5-7-2009

Transparency Alert: “The report that came out of DHS was offensive, and unfortunately, Secretary Napolitano still has a lot of explaining to do,” said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. “She has not explained how this report came about, why she signed off on it, or why she defended it.”

Dale Franks: The Tragedy of the Tarp…What really offends me the most in all this is not that the government is acting in the interest of favored clients, although that’s extraordinarily offensive.  That’s what governments do. I think the thing that offends me the most is the sheer stupidity of the thing.

Houston we have a problem: Bruce McQuain from the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston…it seems like no one in power in Washington is listening. And that brings us to the second point this panel made – it is necessary to engage the public/consumer and get them involved in this debate. It is they who will live with and pay for whatever Congress cobbles together regarding energy policy.

Abby Ellin: First came traditional marriage. Then, gay marriage. Now, there’s a movement combining both—simultaneously. Abby Ellin visits the next frontier of nuptials: the “triad.”

Jules Crittenden: When a wealthy, narcissistic, opportunistic, parasitic bounder has cheated on his cancer-ridden wife, the right thing to do is…

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