Posted on 05/21/2004 5:24:24 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A leading Wall Street ratings agency on Friday raised California's credit rating, citing an improving economy, the first such upgrade in four years and a move that promised to bring down the state's borrowing costs on $44 billion in debt.
Analysts saw the unexpected credit upgrade by Moody's Investors Service as an endorsement of the steps Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) has taken to bring California back from the brink of a fiscal crisis that drove its credit ratings near junk levels and had threatened to effectively shut the state out of the bond market for new borrowing. Link
What will Kerry do now? First the flip; "If there is a secret deal..." Then the flop; "The president should jawbone Saudi's..."
Dang, the man is going to need a diving board with lots of spring!
And what's all this about not accepting the nomination at the dem convention so Kerry can spend his money? How well is that going to go over?
PageSix:
THE sex-crazed staffer of Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, who chronicled her exploits on her Washingtonienne Web log, has been fired. The anonymous aide claimed to be having sex with six men, two of whom paid for her favors. "How can anybody live on $25K/year?" she wondered. DeWine's office announced yesterdat: "After investigating . . . our office has determined that there was an unacceptable use of Senate computers to post unsuitable and offensive material to an Internet Web log. Other inappropriate material was found in the employee's work area as well. The employee has been terminated." We bet she's not out of work for long.
Check out these pithy sayings from prisoners as they prepared to walk the green mile:
John Spenkelink, executed in Florida's electric chair, 1979:
"Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment."
George Appel, executed in New York's electric chair, 1928:
"Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel."
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley, executed in electric chair, 1931:
"You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother."
James French, executed in Oklahoma's electric chair, 1966:
"How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French Fries."
Jimmy Glass, executed in Louisiana's electric chair, 1987:
"I'd rather be fishing."
G.W. Green, executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma, 1991:
"I did not get my Spaghetti- Os. I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."
Robert Alton Harris, executed in California's gas chamber, 1992:
"You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper."
Ned Kelly, Australian outlaw, executed by hanging, 1880: "Such is life." John Thanos, executed by lethal injection in Maryland, 1994:
"Adios."
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I believe the French voted Michael Moore "Most Likely to Smell Like One of Us," a high honor indeed.
Wasn't it Effin' who recently had a spill on his bike while riding on pavement?
Drudge:
President fell off bike Saturday.. Kerry told reporters in front of cameras, 'Did the training wheels fall off?'... Reporters are debating whether to treat it is as on or off the record... Developing...
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush suffered cuts and bruises early Saturday afternoon when he fell while mountain biking on his ranch, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said.
Bush was on the 16th mile of a 17-mile ride when he fell, Duffy said. He was riding with a military aide, members of the Secret Service and his personal physician, Dr. Richard Tubb.
"He had minor abrasions and scratches on his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees," Duffy said. "Dr. Tubb, who was with him, cleaned his scratches, said he was fine. The Secret Service offered to drive him back to the house. He declined and finished his ride." More
At that link it says Effin's tumble resulted from hitting a patch of sand.
Kerry was riding south on a two-lane road at about 1:00 p.m. in the direction of Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord, a quiet, suburban town about 18 miles northwest of Boston.
He was approaching a stop light at the intersection with Route 2 and was slowing down when he veered left into the oncoming lane and fell, according to an Associated Press reporter who witnessed him fall. Secret Service agents and local police immediately stopped traffic while Kerry and a handful of bicycling companions moved to the shoulder.
"He's fine. They took the bike into the bike shop, and he went home," said Kerry campaign adviser Michael Meehan.
Effin' = Wussy
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., pedals his bike after leaving a local bike shop, Saturday, May 22, 2004, in Belmont, Mass. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
How many 5,000 dollar bikes does Kerry own?
Trent Duffy, a White House spokesman, immediately offered excuses for his boss. "It's been raining a lot, and the topsoil is loose," he said. In addition, Duffy reasoned, "He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes." Fortunately, Duffy reported, Bush was wearing a helmet and mouth guard.
Athletic miscues are a bipartisan affair, of course. Bush's Democratic challenger, John F. Kerry has fallen off a bicycle and taken a nasty spill while snowboarding. He blamed the Secret Service for the latter. Link
There's a shot from a few years back of Moore elbowing his way toward then-Governor Bush, who recognizes him and says, "Behave yourself, will ya? Go and find real work." LOL
Isn't that the appropriate response to most libs, i.e., GET A REAL JOB!!!!
The Hill's Sex Diarist Reveals All (Well, Some)
This morning on Washington Journal, very early ( I was half asleep, and just starting my coffee ), they gave out another staffer's blog site. But I was too sleepy yet to remember why they gave it !! Har!! ) Anyhow...I will post it, but it is sickening, and WARNING! it is sexually explicit.
Our Democrat WOMEN at work !What a country.
"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there; in her fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
de Tocqueville wrote this in 1830.
Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?
Who was Casper the Friendly Ghost when he was alive?
Glad you're still with us. There are some bad storms over in Springfield right now, headed our way.
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