Browsing archives for September 16th, 2008

Nooooooooo!

Election08, Politics 16 September 2008 | 0 Comments

According to TPM, Terry McAuliffe will be campaigning for Obama in Virginia.
Terry McAuliffe irked plenty of Obama supporters with his eternally jovial but aggressive advocacy for Hillary during the Dem primary, but now McAuliffe is set to make amends — he’s finalizing plans to put his unique species of garrulousness at Obama’s disposal.
McAuliffe has agreed [...]

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Fed Extends $85 Billion to AIG

Economy, Society & World 16 September 2008 | 0 Comments

Yesterday Wall Street had its worst day since reopening following the September 11th tragedy. AIG- a company that primarily deals in insurance- has been teetering on collapse and had appealed to the Fed for help. They’re getting that help- to the tune of $85 billion. 
With time running out after A.I.G. failed to get a bank [...]

Someone’s Been Eating His Wheaties

Election08, Politics 16 September 2008 | 1 Comment

I don’t know what’s gotten in to him, but this sounds more like some angry member of left blogistan than Richard Cohen.  I like it!
This goes along with Cohen’s article today, wherein he realizes that John McCain is not the most perfect, honorable, bipartisan, mavericky politician in the entire world and has turned into just [...]

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Romney on McCain’s Lies: “Huge Mistake”

Politics 16 September 2008 | 0 Comments

Yesterday, Karl Rove said that McCain’s lying attack ads were going too far. 
On air at Fox News, Megyn Kelly ripped into McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds for the campaign’s outright lies about Obama’s tax proposals. 
Now Mitt Romney is calling McCain out on his oral allergy to truth: 

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Indie Retailer of the Day: Ecogear Kids Bags

For Kids, Indie Retailers 16 September 2008 | 0 Comments

Book bags are as essential to the school experience as pencils. Elementary school aged children get to have some fun with their backpacks shaped like animals or dyed bright colors. By the time they’re in junior high and high school- if things are still as they were ten years ago- book bags are the lead [...]

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