Still Hating America.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You're going to hell, you know that.

Yes, which is why I am maximising my sinfullness.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
It appears that the CTA's control over the Democratic party was never so ironclad as you believe.

They overplayed their hand. The were so brazen about holding their clients interest above that of the state that eventually many Dems couldn't stomach it anymore. If they had been a little more flexible they wouldn't have these Democrats openly flaunting them. It is a mistake special interest groups often make. I think the prison guards have overplayed their hand as well. But they are tougher because they have had control of both partys for a while.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Speaking of disconnect - and raping clients for that matter - any of yours have any idea how many hours you guys have billed over the years while posting tripe on these Boards?

I record the time to my pro bono matters -- which means your employer has been subsidizing the board! Yay!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Dear god, I thought Ty was joking.

I was assuming that they were $100 bills, but the rest came from Reuters.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Spanky
They overplayed their hand. The were so brazen about holding their clients interest above that of the state that eventually many Dems couldn't stomach it anymore. If they had been a little more flexible they wouldn't have these Democrats openly flaunting them. It is a mistake special interest groups often make. I think the prison guards have overplayed their hand as well. But they are tougher because they have had control of both partys for a while.

It appears that all of this happened 7 or 8 years ago, when the testing legislation was passed? No?

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
I record the time to my pro bono matters -- which means your employer has been subsidizing the board! Yay!

Like we'd hire you, chump.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
It appears that all of this happened 7 or 8 years ago, when the testing legislation was passed? No?

The battle with the CTA has been going on since I got involved with California politics ten years ago. Its all kind of a blurr in my mind. As far as I am concerned, the remedies that most people agree on are there, it is just getting them past the CTA road block that is the issue.

My memory on the Exit exam is 2001 but some school districts didn't implement it until last May. The CTA has fought it in court cases and in any other way they can. The Tenure battle has also being going on for at least ten years. Wilson tried to change it, then the Governator, when he failed he put it up in a proposition and it failed. In addition, the social promotion battle has been going on for a while to.

The exit exam has been so successful I hope that it will lead to a wave that will bring in annual testing. I think that is what O'Connel wants and slowly every year more Democrats have been coming around.

[Spanky]

Air America Fire Sale

Documents: Bankrupt liberal radio network to sell for $4.25 million

FEBRUARY 7--Bankrupt and about to lose Al Franken, its marquee star, Air America Radio is set to change hands for the bargain price of $4.25 million, according to new court documents. The sales figure was disclosed in a purchase agreement filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. According to the agreement, the deal between Air America's owner, Piquant LLC, and a firm controlled by Stephen L. Green, a New York realtor, calls for Green's firm to repay up to $3.25 million in loans provided to Air America after the liberal radio network filed for Chapter 11 protection last October (the company listed debts of $20.2 million). Green's company will also give Piquant LLC $500,000 and pay off up to $500,000 in network debts (the bulk of which, $349,000, is owed to the network's Manhattan landlord). Green's bid topped by more than $1.25 million the nearest offer received by Air America, according to a motion filed along with the purchase agreement. An excerpt from that motion can be found below. Court documents do not specify how many bids were received for the network, though a filing notes that "more than ten interested parties" signed nondisclosure agreements and were allowed to review confidential network financial and corporate records. While Green controls the corporation purchasing Air America, two of the firms that were pre-bankruptcy investors in the radio network will "collectively own a minority interest" in the Green company. The Air America purchase is expected to be finalized at a court hearing in the next week. Franken, who is planning to run next year for a U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, is scheduled to do his final Air America show on February 14. (2 pages)

[Adder]

From the Council on Foreign Relations:

“The bleak truth remains that the United States is incapable of restoring Iraq even to the relative stability of the Ba’athist era….The even bleaker truth is that continued U.S. military operations on Iraqi territory might well leave Iraqis even worse off. In that light, for the U.S. government to sacrifice the lives of its soldiers in the pursuit of an unattainable objective (a stable, pluralistic Iraq aligned with U.S. interests), or an inappropriate one (reputation for toughness and reliability) would be the least morally defensible course that Washington could take.”

