In my last post about Nathan Deal, I worried about "piling on" [this Deal is a bad investment…]. Now, on top of the $2M he lost in his son-in-law’s bankruptcy, and the $2.8M he owes come due in February, there’s another $2.5M loan for his auto salvage business [New explanation given for loans Deal obtained […]
Lawyer: Other Men Went On Trips With Pastor Bishop Long To Address Allegations Sunday Associated Press by ERRIN HAINES September 22, 2010 ATLANTA — The pastor of a nationally known Atlanta-area megachurch took other young men on trips as part of a mentoring program but stands by his denial of claims that he had sex […]
Are we piling on? Smelling vulnerability and jumping on the bandwagon? I don’t think so. Nathan Deal has been my Congressman since I moved here at the end of 2003, and has long been a source of embarrassment. He was beyond lackluster and resigned his seat just in time to avoid being brought up on […]
Saxby Chambliss says gay slur originated with his office Political Insider Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Jim Galloway September 22, 2010 My AJC colleague Bob Keefe in Washington has this: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ office has determined it was indeed the source of a highly publicized homosexual-bashing slur on an Internet site. But in a statement, Chambliss’ […]
I’ve been focused on wealth inequity for a while, but particularly with the recent Slate series by Timothy Noah. Likewise, the Pharmaceutical Industry stays on the front burner. I was reading a piece about the Johnson & Johnson recall when I came across this paragraph [Bill Weldon is CEO of J&J]. Thus, last year Mr […]
New Post for Senate’s Medical Research Watchdog ScienceInsider The American Association for the Advancement of Science by Eli Kintisch 21 September 2010 If you’re a medical researcher or administrator, you don’t want to receive an e-mail from Paul Thacker. He was the key staffer behind a series of investigations since 2007 by Senator Chuck Grassley […]
Senate fails in attempt to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ Washington Post by Ed O’Keefe September 21, 2010 Updated 5:49 p.m. Efforts to repeal the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" suffered a near-fatal blow on Tuesday as senators fell short of earning the 60 votes necessary to start debate on the annual defense policy bill […]
O’Donnell Argued Gays Suffer From An ‘Identity Disorder’ ThinkProgress September 20, 2010 Despite having a lesbian sister, Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell has long history of taking hateful and ignorant positions against gay people, as ThinkProgress has noted in our report on the former anti-sex activist. For example, O’Donnell has said she “cannot understand” […]
Fearing a soaring deficit, many analysts favor letting Bush tax cuts expire Washington Post By Lori Montgomery September 20, 2010 The tax cuts at the heart of a fierce pre-election battle on Capitol Hill were designed when the economy was booming, the federal budget was in surplus and George W. Bush was campaigning for president […]
Values Voters Woo the Tea Party Mother Jones By Stephanie Mencimer September 20, 2010 Last year, the Family Research Council’s DC Values Voters Summit was about as establishment Republican an event as you can get. The entire GOP congressional leadership addressed the crowd of evangelical activists and Mike Huckabee, a longtime favorite of social conservatives, […]