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Archive for January, 2009

A Sensible Alternative

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 13th, 2009. Filed under History, Virginia

I’ve written a few times in the past about the oddity that is Virginia’s celebration of Lee-Jackson Day, a holiday honoring Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee that, for some bizarre reason, is celebrated on the Friday before the day set aside to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. (see here and here, for example).
This year, [...]

Roger Clemens Case Headed To Grand Jury

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 12th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens, Sports

It’s been nearly a year since the bizarre, and unnecessary, encounter between Roger Clemens and his former trainer before a Congressional Committee, and it’s finally starting to look like Clemens could be in trouble:
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury is investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress last year, two people briefed on the matter [...]

Joe The Plumber: Flush The First Amendment

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 12th, 2009. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Politics

A guy who owes his new job to the media apparently doesn’t think the media should exist:
(CNN) – ‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher told a group of journalists covering the conflict in Israel and Gaza that he didn’t think the media should be allowed to report on war.
“I think media should be abolished from, you know, [...]

Another Obama Citizenship Suit Bites The Dust

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 12th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

The Justices seem to be using these cases for skeet practice:
Pennsylvania attorney Phil Berg, who filed the first lawsuit on whether President-Elect Barack Obama meets the constitutional qualifications for president, had had two requests pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, both called Berg v Obama. On January 12, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Berg’s request [...]

A Fitting Epitaph

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 12th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, George W Bush, Politics

George W. Bush sums up his Presidency:
Reflecting on the recession that is ending his tenure, Bush said, “I inherited a recession and I am leaving on a recession.”
“I readily concede I chucked aside my free-market principles when I was told … the situation we were facing could be worse than the Great Depression,” Bush said. [...]

Yea, I’m Still Here

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 6th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, News About The Site

Took a longer hiatus than anticipated, but things should be back to normal, or what passes for it, soon enough.

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