From the monthly archives: March 2010

Sean Penn called out for praising Hugo Chavez

On March 31, 2010 By

Actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who starred with Sean Penn in the 1998 movie “Colors,” has written an impassioned open letter to Penn setting him straight about recent remarks he made praising Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. In the letter, titled “An Open Letter to Sean Penn,” Conchita Alonso expresses her disappointment at Penn’s statements made [...]

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Extremists or terrorists?

On March 31, 2010 By

Question: When are terrorists NOT terrorists?

Answer: When they’re members of a Christian militia!

Maybe one of my loyal readers can point me towards a news account of the arrest of nine members of the Hutaree militia that refers to the group as terrorists, because all I’m seeing are reports that refer to [...]

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Thoughts from inside the Feingold campaign

On March 30, 2010 By

Just a few tidbits from a recent conference call with John Kraus, senior strategist for Senator Russ Feingold’s reelection campaign:

On health care reform being signed into law: Health care reform is a HUGE benefit to the campaign – good policy is also good politics. In getting health care reform signed into law Democrats showed [...]

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The RNC needs to learn how to manage its money

On March 30, 2010 By

It seems the folks at the Republican National Committee aren’t as fiscally conservative with their money as they say they’d be with taxpayers’ money, according to a report from The Washington Post’s 44 blog. According to newly filed financial disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, the RNC has spent thousands upon thousands [...]

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Ten day old baby denied insurance coverage due to “pre-existing condition”

On March 30, 2010 By

This story is precisely why health care reform was so necessary:
Houston Tracy is just 10 days old, but the little boy has already lived through trying times.

“He was born with what’s called transposition of the great arteries.” his father, Doug Tracy said. “It’s heart wrenching; I hated it.”

The congenital heart [...]

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What can be considered “victory” for Democrats in 2010?

On March 30, 2010 By

What will a Democratic “victory” look like in November?

That’s a question I’ve been finding myself pondering lately, and as Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight notes, “victory” for Democrats could be defined using any number of criteria:
Obviously, there are some overly literal ways to interpret this question. One could say that so long [...]

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The Walker Freeway Fabrication

On March 30, 2010 By

The gubernatorial campaign of Republican Scott Walker has been making hay of the recent closure of a ramp in the Zoo Interchange, attempting to portray Tom Barrett as being responsible for the closure, but the Barrett campaign has hit back at Walker, pointing out that blame is going to be assigned for the closure [...]

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Man arrested for threatening Rep. Eric Cantor

On March 29, 2010 By

Normal Leboon, a 38 year-old man from the Philadelphia area has been arrested by authorities and charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives,and his family. The threat was made by Leboon in a video he posted on YouTube, in which he said, “You receive [...]

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Could health care reform help Democrats in November?

On March 29, 2010 By

Could the health care reform bill passed by Democrats in the House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama help Democrats in the November midterm elections?

While the Democrats’ victory on health care reform came at a cost, it was an important victory, and as CQ Politics notes the victory was ugly [...]

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The church still defends its action – or inaction – in dealing with pedophile priests

On March 29, 2010 By

As a Catholic, it pains me to know the Church of Rome didn’t do more to protect victims of sexual abuse at the hands of its priests, and the fact that the Vatican is still defending its decision not to defrock a Wisconsin priest accused of sexually assaulting as many as 200 deaf boys [...]

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