Fidel Castro’s decision to retire as President of Cuba last week came almost as an afterthought in the contentious relationship between the United States and the small island nation “90 miles offshore” from Florida. For just shy of 50 years, Castro has been sitting at the top of America’s most wanted list.
And, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Semper Fidel
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Cows Come From California
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When officials from the USDA recalled a record 143 million pounds of ground beef from the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company, a Chino, California slaughterhouse, no one imagined that when the other shoe dropped, it would be much worse than it originally seemed. Thanks to the video age that we live in, one of the [...]
OMT On The Road
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s just after 4:00am, and I’ve only got time for a short note, because I’m packing a bag for Atlanta today. I’ll be there today and tomorrow on business. I’m leaving Pontius in the capable hands of the Pittsburgh Pet Nanny.
I’ll be in meetings the whole time, but if I have [...]
Metastatic Foxinoma
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Clinton campaign is pretty upset with MSNBC these days. So much so, that they are threatening to pull Hillary out of a debate the cable channel has scheduled for later this month in Ohio. And who can blame them ?
On Thursday, MSNBC’s David Schuster was discussing Chelsea Clinton’s contributions to her mother’s [...]
Under the Weather
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who have been tuning into this space all week and have wondered why there’s been no new posts, there’s a good reason. I’ve been off my game because I’ve spent most of the week down with flu-like symptoms. I’ve been off work since Tuesday.
I went to the doctor yesterday, [...]
Some pre-Super Tuesday Musings
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed GOP candidate John McCain, days after his wife’s uncle, Senator Edward Kennedy, and cousins, Caroline Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy, endorsed Barack Obama. This weekend, Arnold’s wife, Maria Shriver, joined cousin Caroline, and would-be kingmaker Oprah Winfrey at an Obama rally and openly endorsed Barack Obama. Once [...]
United States of Denial
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Tonight, 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform proudly, and served this country courageously, as veterans will go to sleep under bridges, and on grates.“
– John Edwards
“Come on. The only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy’s brain. We’re still looking for all the veterans sleeping under the bridges, so if you find [...]
