Grab Bag – Sunday Afternoon News Roundup
It appears that Gov. Mark Sanford’s mission to Argentina was contraindicated. Then again, his extracurricular activity was also contraindicated. Maureen Dowd from the New York Times has some interesting comments on the governor’s split personality.
California approaches a July second deadline without a budget. The state comptroller is going to be forced to hand out IOUs. I thought Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in order to fix California’s budgetary woes. The last governor who was running record deficits, shortly after being reelected, was ousted on a special election. So what has “the Terminator” done to fix the budgetary problems? I thought that he said that he knew how to fix this.
I spoke yesterday at a rally for universal healthcare. I keep reading the stuff coming out of Washington and it seems like universal confusion. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel stated, “I think we’re in good shape.” Maybe he’s looking at a different healthcare plan. What I see formulating in Washington looks like that amorphous hybrid like that thing in the movie, The Blob.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was on Meet the Press. He was talking about healthcare and healthcare reform. He stated that the Republican Party believes in giving Americans a choice in healthcare.I guess he meant a choice among insurance companies since he does not support a public option.
We’ve been assured that Iraqis are ready to handle their own security.
House minority leader John Boehner is not happy with the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This is a good thing. This means is might not be simply a corporate giveaway.
62% of Americans believe that Judge Sonia Sotomayor should be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
TMZ reports that Billy Mays, longtime pitchman for OxyClean, was found dead this morning. The night before he had a “hard landing” at Tampa’s airport. There is some question of whether he was wearing a seat belt or not, since he hit his head.
