WOW Billary you care about healthcare?
POLITICO-Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.
Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, has made her plan for universal health care […]

Why does Bush keep pushing a strong centralized government in Iraq? Does anyone think this plan will work?
HP-For once, George Bush’s open-faced incomprehension - at Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to set off a civil war inside Iraq’s Shia community - seems entirely appropriate. When the American President admitted he did not know why the Iraqi Prime […]

Do you agree with Bush?
MSN-In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. It pits those eager to revamp an antiquated system against an industry opposed to excessive regulation.
The administration is aware of the hardening lines. The 200-page plan set for release Monday […]

Will Bush NUKE Iran?
OEN-Bush sends nuclear sub and more warships to the Gulf
According to Chris Floyd at the Empire Burlesque web site:
The Saudi government is now preparing plans to deal with “any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards” that may arise from an attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors. This was reported […]

HP-Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more “traditional” foreign policy efforts of past presidents, such as George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush _ father of the president _ for the way […]

Politico-Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for […]

We should help Bayou Bob!
(AP) — A rattlesnake rancher who calls himself Bayou Bob found a new way to make money: Stick a rattler inside a bottle of vodka and market the concoction as an “ancient Asian elixir.”
But Bayou Bob Popplewell’s bright idea appears to have landed him on the wrong side of the law, […]

Big brother out of control!
HP-Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz says the coffee chain will not pay its California baristas back for tips they shared with shift supervisors, defying a San Diego Superior Court ruling last week.
Schultz, in a voicemail message to employees Wednesday night, called the ruling unfair and said, “I want to personally let […]

Should middle schools do more to teach tolerance?
MSN-Larry King was a gay eighth-grader who used to come to school in makeup, high heels and earrings. And when the other boys made fun of him, he would boldly tease them right back by flirting with them.
That may have been what got him killed.
On Feb. 12, another […]

Will this be a problem for Rove?
TP-Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) was released from prison today so he can testify to the House Judiciary Committee about the controversial prosecution that led to his incarceration. In an interview shortly after his release, Siegelman singled out former White House aide Karl Rove’s involvement in his case: […]

I thought about this the other day, and wanted to make sure that bb wasn’t going to back out.  Aubrey is still here, and reading what bb has to say, I can see he has learned no lessons.  Well, maybe he’ll learn one come November.  Spring is here, so it’s time to crank up the […]

Should Hillary drop out?
HP-Obama-backing Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) has become among the most senior Democrats to explicitly call for Sen. Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race:
In an interview on Vermont Public Radio, said “There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to […]

Does anyone buy this?
HP-President Bush said Friday that the flare-up in violence in oil-rich southern Iraq and parts of Baghdad presents “a defining moment in the history of Iraq” as the government there seeks to root out Shiite militias.
Bush made clear that the United States stands firmly behind Iraqi security forces and Prime Minister Nouri […]

HOTAIR-A Texas woman had to remove her nipple rings with pliers before being allowed to board a flight in Lubbock, and has now filed a lawsuit against the Transportation Security Agency for the incident. Mandi Hamlin says she was publicly humiliated, but TSA insists that it followed its procedures, even though their website notes that […]