Vice President Joe Biden, in his ever-loving, half-aware candor, has called it “The Blumenthal Mistake,” which is a pretty brutal epithet: Of all the deeds a politician wouldn’t want his name standing in for, lying about military service has got to be close to the top of the list. Perhaps the label won’t stick, but [...]
George W. Bush, whose memoir “Decision Points” will be released in November, launched a Facebook page today and has already garnered more than 14,000 fans some pretty wistful comments about the days of yore. A sampling: You are greatly missed! Thank you for all you did for us, Mr President! Washington needs more help now [...]
When BP CEO Tony Hayward uttered those words a few days ago, he looked like an out of touch rich guy who’s annoyed that he has to deal with an inconvenient oil spill. “There’s no one who’d like this over more than me,” he said of the largest oil disaster in U.S. history that claimed [...]
Oil: -Plans to syphone off the oil from Deepwater Horizon are stalling after a saw got stuck in the pipe. -BP’s shares rebounded slightly in morning trading after one of the company’s worst days ever yesterday. Credit Suisse estimates the Deepwater Horizon spill could cost the company $37 billion. -Rep. Charlie Melancon, who broke down [...]
I spent Memorial Day weekend on the Gulf Coast. Not in NoLa with my colleagues staking out Thad Allen’s new solo briefings, but along Florida’s southern coast where my parents live. I was surprised to see the beaches more packed than I’d ever seen them. All the hotels in town were sold out, my parent’s [...]
The Israeli response to the so-called Peace Flotilla was stupid and over-aggressive, but the Turkish “humanitarian” group that helped organize the flotilla has a long history of supporting organizations that aren’t very humane. Here’s some background from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
In the wake of BP’s hugely disappointing “top kill” failure in the Gulf, the Obama administration is jacking up the tough talk. Speaking in the Rose Garden today, the president himself vowed to support an independent commission’s effort “to follow the facts wherever they lead, without fear or favor.” And Attorney General Eric Holder is [...]
What happens when you’re a small government, pro-business conservative and your state gets pummeled by one of the worst man made disasters ever – not five years after getting pummeled by one of the worst natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina)? If you’re Louisiana Senator David Vitter, you double down on offshore drilling and push for a [...]
