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Archive for April, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006 Fire workers, suspend students who protest By Len Butcher Let me get this straight. Tomorrow, Monday May 1, supposedly tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of illegal and legal immigrants, are going to take off work and school to protest the government’s plan to crack down on illegal immigration and possibly deport more than 10 million illegals back to Mexico.
This bothers me a [...]
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Friday, April 28, 2006 Get ready for Monday By Ian Mylchreest Expectations are high for Monday’s marches in support of immigration reform and immigrant rights. The crowds could easily match the protests a few weeks ago, reports the Los Angeles Times. LA is facing a May Day march, a late afternoon alternative that has been promoted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Cardinal Roger Mahony, as well [...]
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Friday, April 28, 2006 A slap in the face for Today Show’s Ann Curry By Len Butcher I usually watch Good Morning America every morning, but will switch over to the Today Show during GMA to see what’s doing. Yesterday morning, while switching, I caught the start of an interview by Ann Curry of the Today Show, with Angelina Jolie in Namibia. It was an excellent interview — asking good questions, no [...]
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 Program note By Steve Sebelius A program note, dear readers: We at Various Things & Stuff will be gone Friday, so there will be no “blogification on the Internets,” as President George W. Bush might put it.
As some of you may know, there’s a huge music festival in California going on this weekend known as “Coachella.” It will feature [...]
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 Let’s study why we do studies By Steve Sebelius ABSTRACT: Today, we talk about a new sports arena in Las Vegas, a little help for two Democratic challengers, the impact of a Hispanic holiday from work, and the government’s evil crusade against the people of California, in a very extra special totally cool edition of Quick Hits.
• Forgive us for saying so, but what [...]
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 How bad is the regulatory environment? By Ian Mylchreest There are plenty of complaints these days about how tough it is to be a business executive. A congressional committee heard an earful about American problems, reports the Washington Post.
New York Stock Exchange Chairman Marshall Carter told the House Capital Markets Subcommittee many new global stock listings are going to foreign exchanges because of litigiousness, costly regulations and accounting complexity. [...]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Goodman for governor By Steve Sebelius To the last he grapples with us.
Mayor Oscar Goodman, after telling Denver Post writer Anthony Cotton this month that he was not going to run for governor of Nevada, today backtracked and told a luncheon crowd that he’s still considering it.
Flip-flopping? You bet. Unexpected? Hardly. This is a guy who has the ability [...]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Quick Hits for Wednesday By Steve Sebelius ABSTRACT: Today, we celebrate the arrival of Tony Snow as White House press secretary, ponder the president’s desperation, call out the broadcast media for lame-osity and laugh at the Next Big Scheme of local officials. Enjoy!
• Oh, happy day! They did it! The White House heard our pleas and has named Fox News commentator Tony [...]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Censoring the wrong things By Len Butcher Victorville, CA might not seem a place where there would be much controversy, but a Japanese comic book, a goodie-two-shoes teen, and an outraged mother are turning this desert community into a Peyton Place of porn.
Seems 16-year-old Matt Jones took a book from the Victorville public library entitled “Manga: Sixty years of Japanese comics.” It [...]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 SBA Administrator is leaving By Ian Mylchreest Hector Barreto, who has headed the Small Business Administration since the Bush Administration was elected is leaving, reports the New York Times. And while he has had some bad publicity in the last year, he’ll still be a popular figure with his agency’s clients.
Under his administration, the agency was facing cuts but has still managed to [...]
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