• Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    More Like the Guy I Voted For

    President Obama rips BP, Transocean, Halliburton execs a new one. ‘Ridiculous spectacle’: Obama slams BP, Transocean over Gulf oil spill | McClatchy As for Tuesday’s testimony in which companies involved passed the blame for the spill, the president said, “I did not appreciate what I considered to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings into this matter. You had executives of B.P. and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else. The American people could not have been impressed with that display, and I certainly wasn’t.”

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    More Like the Guy I Voted For

    President Obama rips BP, Transocean, Halliburton execs a new one. ‘Ridiculous spectacle’: Obama slams BP, Transocean over Gulf oil spill | McClatchy As for Tuesday’s testimony in which companies involved passed the blame for the spill, the president said, “I did not appreciate what I considered to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings into this matter. You had executives of B.P. and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else. The American people could not have been impressed with that display, and I certainly wasn’t.”

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links May 10th – May 11th

    Free Font Download – Bitwise font | UrbanFonts.com Free Font Download – 256 Bytes font | UrbanFonts.com Free Font Download – Venetia Monitor font | UrbanFonts.com Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com Clarkson told to reopen footpath Clarkson is an ass and on a future trip I'd like to walk on on of these footpaths. Growth Possible or Desired

  • Only in Utah... - Politics, Schmolitics

    Claudia Wright for US Congress, UT-02

    Hope my Utah friends and family take an interest in politics this fall and VOTE; even in ultra-mega-infra-Red Utah, there are Democrats worth electin. One of them is NOT worth re-electing: Jim Matheson, Blue Dog incumbent from the second Congressional district was thrown into a primary because his opponent, progressive liberal Claudia Wright, galvanized yesterday’s Democratic convention delegates. Howie Klein: Can Brigham Young’s Great Great Gay Progressive Granddaughter Oust A Blue Dog & Win A House Seat In Utah? A hearty band of awesome Democrats there put their collective foot down and prevented anti-healthcare Blue Dog Jim Matheson from winning…

  • Only in Utah... - Politics, Schmolitics

    Claudia Wright for US Congress, UT-02

    Hope my Utah friends and family take an interest in politics this fall and VOTE; even in ultra-mega-infra-Red Utah, there are Democrats worth electin. One of them is NOT worth re-electing: Jim Matheson, Blue Dog incumbent from the second Congressional district was thrown into a primary because his opponent, progressive liberal Claudia Wright, galvanized yesterday’s Democratic convention delegates. Howie Klein: Can Brigham Young’s Great Great Gay Progressive Granddaughter Oust A Blue Dog & Win A House Seat In Utah? A hearty band of awesome Democrats there put their collective foot down and prevented anti-healthcare Blue Dog Jim Matheson from winning…

  • Hot Off The Presses - SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down

    Looks like there’s going to be lots of bad travel karma this weekend and into next week, as many flights into and out of the Iberian peninsula are canceled due to another hiccup from the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano. BBC News – Volcanic ash cloud hits transatlantic flights Hundreds of transatlantic flights have been cancelled or delayed by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifting south over Western Europe. Sixteen Spanish airports – including the international hub, Barcelona – are closed, with many flights being re-routed around the affected area.

  • Hot Off The Presses - SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down

    Looks like there’s going to be lots of bad travel karma this weekend and into next week, as many flights into and out of the Iberian peninsula are canceled due to another hiccup from the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano. BBC News – Volcanic ash cloud hits transatlantic flights Hundreds of transatlantic flights have been cancelled or delayed by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifting south over Western Europe. Sixteen Spanish airports – including the international hub, Barcelona – are closed, with many flights being re-routed around the affected area.