Don’t believe the man half the time he opens his mouth. One perk is over: he can’t occupy a guvmint house in DC before he takes office, much to his chagrin. Baldwin House was all booked up. Given what happened last time a Democrat occupied the White House, someone in Obama’s Transition Team probably already sold it.
Rangel’s scandal is starting to hit, too.
Didn’t the Democrats say something about being the party to end sleaze and corruption, too?
Home-grown terrorism with a twist.
I’ve been wanting to cover the antics of the El Paso County Commissioner’s Court beyond my dull link chart of the FBI corruption scandal, but what’s the point when another blogger is wrapping things up nicely? Just go to The Lion Star Blogand keep scrolling. No one in town is doing a better job of both covering Cobos and opining on his actions. Newspaper Tree is running an admirable second, but is constrained by its journalistic standards (read: hinting at reportorial objectivity).
UPDATE: Theresa Caballero weighs in. Over to You, Lion Star and Refuse the Juice.
Loony Tunes cartoon: indeed.
UPDATE: El Paso Fake News continues the theatre with this.
The McCain-Palin campaign couldn’t keep confidential information confidential any better than the president-elect has been able to.
The pressures exerted by the Government of Mexico take their toll on schoolchildren in Juarez.
Not much reporting on this, but it seems to have been going on for a few months.
It was the case in TJ that, when the Tijuana Cartel was being dismantled by government pressure and rival drug trafficking operations, that cartel members took to kidnappings-for-ransom and other “petty” crimes, in order to raise cash.
The Juarez school threats would seem to be a corollary. Perhaps the Juarez Cartel is under threat in the same way: by government pressure and rival drug trafficking organizations.
Obama’s first brush with the Blagojevich scandal?
Diana Washington Valdez blogs about some writer named Diana Washington Valdez’ new book. The topic is intriguing, at least until the next book on Mexican drug traffickers is written and self log-rolled.