Posted on August 28, 2009 by dakinikat
I lived in Minnesota for awhile in the mid 1990s. Thankfully, not this part of Minnesota represented by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann. Sesame’s Street’s Elmo needs to send some tapes over there to improve the educational results in Lake Elmo and some of her other communities, I fear. I’ve watched committee hearings with [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2009 by dakinikat
I’ve been highly frustrated recently by the appalling level 0f uncivil discourse at town hall meetings. Here’s the latest experience for Howard Dean as reported by the Hill. Yesterday, I watched Senator John McCain’s meeting and his was booed several times for making statements that were true by definition. The hatred in the [...]
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Posted on August 17, 2009 by dakinikat
Left Blogistan is alive with the sounds of open dissent. I can only say, it’s about time. Here’s a good example from TheHill.com aptly headed Obama picks fight with left on Health Reform. The news, however, is this fact. A public option is not a liberal option. It’s the option that [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2009 by dakinikat
I’m not sure what Secretary Tim Geithner is smoking these days, but I’m sure there’s a huge market for it. Maybe we could tax it then pay off the national debt. The news of the Treasury Secretary’s trip to China is just developing enough of a surreal feel that I felt like Photoshopping a [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by dakinikat
All last year, ALL I heard was how experience didn’t matter. I heard that being ‘ready on day one’ was a meaningless campaign slogan. I was told that what mattered was perceived good judgment, intelligence, and speaking skills. I remember watching the first Democratic Debates and thinking, this guy isn’t ready to be dogcatcher, let [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2009 by dakinikat
back home … here.
To this headline at Politico: Obama Losing Stimulus Message War
and to this quote:
At this crucial juncture in the push to pass an economic recovery package, President Barack Obama finds himself in the most unlikely of places: He is losing the message war.
Despite Obama’s sky-high personal approval ratings, polls show support has declined [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by dakinikat
Two things stuck out in my mind when I finally read the inaugural speech written by Jon “the groper” Favreau. The first was didn’t some one get a fact checker for this kid or at the very least get him a calculator? (Turns out I wasn’t the only one that noticed this one, it [...]
Filed under: A My Pet Goat Moment, U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: era of responsiblity, Inaugural address, Paul Krugman | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 30, 2008 by dakinikat
It’s almost the New Year. Having once dated a New Yorker for an extended period of time, I got used to William Safire (whose column I miss a lot) and his end of the year Office Pool. He always had a list of predictions that challenged you to beat the pundit. Some of my favorite [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2008 by dakinikat
When I heard that Rick Warren was invited by PE Obama to say a prayer at the inauguration, my first thought was that Obama’s pandering to the religious right was more than just electioneering. Obama seems intent on including them in his administration. To me, this bodes poorly for science, rational thought, and civil rights. I was [...]
Filed under: A My Pet Goat Moment, Human Rights, No Obama, Team Obama, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: Gene Robinson prayer, Inauguration, Obama inauguration, Rick Warren prayer | 11 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by dakinikat
As a public employee, I found myself frequently in the position of watching higher-ups do things that were not ethical, responsible or mindful of the public welfare. I have less problems with that now that I work for a University as a prof endowed with intellectual freedom. Other agency employees don’t have that same protection. I [...]
Filed under: A My Pet Goat Moment, Action Memo, Environmental Protection, No Obama, Team Obama, U.S. Economy, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: bad obama appointments, Lisa Jackson, obama bad for the EPA, Obama EPA appointment is bad for environment and public, PEER | 1 Comment »