Plunderbund

Earlier this week FEMA held a news conference about the California fires that “looked like a success in the Bush administration’s effort this week to demonstrate it could respond competently to a disaster”
“Are you happy with FEMA’s response so far?” someone asked.
“I am very happy with FEMA’s response so far,” responded Vice Adm. Harvey E. […]

the Dispatch has this great headline today:
ESP, ghost, UFO believers outnumber Bush supporters
34 percent of people .. say they believe in ghosts, according to a pre-Halloween poll by the Associated Press and Ipsos. That’s the same proportion who believe in unidentified flying objects
I’m definitely one of the non-Bush supporters; still undecided on the UFOs.
side […]

Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Bush folks made some serious changes to the testimony CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding was going to give before the Senate.
“It was eviscerated,” said a CDC official, familiar with both versions, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the review process.
The official […]

Governor Ted Strickland signed House Bill 177 into law this morning effectively outlawing “’skill–based’ amusement machines that provide cash payouts or prizes worth more than $10.”
But it’s not all bad news for Ohio’s gamblers…
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a “Cleveland-based group wants to build a $600 million casino resort off Interstate 71 in […]

Oh boy! This should be fun…
10TV.com is hosting a live web chat with the candidates for Columbus Mayor.
Today was the chat with Mayor Coleman. Unfortunately, I missed it because I had to work.
But I’ll definitely try to get on tomorrow at noon to ask Todd some questions.
Any suggestions?

According to Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Kucinich saw a UFO near her home in Graham, Washington….
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has claimed to have seen a UFO, according to Shirley MacLaine in her new book, “Sage-Ing While Age-Ing.”
Kucinich “had a close sighting over my home in Graham, Washington, when I lived there,” the actress, a […]

Why the hell is Pete Stark apologizing for his statements about the war and president Bush?
The way I see it, Pete had every right to be pissed off at the Republicans- especially our child-hating, war-mongering president.
This is what Rep Stark (D-CA) said during debate on the S-CHIP bill:
Where are you going to get that money? […]

The emails I receive from Wingnut mailing lists are a constant source of amusement (and amazement) for me.
One of my favorites is the weekly “BE VERY AFRAID OF….” email from Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) because of the creative ways they twist the truth to push their wingnut agenda.
Before […]

Protests on college campuses just aren’t what they used to be.
Take, for example, this week’s “protest” by the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus which took the form of students wearing empty gun holsters to class.
A couple of nerdy, wingnut kids wearing empty gun hosters?
Not much of a protest, really.
Sounds more like a new […]

I’m sure this will not please the wingnut right - especially Poole and Blumer, who apparently haven’t met a Muslim unworthy of their disdain - but after more than a decade of investigation the government was unable to secure any convictions against any of the defendants in the case. The results have also called […]

The Toledo Blade is reporting that:

The director of a now-closed West Toledo charter school and her husband owe the state nearly $120,000 for unaccounted taxpayer money, according to a special audit released yesterday by the Ohio Auditor’s Office.
Kari DiCianni was fired in January as executive director of the Performing Arts School of Metropolitan Toledo (PASMT), […]

I missed this story last week- but it seems worth mentioning even if I am a little late.
A jury has awarded nearly $6 million to a Canal Winchester couple, holding World Harvest Church and a substitute teacher there liable for a spanking incident at its day care last year.
The World Harvest Church, as you […]

A new AP Poll shows that public approval for Congress is up while Bush’s rating stays low, low, low…
Public approval for Congress is at its highest level in a year as Democrats mark 100 days in power and step up their confrontation with President Bush over his handling of the Iraq War, the issue that […]

Townhall.com, the “web-based publication … dedicated to conservative United States politics” must not be making enough money from wingnut writers like Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin and Ken Blackwell.
If they were, they wouldn’t be sending emails with subject lines like this:

How to Reverse 50 Years of Artery Plaque
America’s Secret Investment Societies
Are Aerobics and Weight Lifting […]

Recently I posted (ranted?) about the state’s ban on ’skill games’- coming out against the ban because I have yet to hear even one good reason why the state should ban these machines.
Well today I read about one great reason why we SHOULD NOT ban these machines: MONEY.
Specifically, the huge revenue potential for the state […]