2013/11/25-2014/2/5 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:54754 Activity:nil | 11/25 California, model for The Nation:
http://tinyurl.com/k6crazn
\_ 'And maybe the transaction would have proceeded faster if Mr.
Boehner's office hadn't, according to the D.C. exchange, put its
agent - who was calling to help finish the enrollment - on hold for
35 minutes, listening to "lots of patriotic hold music."'
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2012/5/16-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54390 Activity:nil | 5/16 Can anyone tell me what Greece is hoping for by rejecting austerity?
From here it seems like the austerity is a pretty generous attempt
to keep Greece from imploding entirely. Are they hoping the
Germans will put them on eternal state welfare, or what?
Also, why would an outright default mean they must leave the Euro?
Is it just that they won't be able to pay basic gvmt services
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2010/11/2-2011/1/13 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:54001 Activity:nil | 11/2 California Uber Alles is such a great song
\_ Yes, and it was written about Jerry Brown. I was thinking this
as I cast my vote for Meg Whitman. I am independent, but I
typically vote Democrat (e.g., I voted for Boxer). However, I
can't believe we elected this retread.
\_ You voted for the billionaire that ran HP into the ground
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2008/11/2-3 [Politics/Domestic/California/Arnold] UID:51777 Activity:kinda low | 11/1 SCHWARZENEGGER: [W]hen Americans go into that voting booth on Tuesday,
I hope that you will think about this. If you were in a POW cell, with
the threat and danger and torture as part of the daily life, who would
you want in that cell with you?
AUDIENCE: John McCain!
\_ Where were the lovely folks with their "Vote McCain! Not Hussein!"
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2006/11/8 [Politics/Domestic/California/Arnold] UID:45254 Activity:kinda low | 11/7 The Gropenator wins over Angelides. I told you. People prefer
jocks over nerds.
\_ well, I can't think of a single major newspaper that didn't
endorse the gropinator. then again, control of the editorial page
at the l.a. times was conveniently moved from news to management
in time for the election, and the top two existing guys have
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