Author Archives: John Rove

The USDA is refusing to ban “downer” cows from the food supply: Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer told Congress yesterday that he would not endorse an outright ban on “downer” cows entering the food supply or back stiffer penalties for regulatory … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum sumarizes last night democratic debate as follows Seriously, though, can someone please put a sock in Tim Russert? I didn’t even see the entire exchange, but his badgering of Obama on the Louis Farrakhan issue was pretty wretched. It … Continue reading →

As the desperation of the the Clinton campaign intensifies the rhetoric gets more off the wall.  Last night on Countdown with Kieth Olberman they had several sound bites from Hillary Clinton.  In one of them she was being somewhat sarcastic … Continue reading →

Looks like the millions or possibly billions of dollars spent on anti-depressants are probably wasted: Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a … Continue reading →

This is from a book written by Tucker Carlson Via Ezra Klien During his first run for office, McCain learned that one of his opponents had tracked down his first wife, looking for dirt. According to a political consultant who … Continue reading →

Mr McCain seems to be making the situation worse.  I have always thought that if Bill Clinton had just admitted the Lewinski affair the entire thing would have been over in a matter of days.  Maybe John McCain needs to … Continue reading →

I got this via mathew yglesias. Without the sex angle this story may not have got the play it deserves. In fact the enire thing is somewhat hard to follow. As near as I can tell John McCain went to … Continue reading →

Could Clinton have run a worse campaign? While the Hillary Clinton campaign has made the Ohio and Texas contests on March 4 into their new firewall, they have only recently discovered the arcane rules of delegate selection in Texas, which … Continue reading →

This seems like a classic he said, he said sort of thing, but police are usually pretty good about getting ID’s: On a 911 call early Jan. 1, Seth Harris told Columbus police that Quinn was with a group at … Continue reading →

I wanted to link to this as it seems like a very smart comment about health care: Health insurance is not like automobile insurance. You can mandate automobile insurance, and if people can’t afford it, they can take the bus. … Continue reading →

I just wanted to put this up as it is a great explanantion of the problems with the US health care system: Relentless medical inflation has been attributed to many factors — the aging population, the proliferation of new technologies, … Continue reading →

Seems like most of the resources at at the Hillary Clinton campaign have gone into getting David Shuster fired and while that might be an admirable goal she seems to have forgotten to campaign.  At least given todays results in Louisiana, … Continue reading →

Agricultural subsidies are supposed to help the “family farm” guess what that is not how it works. Last year, The New York Times reported that more than half of the food aid purchased in recent years has gone to just … Continue reading →

Bill Clinton claims he was defending his in the run-up to the South Carolina primary:

Kevin Drum writes: The other thing inside my head that I didn’t expect was that as the results came in, I found myself sort of rooting for Hillary. Why? Buyer’s remorse? Rooting for the underdog? Guilt for having “betrayed” her … Continue reading →

I got this from Raw story Also, writes the LA Times: “According to a bulletin recently posted on Time magazine’s blog, The Page, some senior staff for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign have begun working without pay to save money … Continue reading →

I got this Via firedoglake: Over 150 nations have signed the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. It pains me that our great nation has not. But in the autumn of 2006, there was a chance to take a step in the … Continue reading →

Looks like McCain has sewn up the Republican nomination, it also looks like he might make Huckabee his running mate.  If conservative blogs are to be believed in most ways McCain and Huckabee are more liberal than either Obama or … Continue reading →

I got this from Polipundit So what should conservatives do, assuming that nothing changes the apparent McCain vs. Clinton match-up? I’ll vote for Ron Paul if he runs third party. Otherwise, I’ll vote for Hillary. Better to come back with … Continue reading →

Thought this was interesting: A study suggests extreme happiness may be bad for you. Findings: 1) “The highest levels of income, education and political participation were reported not by the most satisfied individuals, but by moderately satisfied individuals.” 2) Extremely … Continue reading →

Obama won big in South Carolina, tonight.  Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part but the primaries are startingIo script for your free sprint ringtones ringtone. to remind me of a best of 7 NBA series, where one team … Continue reading →

As it is now it barely rates a blip: A teenage passenger was detained after a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles landed in Nashville, an airline spokeswoman said Thursday. Nashville television stations, citing unnamed sources, said the teen unsuccessfully … Continue reading →

Starbucks is lowering prices in an effort to get people to drink their swill.  NEW YORK (dpa) – The U.S. coffee-shop chain Starbucks is experimenting with cheap coffee, in an effort to fend off competition from rivals like McDonald’s. In some … Continue reading →

According to Hillary she has no flaws, at least no real flaws, as Dan Abrams recently noticed: When the Democratic candidates were asked at Tuesday’s debate, “What is your biggest weakness?” Obama answered, “I ask my staff never to hand … Continue reading →

In Las Vegas Hillary Clinton is talking about how good she has been to the gambling industry, while at the same time bringing up that Obama has in fact tried to limit gambling in some states. Barack Obama has warned … Continue reading →

If this was happening in a third world country you would just shake your head and say no wonder they are the third world.  This is certainly the nastiest line we’ve heard in the push polls going out to about … Continue reading →

My picks are: Indy beats the San Diego easily, it will be nice to see the smirk wiped off the face of Rivers. New England wins. Green Bay wins. The only chance I see for an upset is the Giants … Continue reading →

By playing the victim card Hillary Clinton has made it very difficult to talk about her record in the senate,where she has been on the wrong side of every major issue since 2000.  In fact some people might argue that … Continue reading →

The people of Iowa have spoken and they like Huckabee and Obama.  Aside from being the most likeable people in the race they are also two of the more dovish candidates.   Obama has made it pretty clear that he thinks … Continue reading →

Prescriptions for pain killers are on the rise, especially if you happen to be white. The study appears in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Prescribing narcotics for pain in emergency rooms rose during the study, from 23 percent … Continue reading →