Saturday, January 8, 2011

From the Halls of Power

Washington:

"The choice of Daley immediately brought protest from the left flank of the Democratic Party, where advocates questioned his insider ties to Wall Street. Centrists and business leaders rallied around the move, one that underscored just how much and how fast the face of the White House is changing....   

It is ALL COSMETIC CHANGE!

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Related: Obama Banking on a Change in the Chief of Staff

A CHANGE I actually am HAPPY ABOUT:

"Many newly elected Tea Party activists and anti-war Democrats have said the Defense Department isn't doing enough....

See: Tea Party Refuses to Take the Pledge

"We have nearly doubled our military budget in the past 10 years," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told his local newspaper, The Courier-Journal, this week. "To avoid bankruptcy, we will have to evaluate all spending -- from food stamps to foreign aid to foreign wars."  

NO MORE AID to WAR-CRIMINAL ISRAEL!!

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Related:  Citing economy, Gates seeks cuts to armed forces (By Thom Shanker and Christopher Drew, New York Times)   

Your web "update."

Also see: Tea Party Threatens Pentagon

Oh, you know what that will get you from the agenda-pushing papers:

"The insurgency inside their coalition....

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Related: Insurgents vs. Incumbents


How does it feel to be tossed in the harbor with the Tea Party, liberals? 

And you thought the Boston Globe was your friend? 

Massachusetts:

"The event was oriented, both physically and rhetorically, toward Beacon Hill’s political and government classes....  

That is why I didn't bother reading or reporting anything else.

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That wasn't for you, readers.

"US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock agreed with Assistant US Attorney John T. McNeil, who argued that Massachusetts politics have become so cynical that two former House speakers convicted of federal crimes — Charles F. Flaherty and Thomas M. Finneran — were “welcomed back like they were some sort of heroes’’ at State House ceremonies on Wednesday....

So was scum Sal.

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Related: Nothing Has Changed in Massachusetts

Nope, not a damn thing!