Tuesday, January 24, 2012

K STREET ~ Deev Uni (Government)

Where in D.C. is "K Street" and what makes it so (in)famous?

Located in the heart of Washington, K Street is famed for its heavy concentration of think tanks, lobbyists, lawyers,advocacy groups, and other shapers of public opinion & policy.

Widely considered synonymous with the corporate lobbying industry, K Street is regarded - even more than the White House or Capital - as the very heart of political D.C.


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Trading in my sugar bowl

It took just one person's request for nutritious nibblings (rather than my standard, sugar-laden fare) for me to see the light & begin the transformation into a healthy baker. Fewer whoopie pies, more fiber-filled yet delicious muffins & even energy bars!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Back from Being Offline - primaries & pretense pricking

Let's see... The cpu crashed & I had to wait to scrimp together enough $ to get it fixed.

Upshot - no posting for 2+ months.

Not much happened. The Republican primaries were a lot of fun for a while. The candidates threw out the long-respected Reagan dictum, "Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican." Gee, it was pretty wild & wooly for a while there!! But peace has been restored among the ranks, or so it seems. Will see if tonight's debate is contentious or if the "anyone other than Mitt" candidates show due deference to the presumed but not yet crowned contender.

The interesting wrinkle to this whole thing is the Colbert Factor - Stephen's Super Pac is putting him in an excellent position to educate the public (well, the vast amount that follow him) about the wily ways of our current campaign funding & activities. What better way to explain & expose Super Pacs than by having one of your own??

I am mightily impressed with Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!, who seems to be the most adept satirist since Mark Twain. No small complement. Jon Stewart pricks at the hot air balloons of politics, but Colbert makes mincement of actual political processes by making them hot beds of humor. Well done, sir!