One of the big economic headlines today is this: McDonald’s aims to fill 50,000 jobs in a day That’s right – with billions and billions served, the fast food king needs more people to slop out the burgers. In all honesty, this is a really depressing headline. I’m sure a large number of those applicants […]
Only dozens showed up to hear Tea Party darlings Michele Bachmann and S.C. Governor Nikki Haley speak at a rally in Columbia, SC. While the media tries to talk up the significance of the Tea Party, the showings at recent rallies have told another story. Yesterday was a prime example of this, as the Taxed […]
A big milestone was hit in Iraq yesterday, yet I doubt the media will talk about it too much: Iraqi commandos showed off skills they learned from U.S. military forces, who Saturday formally handed over control of combat operations to Iraqi security forces. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Raymond Odierno, was on hand […]
Last week Bill O’Reilly made news by an apparent support of the public option. Well it didn’t take long for him to try and paint that support as some big conspiracy theory: Via Think Progress: GOLDBERG: Bill, Bill, don’t shoot the messenger. Right? I’m your friend. I’m telling you this as a friend. You also […]
The news that a judge has allowed the case of Jamie Leigh Jones against Halliburton/KBR to move forward has come at a very interesting time. Jones has accused co-workers at Halliburton/KBR of kidnapping and rape. Normally you would think this kind of case would immediately become a prosecutorial matter, yet Halliburton was able to stop […]
White House press secretary Scott McLellan said today that Bush could appoint John Bolton as UN ambassador for a recess appointment. This would be nothing less than a detrimental blow diplomacy as we know it. John Bolton has been the center of a heated, long time debate in Senate. Rightfully so, his past tactics are […]