About Time

Okay crew, it’s a new year and I better get something down here even if it’s brief, of no importance and no one will see it. On to it! Oh, I did get a better weather widget on the right sidebar from accuweather.com. I had studiously avoided watching the Republican primary debates because there was no [...] [...]

The ACLU and the Terrorists

John  Stephenson wrote an excellent article on Pajamas Media and the role of the ACLU in getting Eric Holder to hold Khalid Mohammed’s terrorist trial in a civilian court in New York instead of trying him in a military tribunal and here is what I feel is the most important thing he said, “with an [...] [...]

Politicians and Lobbyists

I read a good piece on Politico on the current status of Washington lobbyists. I added a comment to the ensuing discussion. Here is the article: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18327.html And below is my comment: “Don’t worry. The lobbyists will be back in favor in a little while. Money and politicians are like 2 magnets that attract each other. As long [...] [...]

Bill Richardson Will No Longer Be Commerce Secretary

Looks like our governor, Bill Richardson, has withdrawn his name as Obama’s nominee for Commerce Secretary. It all has to do with the ongoing federal investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract. In 2004  CDR Financial Programs of Beverley Hills, CA got hired by the New Mexico Finance Authority to [...] [...]

Health Care

Our governor, Bill Richardson, has wanted universal health care in this state for a long time. He thought he would get it this year but didn’t. He found out that he just couldn’t order the legislators to do something and, snap!, it was done. I was privileged to be present in the Health and Government [...] [...]

Politics

As many have said, we live in interesting times and this year’s election season is no exception. Who would have thought, just a few months ago, that the “presumptive Democrat nominee” would be now fighting for her political life and that the Republican front-runner was dismissed as a “also ran” with hardly any [...] [...]