I've not yet red the whole report, but here is a

blurb.

[SlaveNoMore]

Spanky
Air America Fire Sale

Documents: Bankrupt liberal radio network to sell for $4.25 million

FEBRUARY 7--Bankrupt and about to lose Al Franken, its marquee star, Air America Radio is set to change hands for the bargain price of $4.25 million, according to new court documents. The sales figure was disclosed in a purchase agreement filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. According to the agreement, the deal between Air America's owner, Piquant LLC, and a firm controlled by Stephen L. Green, a New York realtor, calls for Green's firm to repay up to $3.25 million in loans provided to Air America after the liberal radio network filed for Chapter 11 protection last October (the company listed debts of $20.2 million). Green's company will also give Piquant LLC $500,000 and pay off up to $500,000 in network debts (the bulk of which, $349,000, is owed to the network's Manhattan landlord). Green's bid topped by more than $1.25 million the nearest offer received by Air America, according to a motion filed along with the purchase agreement. An excerpt from that motion can be found below. Court documents do not specify how many bids were received for the network, though a filing notes that "more than ten interested parties" signed nondisclosure agreements and were allowed to review confidential network financial and corporate records. While Green controls the corporation purchasing Air America, two of the firms that were pre-bankruptcy investors in the radio network will "collectively own a minority interest" in the Green company. The Air America purchase is expected to be finalized at a court hearing in the next week. Franken, who is planning to run next year for a U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, is scheduled to do his final Air America show on February 14. (2 pages)

What cracks me up is that Stevie - the superduper rich RE magnate and founder of the huge SL Green REIT - is also the brother of Mark Green, the guy that used to portray himself as the average Joe Sixpack during his god-awful tenure of NYC's Public Advocate.

[SlaveNoMore]

Adder
From the Council on Foreign Relations:



I've not yet red the whole report, but here is a

blurb.

any paper that encourages this...

"Engage Iraq’s neighbors, including Iran and Syria, members of the UN Security Council, and potential donors in a stabilization plan for Iraq."

...is inherently and fatally flawed. That beign said, the guy says some interesting things.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Spanky
Air America Fire Sale

Documents: Bankrupt liberal radio network to sell for $4.25 million

FEBRUARY 7--Bankrupt and about to lose Al Franken, its marquee star, Air America Radio is set to change hands for the bargain price of $4.25 million, according to new court documents. The sales figure was disclosed in a purchase agreement filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. According to the agreement, the deal between Air America's owner, Piquant LLC, and a firm controlled by Stephen L. Green, a New York realtor, calls for Green's firm to repay up to $3.25 million in loans provided to Air America after the liberal radio network filed for Chapter 11 protection last October (the company listed debts of $20.2 million). Green's company will also give Piquant LLC $500,000 and pay off up to $500,000 in network debts (the bulk of which, $349,000, is owed to the network's Manhattan landlord). Green's bid topped by more than $1.25 million the nearest offer received by Air America, according to a motion filed along with the purchase agreement. An excerpt from that motion can be found below. Court documents do not specify how many bids were received for the network, though a filing notes that "more than ten interested parties" signed nondisclosure agreements and were allowed to review confidential network financial and corporate records. While Green controls the corporation purchasing Air America, two of the firms that were pre-bankruptcy investors in the radio network will "collectively own a minority interest" in the Green company. The Air America purchase is expected to be finalized at a court hearing in the next week. Franken, who is planning to run next year for a U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, is scheduled to do his final Air America show on February 14. (2 pages)

Good riddance. I hope the door doesnt hit Alllyboy on the way out......

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
My high is 2887.

You have your own ring in hell.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You have your own ring in hell.

Top or bottom to Hillary?