Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Six More Weeks of Corruption From Oxendine

Since it's Groundhog Day, the real important news of the day is that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, but Gen. Beauregard Lee did not.  Given the global warming we've seen lately, I trust Phil.

 

Michelle Malkin calls Obama's budget "No Tax Left Behind," which is true for the evil, hated, nasty, horrible rich and for the middle class, who will also see backdoor tax increases.  Jamie Dupree has some of the fine print in the bill, and Erick Erickson points out that this budget is being used for retribution against at least one political enemy of the Obama administration.  Even the New York Times is worried about the long-term implications of this level of deficit spending and debt.

 

The "scientist" at the core of the ClimateGate scandal hid data that did not agree with his agenda and moved climate reporting stations.  One study says that trees are growing faster because of global warming, while another one has global cooling killing coral reefs in the Florida Keys.

 

While states begin to assert their rights under the 10th Amendment against ObamaCare, a Canadian Premier is coming to the United States for heart surgery.

 

Do you need a Muslim washing machine?

 

It appears that John Oxendine tried to blackmail Congressman Lynn Westmoreland into keeping his mouth shut in the race for Governor.  This could be the beginning of the end of the Ox as a viable candidate for Governor.

 

While holding the Speaker's office for eleven days, Mark Burkhalter gave a bunch of his friends plush appointments on state boards, including installing a guy who has a six-year-old outstanding order from the State Ethics Commission to the State Ethics Commission.

 

Some Republicans want to try again this year to repeal the birthday tax.

 

The State Senate passed a bill today to include Kindles and iPads under the state's definition of what constitutes a textbook.

 

Georgia is giving the stimulus credit for 24,103 jobs, with 20,007 of those jobs going to state employees.

 

There is actually a bill in the General Assembly to require antifreeze to taste bad.

 

Stan Martin let the City Council have it, in a series of attacks on other current and former city figures.  In other really, really important business, the City Council wrote a resolution asking the postal service to keep the post office on Davis Drive open.

 

District Attorney Kelly Burke might run for County Commission Chairman.  If so, he will have to resign as District Attorney.  Who will do the school board's dirty work if he leaves?

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