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Opinion: Stimulus Plan Stimulates Trouble for Obama
By John Merline - AOL News(Nov. 9) -- When President Barack Obama promised in February that the $787 billion stimulus bill would unleash "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction," he probably didn't have tidying up gravestones in mind. But that is what some of the money has paid for, along with frozen fish sperm, Taser guns and an ongoing political headache that Obama easily could have avoided. As reporters start to pore over the details of the stimulus spending reports the White House released a little more than a week ago, they're turning up lots of gems like this. In addition to the above, reporters at ...
Emily's Post: From Gossip Fodder to Gossip Columnist
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaving been fodder for every gossip column in town, starting today I'm turning the tables -- and becoming one D.C. gossip columnist who fully gets what it's like to be on the receiving end. Everybody knows Washington politics is not for the meek or thin-skinned. And I've lived, worked and loved D.C. politics and media since I was 18 years old. In the years since, I've toiled on the Hill, at the State Department, in the Bush 43 administration, and for the Washington bureaus of two TV network news divisions. I've also counted chads in the Florida recount, run for my life from the Capitol on ...
Mitt Romney vs. Tim Pawlenty on Healthcare: 2012 Campaign Begins?
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyMitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty are both publicly criticizing the healthcare reforms from President Obama and the Democrats currently being debated in Congress. At the same time, the two Republicans are jabbing at each other on an alternate approach to healthcare issues, seemingly establishing their differences in advance of 2012 campaigns for the White House. ...
Breaking: Bo the Dog Goes for a Walk on White House Lawn
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyWell it's on the front pages of the New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today websites, so we thought it should grace the front of Political Machine as well.Our sources are reporting that Bo has a lot of energy, sports webbed feet and does not yet know how to swim. It is also now confirmed that he is adorable.Because we had a little time to kill, we scrolled further down those papers' websites to the gossip section, where another tidbit caught our collective eye. It seems that a country called North Korea has expelled international inspectors and is restarting nuclear reactors throughout ...
Unmasked & Anonymous: Answering Ethical Questions About a Blogger Named Eklund
By Greg Wyshynski - AOL NewsThe name Eklund has been well-known to the online hockey fan community since the lockout, when the "anonymous hockey blogger" burst onto the scene with a site that became a clearinghouse of hot stove innuendo and power-circle whispers. Now the lead blogger and man-without-a-face for HockeyBuzz.com, Eklund did something last month that he has not done since the early days of his extremely popular blog: He inserted himself into a major story. Eklund took up the fight for Nashville Predators fans in their staggering battle against relocation; flying in to attend a fan rally and getting up in ...
Barry Bonds Has Very Rich Friends
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsThere's an interesting story in this weekend's edition of the USA Today, one well worth a full read. Barry Bonds, everyone's favorite soon-to-be Home Run King, has three incredibly rich friends (combined worth: $750 million) who he has revealed tiny bits and pieces of his famously enigmatic private life to. For example:•Want to see Bonds on skis at his Aspen home? Peek at the photos, but because skiing is a violation of his baseball contract, please don't tell. ("It's OK," Bonds says. "I ski. The Giants know it. If I break a leg, I break it.") •Want to learn the secret club Bonds ...
Ichiro: 'Once I Turn 40, I Can Become A Pitcher.'
By PostmanR - AOL NewsWe just posted about Ichiro Suzuki's quotes from Jon Saraceno's USA Today piece on the Seattle outfielder that ran today. For the most part, they were rather odd, as has sort of been Ichiro's calling card since he entered into our consciousness. But while all the attention seems to be placed squarely on his statements about both Tiger Woods and performance-enhancing drugs, I found this quote to be the most fascinating:"Once I turn 40," he says, "I can become a pitcher. I'm kind of serious about it. But I'll have to learn to throw a knuckleball. Right now, I could be a 'normal' pitcher," who ...
Bud Selig Is In a Foul Temper
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsWith leaks swirling and accusations that MLB isn't doing everything it can to stymie steroid users, USA Today's Hal Bodley caught the wrath of commissioner Bud Selig yesterday. Mr. Selig, it seems, is none too happy about the situation ... or the thought (humbly shared by this writer, might I add) that Selig and Mitchell aren't all that excited about finding out much about performance enhancing drugs. Bodley writes:Selig's demeanor on this subject reinforces my belief Major League Baseball wants to keep everything about steroids hush-hush. After all, the game has never been more prosperous, ...
Marcus and Brian Giles Sound Hilarious
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsFrom WithLeather, origin of all that is right in the world, comes this story of the quirky (OK, downright weird) Giles brothers, both of whom now play in San Diego. As Matt over at WithLeather says, it's hard not to blockquote the entire USA Today story, because every sentence has something weird happening ... but here's a selection of the best in abridged blockquote form:1. "You get nervous when you see those guys come into the shower," says [Chris] Young, a Princeton graduate. "Let's put it this way: You definitely don't close your eyes in there, even when you're shampooing." So just what ...
Gary Sheffield Won't Cooperate With George Mitchell, Either
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsYesterday, I wrote quickly about Barry Bonds' inability - and definite unwillingness - to work with steroid investigation leader George Mitchell. Unsatisfied by early cooperation and results, Mitchell is taking his probe to spring training to because he WANTS THE TRUTH! (He can't ... handle ... the truth.)Well, Bonds' old friend Gary Sheffield is taking a similar stance to Bonds, only Sheff seems to lack Bonds' viable legal excuse. Rather, he just prefers not to participate."The (players) association told us this is just a witch hunt," Sheffield told USA TODAY. "They don't want us to talk to ...
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