Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

Archive for June, 2005

Conversation with the Help
Friday, June 24th, 2005

Had a conversation of some concern in my hotel room.
The maid had come by around 5pm for “turndown service”, where she drops a couple of chocolates on the nightstand and folds the sheets down on the bed. She asked what I was doing this evening. I said I was just hanging out. She said that [...]

Isn't Sesame Street Profitable Yet?
Friday, June 24th, 2005

AP reports that the House passed a bill to freeze labor, health, and education while funding $870 million in Medicare drugs (Thanks W!) I suppose the House Republicans deserve credit for not letting the new entitlement add to the deficit.
Here’s the gem I found though:
In a high-profile vote Thursday, lawmakers turned back an effort to [...]

Book Tag - Ow, Quit It
Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

I was really hoping to fly under the radar in this Book Tag business; I haven’t read all the wonderful stuff posted by most people on the list.

Not Their Flipping Job!
Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Supreme Co-Tyrant Justice John Paul Stevens writes (link dead):
“The city has carefully formulated an economic development that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including — but by no means limited to — new jobs and increased tax revenue,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority.
So What?

Senator DeWine Wants to Sue Whom?
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

A Reuters article (link dead) on Yahoo! reveals that Senator Mike DeWine (Republicrat-OH) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) sponsored an amendment to energy legislation that allows the U.S. government to sue OPEC for antitrust violations.