Van Jones, a top adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has resigned. The story of Jones’ resignation is interesting for at least two reasons. The first is that although Jones’ past statements and associations have been fodder for The Drudge Report and conservative radio talk-shows and websites for days, they have received [...]
Archive for September 7th, 2009
Vexed About Vetting
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, New York Times, News media, Politics, Van Jones on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Golf Gods
Posted in Humor, sports, tagged Golf, Golf Gods, Humor, Kali, Loki, sports on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today the Golf Gods smiled upon me. After weeks of soul-blasting, rage-inducing, brain-searing futility on the golf course, I finally made some shots and got a decent score. I also had the luckiest bounce I think I have ever had on the golf course. On number 8 East, a par 3 over water, I hung [...]
A Wuss For A Speaker
Posted in Politics, tagged Charles Rangel, Congress, Ethics, Nancy Pelosi, Politics on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to Rep. Charles Rangel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a bit of a wuss. Even though Rangel, the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, has been dogged by his unseemly failure to list many of his assets on financial disclosure forms — so much so that even the Washington Post [...]
