I had the increasingly rare opportunity to enjoy a Saturday off from work. Well, at least Gretchen got one – I, on the other hand, received an unscheduled consultation call on my POTS line at home, late in the afternoon. Male Voice: Hello, is this Tom Collins? Tom: Yes, who is this? Male Voice: Tom… Continue reading Ann Romney’s Buck Mormon Goes Off the Rails
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OMB Sequestration Report Cuts the Cheese in Washington
A billion here… a billion there… pretty soon you’re talking about some real money. – Everett Dirksen’s Eccentric Aunt Tilly At the moment, by far the most popular US government document over three hundred pages here in Washington is the Office of Management and Budget’s Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012. For… Continue reading OMB Sequestration Report Cuts the Cheese in Washington
Obama, Romney, RNC, DNC – Liars’ Pants of Fire Inspire Fact Checking Choir
My first consultation on Friday after lunch was with Diogenes Pangloss, principle Washington lobbyist for the International Association of Fact Checkers, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Flustered, disheveled and exhausted barely described his condition, as he flopped down on the couch in front of the picture window in my office. “Tom, I don’t mind telling you,”… Continue reading Obama, Romney, RNC, DNC – Liars’ Pants of Fire Inspire Fact Checking Choir
Utterly Bad, Good ‘n’ Ugly – Eastwood Makes Obama’s Day
This Labor Day, the humidity in Washington was so intense, when I woke up this morning, all the windows were dripping with condensation on the outside. That’s because I had the air conditioning on the inside at a pleasant seventy-two degrees all night. We are expecting the remnants of hurricane Isaac, too, but the family… Continue reading Utterly Bad, Good ‘n’ Ugly – Eastwood Makes Obama’s Day
Texas to United Nations – Don’t Mess with Lubbock!
Yesterday morning, I had yet another appointment with Austin Houston Crockett Bowie Bonham III, a sixth-generation Texas rancher and conservative political operative who, it seems, pays me a visit nearly every time he travels to Washington. Most of our consultation concerned election strategies for Mitt Romney, on whose campaign Mr. Bonham now proudly serves. Toward… Continue reading Texas to United Nations – Don’t Mess with Lubbock!