Ugly, but.......

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/09/03/1867390/cats-offensive-line-struggles.html

If this is any indication of how the season is going to go we are in serious trouble.  Let's write this one off to first game jitters and hope for better next week.  Newton has got to have a better touch for those soft passes off the slant and the O line has got to get tougher.  The SEC has loads of talent that will eat up a lesser team.

Eating Your Own

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/politics/04repubs.html?_r=1&hp

we should thank Rick Perry for turning the GOP primary into a contest in which candidates will be forced to point out the others shortcomings.  This article illuminates a change in strategy.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-03/Palin-tells-Iowans-shes-happy-with-GOP-slate/50251518/1

Can you believe this hack?  She completely stretches the imagination.  Just go back to Fox News and take the check.

It's About Time

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/176_172/fhfa-lawsuits-private-label-mortgage-backed-securities-1041878-1.html


after 3 years this is the most substantial action taken by the feds against the Wall Street banks.  It remains to be seen how serious the feds are about this due to the timidity of this administration when it comes to being stern with the financial industry.

Powell: 10 Years Later, Americans Must Still Guard Against Fear : The Two-Way : NPR

Powell: 10 Years Later, Americans Must Still Guard Against Fear : The Two-Way : NPR

Fear caused us to allow our protections under the Bill of Rights to be eroded. Fear caused us to spend trillions of dollars on security measures that don't make us safer. Fear created the Department of Homeland Security and fear made billionaires out of the Rupert Murdoch empire. There are very few entities world wide that have the power to do us grave harm and we are swatting at gnats.

Russian Officials Raid BP Office - WSJ.com

Russian Officials Raid BP Office - WSJ.com

Isn't it strange that this happens after the deal with Exxon is signed. Certainly elucidates the advantages of doing business with gangsters.

In My Time

I suppose waterboarding may not be as tortuous as listening to Darth Cheney.