Charlie Rose with Joe Biden; Robert Greenwald; James Woolsey & Ray McGovern (August 20, 2004)
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Representative James McGovern is ramping up his leadership of members of Congress opposed to President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan. The Massachusetts Democrat joined Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Representative Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, in writing...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Add David Obey to the increasingly vocal foes of General Stanley McChrystal's proposed escalation of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a group that includes Arlen Specter and the 57 Congresspeople who signed Massachusetts Congressmen James McGovern's letter to the President. "There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A proposal to add a law school at UMass-Dartmouth has drawn support from U.S. Sen. John Kerry and Congressmen Barney Frank and James McGovern. "The creation of this law...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A federal cybersecurity law edged closer to reality late last week when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to protect the personal data of Americans. The bill is a bipartisan effort sponsored by Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and co-sponsored by former Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that would, among other things, force companies and data brokers to institute data privacy and security programs....
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
On Friday, Congress introduced a bill congratulating the New York Yankees for winning the World Series. The vote passed with 386 votes, 17 Nays, 11 voting Present, and 19 missing the vote. William Delahunt, representing the Cape and Islands and other vaguely aquatic regions of Massachusetts, put up one of the no votes, strictly on moral grounds : “I’m usually rational but when it comes...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
DownWithTyranny!: Senate Prepares To Back Another Obama War Supplemental For Afghanistan Escalation The context is that the Senate is about to sink another few BILLION dollars and thousands of American troops into the "graveyard of empires." A lot of experts think that Afghanistan is ungovernable and unwinnable. We need an exit plan to avoid being stuck there until we can no longer afford...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Why has it historically been so tough to keep House progressives standing strong and using the leverage of their voting bloc to extract concessions on important legislation the way Blue Dogs have been able to? Part of the reason is that progressive elected officials occupy a portion of the political spectrum that generally leaves them insulated from most accountability to progressive voters. In other...
Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
“CRUDE” is not only the name of an anti-Chevron film by Joe Berlinger, but it aptly describes the behavior of ultra-liberal Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) during the film’s Washington, D.C., premier Friday at the E Street Theater. A telling audio clip, courtesy Carter Wood at the Shop Floor blog, reveals how McGovern began by “licking [...]
American Power (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Four blasts in eight days. Monday's bombing in Peshawar shows who's in control in Pakistan. Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have reports. Here's this from WSJ : A suicide car bombing aimed at Pakistani soldiers in the country's volatile northwest killed at least 41 people Monday, the fourth terror attack in eight days and, said the Taliban, a sign of more to come. Pakistan is reeling...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.; retired Army Gen. Jack Keane. CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Carl Levin, [...]
1 Raindrop (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Gary McGraw's latest Reality Check podcast features Bob Briggs and James McGovern from The Hartford, its well worth your time to listen in. One of the things I appreciate about Gary's work in Reality Check and this podcast in particular is its focus on real world deployment issues. Napoleon famously said the fifth element is mud; and we all know that amateurs talk about tactics, armchair generals talk...
Software Industry Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
James McGovern ( @ mcgoverntheory ) claims that Burton Group is one step ahead of Gartner by focusing on interoperability between products over just vendor characteristics. I don't wish to comment on his assessment of these two firms. (Although it might be amusing to place these firms into a magic quadrant, it wouldn't mean much.) However, what I strongly endorse is his statement that focusing on the...
TFS Magnum (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
The Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, or SOS, is being brought to account. 2 more ex-Chicago cops plead guilty in corruption investigation -- chicagotribune.com These are the cooperating witnesses. Plead now. Testify later. (They are not off the hook for other charges.)James McGovern formerly a sergeant, pleaded guilty in Cook County Criminal Court to a misdemeanor charge
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Got a C.I. on the inside and everybody's sung. Mothers and fathers separated from their sons Households are broken, you couldn't hold your tongue If it's...
Got a C.I. on the inside and everybody's sung. Mothers and fathers separated from their sons Households are broken, you couldn't hold your tongue If it's...
Wheres the justice
Got a C.I. on the inside and everybody's sung. Mothers and fathers separated from their sons Households are broken, you couldn't hold your tongue If it's...
Second City Cop (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
If not, when? Two more former Chicago police officers pleaded guilty this morning to charges related to illegally searching drug dealers and gang suspects and stealing money from them. Ex-Sgt. James McGovern pleaded guilty in Cook County Criminal Court to misdemeanor attempted obstruction of justice and was sentenced to two years probation, and former Officer Frank Villareal pleaded guilty to felony...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
A former Chicago police officer admitted today that she lied to investigators from the department's Internal Affairs Division to cover up wrongful arrests and theft by fellow members of the former Special Operations Section. Margaret Hopkins, 37, became the fifth officer to plead guilty in connection with the long-running state and federal investigation into members of the onetime elite unit. Authorities...
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