The ACLU and the Terrorists

By baregrass, on November 17th, 2009

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 [...]

November 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: baregrass | Leave a comment

Politicians and Lobbyists

By baregrass, on February 3rd, 2009

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 [...]

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: baregrass | Leave a comment

Bill Richardson Will No Longer Be Commerce Secretary

By baregrass, on January 4th, 2009

Looks like our governor, Bill Richardson, has withdrawn his name as Obama’s nominee for Commerce Secretary.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 [...]

January 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Health Care

By admin, on February 24th, 2008

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 [...]

February 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: baregrass | Leave a comment

Politics

By admin, on February 16th, 2008

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 [...]

February 16th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: baregrass | 2 comments