Although any of them who have looked at the portrait on a US ten-dollar bill have seen Alexander Hamilton, international readers of this Web log may not have heard of Aaron Burr. We Americans, on the other hand, relish a good fight, and every single intelligent, educated, literate, well-informed one of us who recognizes the… Continue reading US Senate Majority Swallows Spider to Catch Fly – Cat to Follow?
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DC Government Endures Humiliation and Injustice
Maybe there were several hundred thousand federal workers with nothing to do this week, but Gretchen and I have been as busy as one-armed paper hangers. Apparently, there’s nothing like the economic repercussions of a government shutdown combined with the impending financial cataclysm of a US government default to increase the demand for nearly every… Continue reading DC Government Endures Humiliation and Injustice
Tea Party Master Debaters Vow to Beat Boehner – Later
When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles, they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle. – Representative Lois Frankel, D-Florida,The Congressional Record, Saturday, September 28, 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, you can’t make this stuff up. … Continue reading Tea Party Master Debaters Vow to Beat Boehner – Later
Hold Your Nose, Here Comes Mitch McConnell!
We’ve never had an August day like this before in Washington, and we probably won’t ever again, either – with temperatures reminiscent of early fall and absolutely gorgeous breezes and sunshine. Too bad I had to work inside, normally this time of year I’d be grateful for the air conditioning. But Gretchen and I were… Continue reading Hold Your Nose, Here Comes Mitch McConnell!
Totally Zany Liz Cheney Seeks Senate Seat
Like most of the United States east of the Mississippi, Washington spent this week in the grip of a truly torrid heat wave. The difference, as the old adage has it, between Hell and Washington DC in the summer is that Hell has dry heat. And at the moment, there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind… Continue reading Totally Zany Liz Cheney Seeks Senate Seat