No Joke, Our Money Going to Finland
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 23rd, 2011 4:31 am by HL
No Joke, Our Money Going to Finland
Paul Smith, Detroit News
“Outta' My Mind on a Saturday Moanin'” Even a guy as bright (no pun intended) as Thomas Edison would be shocked (again no pun intended … and that really would be a Ben Franklin joke anyway) to find that his life-changing invention 132 years ago (yesterday), would be the hot potato, political line in the sand it is today. For him, it was just the first workable electric light bulb. Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of another life-changing technology: the iPod's introduction. Oh, it's also mother-in-law day (insert joke here, if applicable). On…
There’s No Way Cain Will Survive His Abortion Gaffe
Ed Kilgore, TNR
When the entire candidate field opened fire on Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax proposal in Tuesday night’s Republican debate in Las Vegas, you could almost hear the sound of hundreds of exhaled breaths in elite GOP circles. Cain’s improbable rise in national and early-state polls would now end, they probably figured, as GOP voters discovered the pizza man’s signature policy proposal wasn’t terribly well thought out. But it’s likely that Cain could have overcome the criticisms surrounding his tax proposal. What he will struggle to…
Romney Health Plan Still Faces GOP Challenge
Byron York, DC Examiner