Posts from ‘April, 2006’

Just because U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, had a Web site, no one should expect her to know — or stand behind — what was presented there.
That’s what Schmidt expects people to believe, following a reprimand from the The Ohio Elections Commission.
The Ohio Elections Commission on Thursday reprimanded U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt for claiming on [...]

We may have additional evidence that after they get through eating everyone else’s lunch, the Chinese will have all the jobs and money, and so rule Earth. Apparently not content with illegally producing knockoffs of everything from designer watches to videogames, appliances and economy cars, there’s a report out they’re going after the really big stuff.

The California woman who sued her employer because of a humiliating spanking in front of co-workers has won her case.

Disasters happen, sometimes revealing severe shortcomings in preparation and response. The first step in being better prepared to deal with future calamities, whether natural or manmade, is systematically detailing what’s gone wrong in the past. . . .

Responsible adults serving the people in government know that and act accordingly.

It’s inexcusable that five years after the deadliest attack ever carried out by foreigners on U.S. soil, we have such glaring invitations to mass-casualty mayhem as sieve-like borders and 95 percent of shipping containers coming in uninspected.

As surely as misery loves company, it’s reassuring to learn the U.S. isn’t alone in having crooked business bigshots in its midst. “SEOUL, South Korea — State prosecutors Thursday requested an arrest warrant for Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo amid a bribery and slush fund scandal that has rocked South Korea’s largest automaker. . .”

magine you’re a 53-year-old woman who needs her job to make ends meet — keeping in mind that as workers get up in years, cost-conscious employers start looking at them as a drag on benefit expenses. So, you don’t give up a job and go looking for another on a whim. Now, imagine being obliged by your employer to get up in front of an audience of co-workers, turn around and submit to a spanking.

Hastert’s implication was that if Clinton had turned that fragile, unspoiled wilderness over to the oil industry 11 years ago, we wouldn’t have such high gasoline prices today. It’s just the sort of boneheaded, politically self-serving nonsense we’ve come to expect from Hastert.

There is simply no excuse for the military siccing bill collectors on wounded troops. But according to a news report, that’s exactly what’s happening.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of US soldiers wounded in
Iraq have been hounded by bill collectors for military debts after coming home, US television reported.
In one case the Army demanded a soldier repay [...]

Listening to Roberts’ Republican strategist guest, followed by her female news-biz guests, we began to wonder how those poor, addle-brained Democrats find their way to the Capitol day after day, so Republicans can continue rolling over them.