Wednesday, November 03, 2010

United States Senate elections, 2012

United States Senate elections, 2012

"Democrats have 21 seats up for election, not including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats, and Republicans have 10 seats up for election."

It's not too early to put the heat on these guys!

Investigate this

Power Line - Investigate this
"In a series of posts on Obama administration National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach, we have followed the descent of the NEH into political partisanship and rank buffoonery.

Now we turn to problematic programming funded by the NEH."

Election links

http://www.cbsnews.com/election2010/housesenate.shtml?type=house

http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/

http://co.muskegon.mi.us/election/office_proposal.htm

Thinkin' ahead

What do they have in common?


3.1.1 Dianne Feinstein of California

3.1.2 Tom Carper of Delaware

3.1.3 Bill Nelson of Florida

3.1.4 Daniel Akaka of Hawaii

3.1.5 Ben Cardin of Maryland

3.1.6 Debbie Stabenow of Michigan

3.1.7 Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota

3.1.8 Claire McCaskill of Missouri

3.1.9 Jon Tester of Montana

3.1.10 Ben Nelson of Nebraska

3.1.11 Bob Menendez of New Jersey

3.1.12 Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico

3.1.13 Kent Conrad of North Dakota

3.1.14 Sherrod Brown of Ohio

3.1.15 Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania

3.1.16 Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island

3.1.17 Jim Webb of Virginia

3.1.18 Maria Cantwell of Washington

3.1.19 Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

All are incumbent democrats up for election in 2012.
They may be democrooks but they'll be looking over their shoulders...and may be listening to their constitutents rather than Prince Harry and his comrade Barry O'Carter cuz we got their number!

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

ACORN files for bankruptcy

ACORN files for bankruptcy - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
"The grassroots group ACORN announced Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, meaning the group has effectively folded."

TaxProf Blog: UC President Proposes Raising Faculty Retirement Age From 50 to 55

TaxProf Blog: UC President Proposes Raising Faculty Retirement Age From 50 to 55

You gotta see this.
The French would be so jealous!

US to spend $200 mn a day on Obama's Mumbai visit

US to spend $200 mn a day on Obama's Mumbai visit
"Mumbai: The US would be spending a whopping $200 million (Rs. 900 crore approx) per day on President Barack Obama's visit to the city.

'The huge amount of around $200 million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit,' a top official of the Maharashtra Government privy to the arrangements for the high-profile visit said."

He and his "queen" are telling us to "eat cake", right?
Maybe it's time to introduce King Barry O'Carter and his queen to the political version of a guillotine?

Recall election scheduled for city of Bell

Recall election scheduled for city of Bell - U.S. news - msnbc.com
"The crowd outside Bell City Hall erupted in cheers when the City Council for the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb voted to hold a recall election, although many were not happy that they couldn't watch the historic moment in person."

Monday, November 01, 2010

VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 on Vimeo

VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 on Vimeo
"65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right?
I was able to find an outfit (mymovietransfer.com) to do a much superior scan of this footage to what I had previously posted, so I re-did this film and replaced the older version"

WATCH THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO!