There They Go Again

Scott Walker, the Koch brothers' Governor of Wisconsin,believes that too many recalls makes it too hard to get anything done. Watch this space for a change in Wisconsin's recall laws. Walker should have told his party not to have hired out of state petitioners to come in and offer five shots of booze per signature for recall petitions against Democrats. One of these out-of-staters was a felon and got arrested at Packers' Stadium for trying to steal a purse. Meanwhile, Russ Feingold has tied Walker in a recall poll. It looks very possible that Walker could face recall given the turnout in the recalls of the Republicans.

The Right Reverend Terry Jones, he of burning the Koran fame,plans to sue Michigan officials because he had to post a $1 peace bond. He's up in Dearborn, Michigan to protest that city being under sharia law. Naturally, it isn't but he's protesting anyway. He's the guy who uses slave labor to make products in his church in Florida. Maybe Governor Snyder should just seize Dearborn under the Financial Emergency Act before it is ruled under sharia law.

The IMF says the age of America is over and that the Chinese economy will surpass ours by 2016, many decades earlier than previously thought. The one consolation is that it is the IMF saying this.

The GOP in the House is now going after SNAP,which is what Food Stamp assistance is called these days. Over 40 million Americans--mostly white people--are on food stamps.

Fairbanks, Alaska is about to vote to stop treating drinking water with flouride because of their bircher contingent.

The Supreme Court slapped down Virginia's Attorney-General, the "Cooch", by refusing to expedite a ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act. The important thing to note is that Elena Kagan participated, despite rumors that she would recuse herself.

The D.C. law firm of King and Spaulding withdrew from the DOMA case because they feared defending a case of discrimination when they have an excellent record on gays issues. Paul Clement will take the $500,000 contract from John Boehner and argue it himself.

Fox News is revving up the engines on President Obama's war against Easter. It seems he did not issue a White House Proclamation celebrating Easter. Of course, neither did George W in his eight years in office. It seems the Easter Breakfast Prayer Meeting, the White House Easter Egg Hunt and the first family attending Easter services at Shiloh Baptist Church don't count. I guess you have to treat it like Obama does," The Resurrection puts things in perspective."

I'm as happy as anyone about the recovery of Gaby Giffords and her desire to attend the Space Shuttle Launch of her husband. But the piece in the Arizona Republic should remind everyone how hard and long her route to recovery really is. The whole assassination attempt was ghastly and it's understandable that people should be cheerleaders to every step she makes to recovery. But the details of this are heartbreaking.

Some leftwing blogger posted a shrewd comment about all the Midwestern governors. He wrote that they were following the Republican embrace of the unitary theory of the executive, which almost makes Congress and the legislature redundant. Bravo.

Today we have had the big Wikileaks dump of 1,000s of pages on Gitmo and the interrogation of Gitmo detainees. My prediction is the story will run for a few days with individual aspects pointed out and then die. The supreme failure of the Obama Administration in my view is not having closed Gitmo--even with all the Congressional resistance. Maybe he should have resorted to the unitary theory of the executive. The stories I've read so far don't make this country look good or even smart.

The Syrian Revolution has picked up steam, while remaining in the background of our news cycles. The Assad dynasty looks like it's defunct. This should dramatically unfold now that the regime's attempt to violently repress the people has only increased protests. Curious in our news is the lack of mention that the Iranians have shipped in intelligence agents to assist in the repression.