Gretchen Carlson just sounds so ridiculous throughout this whole thing. PEOPLE ARE PISSED THEIR KIDS HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE! They are playing to a minority and to families that have 'bad' parents. These are EXTREME values, such as homos living in the same neighborhoods as the rest of us normals. Ewww
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTvlL_Hen3c[/youtube]

The clip seems old, but I found it pretty sad

on another note, these gays intimidated this woman by standing there with their gay umbrellas and seeking to destroy her marriage
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWUkBQXrjpM[/youtube]

Steele is the worst

I was with Leavitt the night Shane hit the grand slam off CC. He's an alright guy to get drunk with though it's absolutely hilarious he's the Chief of Staff of the RNC. I'm not surprised at all by any of this.

Don't know who's being more truthful in this, but I do know Steele needs to resign.

Capito isn't running

What a jackass

I don't often have much use for Tom Friedman, but I think he's onto something here.

As Fred Krupp, the president of Environmental Defense Fund, notes: U.S. utility companies today “are sitting on billions of dollars in job-creating capital — but they will not invest in new energy projects until they have certainty on what their future carbon obligations will be. In just one state, Indiana, there are 25 power plants 50 years old or older. The fleet needs to be modernized, and Senate paralysis is keeping it from happening. A recent study from the Peterson Institute projects annual investment in the sector in the next 10 years would rise by 50 percent as a result of climate legislation — an increase of nearly $11 billion a year.” That’s new employment from a private sector stimulus.

Can you imagine how high the stock market would soar and how easy a compromise with Democrats would become if Republicans offered an energy policy consistent with their values and our interests? What if the G.O.P. said: We will support a carbon tax provided one-third of the revenue goes toward cutting corporate taxes, one-third toward cutting payroll taxes for every working American and one-third toward paying down the deficit. The G.O.P. would actually help us get a better energy policy.

I have to admit that I'd be thrilled if Obama gave the speech he posits about energy policy, partisan red meat and all. But he's pretty obviously not that guy.

What type of guy is he?

jerseyhoya wrote:Steele is the worst

I was with Leavitt the night Shane hit the grand slam off CC. He's an alright guy to get drunk with though it's absolutely hilarious he's the Chief of Staff of the RNC. I'm not surprised at all by any of this.

Don't know who's being more truthful in this, but I do know Steele needs to resign.

It would have been cooler if it was the other Michael Leavitt. It'd be as if you turned a lesbian.

And Steele should have been forced out a year ago.

jerseyhoya wrote:Capito isn't running

What a jackass

yeah not sure what thats all about, i can only presume she wants to run for gov in 12 riding into office on obamas "coattails" in WV

This story is mostly for Dajafi and TV. At the tailgate, we were talking about my old employer and TV called them a "loathesome organization" which made me laugh, I guess the choice of words was funny to me. Sounded like Judge Smells in Caddyshack.

Anyway, a sort-of fun read which goes a bit overboard (like we were the only ones who ruthlessly raised money in DC, gimme a break. All these orgs waste the money they end up raising).

gr wrote:Sounded like Judge Smells in Caddyshack.

What's awesome about this is how much (IMO, obv) Donohue *looks* like Judge Smells... thanks for linking. Def will check it out.

My loathsome charge was based on the Chamber's attack on CFPA, which in my opinion was if not dishonest, misleading.

Jim Webb with one of those chatter inducing op eds

What diversity programs does he want to end? Most programs that directly help people better their lives, start businesses, etc don't factor race into anything.

I know, I know I have to shed my Douthat-is-asshat obsession, and I will - starting tomorrow.

Meanwhile he writes shit like this, and citesshit like this in support of his own shit, and so I obsess.

Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings

What Does Mayoral Candidate Vincent Gray Really Think About Education in D.C.?

I think it's interesting that she's becoming an issue in the DC mayoral primary with Gray and Mayor Fenty. Fenty stands behind her, but a lot of the district's black residents don't like her. Gray isn't taking a stand.

Also

Thirty-five states and the district applied for part of the $3.4 billion available under the Race to the Top competition. The finalists are Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

jerseyhoya wrote:Also

Thirty-five states and the district applied for part of the $3.4 billion available under the Race to the Top competition. The finalists are Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

So out of the 36, like 7 were eliminated. What's next, swimsuit competition?

jerseyhoya wrote:Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings

What Does Mayoral Candidate Vincent Gray Really Think About Education in D.C.?

I think it's interesting that she's becoming an issue in the DC mayoral primary with Gray and Mayor Fenty. Fenty stands behind her, but a lot of the district's black residents don't like her. Gray isn't taking a stand.

I so love her.

Disclose act died.

dajafi wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings

What Does Mayoral Candidate Vincent Gray Really Think About Education in D.C.?

I think it's interesting that she's becoming an issue in the DC mayoral primary with Gray and Mayor Fenty. Fenty stands behind her, but a lot of the district's black residents don't like her. Gray isn't taking a stand.

I so love her.

Really seems to be one of those issues where there's a broad bit of bipartisan agreement that a) there's a problem and b) there are fairly inoffensive, potentially very effective solutions, but some Dems have to kowtow to the teachers unions and many GOPers these days are adverse to domestic policymaking as a matter of principle or get so hung up on vouchers that they won't go along with other pieces of reform.

I understand that it's difficult to measure teacher performance, but it seems like they're working hard to develop a workable set of metrics to evaluate teachers that go beyond simple test scores. It would be lovely if Fenty gets reelected and Rhee gets 4 more years to really see if she can make progress for both the kids of DC and as a potential example that the rest of the country can follow.

If I still lived in the city, I'd switch registration to Dem so I could vote in the primary. I know my uncle the GOP pollster has done this in the past to vote for Williams and Fenty, I wonder if he's planning on doing so again. They've got a soon to be 4 year old with another kid on the way, and are really conflicted on whether to stay in their nice house in the city or if they need to move to the suburbs to get the kids into non DC schools.

Why is Jeb Bush saying he's not running for president in 2012 news? Did anyone thing Jeb Bush was running for president in 2012?