Wednesday, October 31, 2007

My two cents...

* From the Democratic Debate:
Senator Joe Biden had the best statement (The Caucus at The New York Times):

Biden on Giuliani | 10:03 p.m. Mr. Biden rises above all this and says he’s not running against Hillary Clinton and turns on …. Rudy Giuliani! As he did in the last Democratic debate, Mr. Biden says Mr. Giuliani is “the most uninformed person” on American foreign policy, adding that all of Mr. Giuliani’s sentences, he says, consist of “a noun, a verb and 9/11.”

Thanks, Sen. Biden. You are correct!

This quote published in the Guardian is also true:
When it comes to one-sentence takedowns of pompous politicians, columnist Jimmy Breslin's famous description of Rudy Giuliani is perfect: "A small man in search of a balcony."

* Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wants to protect our children through the Consumer Product Safety Commission by expanding the agency. However, it appears that the Chairwoman of the Commission wants to continue to protect manufacturers instead of our kids. The Swamp:
.....A week after acting Chairwoman Nancy Nord told a Senate committee that a Democratic proposal to expand her agency "could have the unintended consequence of hampering, rather than furthering, consumer product safety," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called today for her resignation.

"Any commission chair who does not, in the face of the facts that are so clear, say we don’t need any more authority or any more resources to do our job, does not understand the gravity of the situation," Pelosi said....

Nord works for the American people, not for the manufacturers. She should gladly welcome any help she could get to expand the testing of toys. Is Nord just adhering to the Republican strategy of protecting big business instead of consumers?

*** There was a story on Countdown with Keith Olbermann that showed how Bill O'Reilly sent two of his thugs to bother Rosie O'Donnell at a book signing in New York City. Security had to remove the O'Reilly disciples who were harassing Rosie. Miss O'Donnell should have looked into the camera and said, "Bill, how is Andrea Makris doing?" It is inappropriate for O'Reilly to send his pointy-headed, ignorant thugs to intimidate any citizen.