bowser's blog

'Employer' and 'health insurance' don't belong in same sentence

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:46:38 -0400

Cal Beverly’s editorial titled “Democrats healthcare = horror show for small business” unwittingly raises the most fundamental question of all – and one that isn’t even being asked.

"Wall Street" (v.2009)

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:39:46 -0500

As a regular reader of the Wall Street Journal I love its understatement. Friday, in a story about departing Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, there was this gem:

Warning: Obscene reading

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:26:33 -0500

If this article doesn't boil your blood, you're already dead. (Or you're one of those people who's convinced himself that the only culprits in the financial meltdown are Barney Frank and Acorn.)

QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:18:13 -0400

Ms. File:
We are less than two weeks out from the election, and the “issues” and “splost” sections of your web site are still “under construction.” Presumably that refers to the site, not to your views.

Media "attacks" on Palin

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:40:46 -0400

The GOP-Hannity-Rush storyline on Sarah-of-Arc Palin is now that she has been savagely attacked by the media, which wants to "kill" her.

Through the GOP looking glass

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:04:35 -0400

I watched some GOP convention last night on c-span to avoid the talking heads. Worked great, except that at times I thought I was at a John Wayne film festival -- one war movie after another. It is our national narrative, it seems....

Shameless McCain

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:08:16 -0400

Is there no issue on which John McCain won't play the POW card?

Caught unaware of how many homes he and his gazillionaire wife own, McCain now is using his war heroism of 40-plus years ago as a deflector shield.

Cable TV troubles, anyone?

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:34:14 -0400

Last fall we "upgraded" to Comcast's digital cable and then, this winter, added HD.

But ever since -- and especially since adding HD -- several channels have been unwatchable because of something called "tiling." The picture basically is fragmented into little blocks that dance around on the screen. It only happens on some channels, and it comes and goes on some of them.

The origin of SB 458

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:56:06 -0400

Front-page article in AJC on SB 458 doesn't mention the Fayette angle, but it does shed a little light on the broader context.

Q's for Mike King

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:23:26 -0500

First, I appreciate your becoming involved in these blogs. It’s rare to get an actual insight into a candidate’s thought processes (albeit after he lost). Maybe all council candidates should be required to participate here for six months BEFORE the election…just a thought

Quothe the Huckster

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:34:45 -0500

Abortion is wrong "for the same reason that we think it's wrong for a parent to strap a bomb to the belly of his own child and blow up the child for his cause."

For the birds

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:12:48 -0500

Timeout from politics and stuff for a minute...

I’m not a real birder (birdbrain maybe) but like a lot of us I enjoy watching our feathered friends at the backyard feeders and bath.

Newsflash: God endorses Huck

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:12:57 -0500

Well, the "Christian Leader" ad spot must have found a bigger target market than we thought.

Asked at a speech what explains his recent rise in the polls, Huckabee implied that God is now officially on his side:

More on Rev. Huckster

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:03:10 -0500

JeffC, Picking up from the Romney blog below, I doubt that you and conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer agree on much, but I think you will applaud his latest analysis of the Battle of the Bible between Huckabee and Romney.

Westmoreland makes sense?

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:33:06 -0400

I'm no fan of Lynn Westmoreland, but I think he makes a strong, articulate case in today's AJC for his vote against a bill to spend up to $100 million on investigations of unsolved civil rights-era crimes. You read that right -- $100 million.