Tag Archives: politics

the sky is falling (for real this time)

Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Jill in current events

Once again, I’m baffled. A few months ago, we were told by a breathless Hank Paulson that we were perhaps hours away from a complete financial meltdown, the likes of which we’ve never seen. Remember? They said credit had frozen and it was an impending capital-D-Disaster. And the only way to avert Disaster was for [...]

Weekend Ruminations (WR)

Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Jill in current events, entertainment

I forgot to ruminate last night. POLITICS The “stimulus” bill is soon to be signed into law by President Obama. Everybody knows there’s very little in the way of stimulus in the stimulus bill, but who cares? The point is that the government needs to look like they’re doing something — anything — to help [...]

Weekend Ruminations (WR)

Posted on 24. Jan, 2009 by Jill in current events, entertainment, law school

Friday night is, without question, my favorite time of the week. Mini-Me doesn’t usually stay up too late with me because she’s tired from getting up early all week, and, armed with the knowledge that the alarm clock will not ring the following morning, I am at liberty to stay up as late as I [...]

Let Them Eat Cake!!

Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Jill in current events

If you’ve had your TV on at all in the last three days, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a major partay going on in Washington, DC. Now, I appreciate the historic nature of today’s inauguration, but is all this really necessary? Haven’t we been told that we’re in the middle of the worst economy since [...]