, Geroge Bush really creeped me out last night. He sounds dead set on bombing the shit out of Iran. Is that such a good idea? Here are ten reason why it is a terrible idea.

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I never knew NYC had so many farmers

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I never knew NYC had so many farmers

Have a look at the map of Manhattan below (used recently by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in a speech). The red dots indicate people who live in Manhattan (and so clearly are neither hurting for money nor tilling the soil on the family farm) but receive agricultural subsidies from the federal government The larger red […]

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And now a word from your pResident…

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“Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession.  We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work.”  60 Minutes II; 12/5/2000

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Please Hold Your Applause

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I am as anxious to pat Dave Burris on the back for a job well-done as anyone on either side of the aisle.  I was proud to be a blogger when he penned the letter that stuck a fork in Atkins.  I was impressed by the facts that he uncovered in the Pink Postcards case.  […]

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What next in Iraq ?

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I’ve been giving Mike Castle hell because he is such a big rubber stamp for Bush, and even now Mike Castle is getting ready to vote for another big blank check for Bush despite the fact that Bush has never had a real plan for Iraq. All the while I’ve never said what I think […]

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What I’m reading

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What I’m reading

Unfortunately for me all the dora books were checked out (most likely by all the illegals) I picked this up on a whim, like I do most of my books. I am about half way through and it is providing an inside glimpse of what goes on in Fallujah and Ramadi from a grunt’s point […]

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