Naked Rahm Seared in Our Brains
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 11th, 2010 5:32 am by HL
Naked Rahm Seared in Our Brains
John Kass, Chicago Tribune
49° F10:13 p.m. CST, March 9, 2010 A naked, wet and angry Rahm Emanuel?That's the last image Americans need in our minds right now.But it's been seared onto our brains "” just like that weird wrestling scene from the movie “Borat” "” thanks to former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., who resigned the other day amid allegations he sexually harassed male staffers.”Let me tell you a story about Rahm Emanuel,” Massa said on a recent radio program, talking about taking a shower…
Health Push Looks Like Soprano’s Episode
Michael Tanner, New York Post
Vladimir Putin Builds His Eurasian Empire
Tony Halpin, London Times
Book your tickets now for exclusive Style events at Westfield LondonJeffrey Sachs Where am I? The Soviet Union is gradually being rebuilt as Vladimir Putin eyes a return to the Kremlin. The man who declared the collapse of the Communist state to be the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” appears determined to forge a new empire. The latest evidence emerged in a suggestion by Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister in Mr Putin’s Government, that Russia may abolish the rouble and create a common currency with Kazakhstan and Belarus. The…
Party of Palin & Limbaugh Can’t Win Beyond 2010
Steve Kornacki, Salon
Meet Rush Limbaugh: the latest blowhard to learn nothing from history, thereby fating himself — and his flock — to repeat it.Rush was on the air back in 1993 and 1994, when Republicans found themselves in essentially the same position they're now in: locked out of the White House and staring up at imposing Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.With Rush egging them on, they defined themselves by their blanket, loud, and often hysterical opposition to Bill Clinton's agenda (and to his legitimacy as commander in chief). They killed his stimulus bill by filibuster, offered…
White House vs. High Court: It’s Getting Ridiculous
Jan Crawford, CBS
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts address students at the University of Alabama Law School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 9, 2010.But after Chief Justice John Roberts made some entirely reasonable remarks yesterday — and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just had to respond — it's now getting ridiculous. Whether the White House has a short-term or long-term strategy or no strategy at all, it's flat-out absurd and ill-advised for the administration to think it should always have the last word. It's like my 6-year-old: “I don't LIKE your idea. I like MY…
