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June 2009, Page 2

“War on science” in the Obama admin?

Remember all the wild-eyed accusations against the Bush administration about their alleged “war on science”? CBS reports about a potential scandal involving Obama administration EPA officials allegedly suppressing a report “that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, according to a series of newly disclosed e-mail messages.” Make sure to read the links at the CNET to get the gist of the report’s claims, and to read the EPA’s response. .....   [Read More]

Profile of Jenny Sanford

The New York Times has a suprisingly good profile on SC First Lady Jenny Sanford, the “woman scorned” in the Gov. Mark Sanford affair scandal. The piece talks about how she was and is arguably the women “behind the man” – the one who perhaps had more influence on his decision-making both inside the office and outside of it than some of is own staff and advisers, after giving up her career in the financial sector shortly after they got married in 1989......   [Read More]

Let’s hear it for John Boehner! (UPDATE: BILL PASSES HOUSE – THANKS TO 8 GOPrs)

I just got home, just unloaded the surprisingly light 32″ TV out of the car and into the house via a hand truck, am getting ready to do some “woman’s work” (cleaning, cooking, laundry) and “man’s work” (trimming shrubbery and getting rid of spider webs off a section of my back porch). But I wanted to quickly log on and see what was going on in DC, and when I did, I read that House Minority Leader John Boehner is filibustering the National Energy Tax on the floor of the House as I type this, by reading the entire 300-page amendment that was put into the bill at the last minute by Rep. Henry Waxman at the last minute......   [Read More]