Aug
14
2009

URLs du Jour

2009-08-14

  • Captain Ed notes a couple stories from Now Hampshire that detail the unwillingness of NH Congresspeople to meet with their constituents during their August "recess". Congressman Paul Hodes and my own Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter will (however) appear at the "Blue Hampshire Bash" in Concord on August 24. Congresswoman Shea-Porter also was scheduled to speak today at "Netroots Nation" in Pittsburgh, PA, sponsored by a host of unions, MoveOn.org, and other usual suspects.

    It's likely that neither Carol nor Paul will face any tough questioning from the right at either venue. Captain Ed makes a trenchant observation, which I will steal quote:

    Maybe this makes more sense for both. After all, they clearly don't believe they answer to voters in their districts. They answer more to the unions and hard-Left activists at these functions. New Hampshire voters have a chance to realize that, perhaps for the first time, as Hodes and Shea-Porter run away from them.

    Lord knows that it would be nice if a lot more voters finally figured that out.

  • Pun Salad, and many others, liked Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's WSJ op-ed on health care policies that would favor personal responsibility and free markets over government dependence. (If you haven't read it, it's still recommended and it's here.)

    Probably unsurprisingly, some Whole Foods customers are upset, according to this ABCNews story.

    Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the past two years. This week, he said he'll go elsewhere to fulfill his fresh vegetable and organic produce needs.

    "I will never shop there again," vowed Joshua, a 45-year-old blogger, who asked that his last name not be published.

    I'm not an organic sort, but this makes me wish the nearest Whole Foods wasn't 40 miles away. If you've got one nearer, and you're more tolerant of what Mackey said, you might want to go in and pick up some PranaBar Shakti Blueberry Chia nutrition bars or something.

  • Betsy Newmark reminds us that Hillary Clinton is always ready to act like a partisan hack even while abroad.

  • And last, but not least:

    I'm a little too lazy to flag myself, but you have my permission to do it for me.


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