Thoughts for the Day, October 18, 2023: Two steps forward and four steps backward.
Two steps forward and four steps backyard sums up Jim Jordan’s progress today in his attempt to become the speaker of the house. In round two today, Jordan had two …
Thoughts for the Day, October 17, 2023: Animal House had nothing on the House of Representatives.
Call it a circus, a cluster, a zoo, a comedy, or whatever name you desire. Regardless of what you call it, the embarrassment of the U.S. House of Representatives’ right …
Thoughts for the Day, October 16, 2023: It is all about staying in power. See my article from The Ballenger Report.
Bill Ballenger the self-assessed number one political pundit in Lansing writes a weekly blog, The Ballenger Report, that I subscribe to. Ballenger is a conservative who prides himself in reporting …
Thoughts for the Day, Friday the 13th of October: Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock couldn’t create a story as bizarre as what is going on in the House of Representatives.
Congratulations to Lexi Thompson. Lexi competed on Thursday and Friday in the men’s PGA tour event in Las Vegas. She was trying to become only the second women to make …
Thoughts for the Day, October 12, 2023: The insanity in the House continues.
The insanity of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives continues tonight. Per the NY Times, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana withdrew on Thursday from consideration for the speakership …
Thoughts for the Day, October 10, 2023: Gut wrenching.
Onion of the Day: Hamas, even stronger than yesterday. As the pictures of the attack by Hamas on Israel come to light, my stomach turns as I read about the …
Thoughts for the Day, October 9, 2023: Onion for Hamas
I am reposting this. The original post distributed to subscribers had some serious formatting issues which did not show up when I was editing it. This should be much better. …
Thoughts for the Day, October 9, 2023: Onion for Hamas.
The timing of the attack by Hamas on Israel has raised my suspicions that it is not unrelated to the U.S. Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy being removed from …
Thoughts for the Day on this Broderick Crawford Day (ten-four): An infamous 24 hours.
I am still trying to make sense of what happened in our illustrious House of Representatives yesterday with the ouster of Speaker McCarthy. It is a struggle. Here is my …
Thoughts for the Day, October 3, 2023: What now?
Question of the Day: Now what? Now that Matt Goetz and a faction of hardline Republicans, combined with Democrats, voted to oust Speaker McCarthy and McCarthy has basically said “screw …