tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102647752024-03-07T03:09:19.695-05:00President BoxerMad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-21195555145815144332012-01-12T16:03:00.001-05:002012-01-12T16:05:59.727-05:00Interview of MoiI was honored to be interviewed as part of Poets United "Life of a Poet" series. So if you'd like to know some of my deep, dark secrets, here it is. :)Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1157674242103093852006-09-07T20:06:00.000-04:002006-09-07T20:10:42.123-04:00Ode To ABCWow, it's been a long time! Nothing about Sen. Boxer today, but I've just posted three political haiku at my Notables blog. Here's one of them:ABC movie Shifts Nine-one-one blame through lies, To steal votes from Dems.For more of my political verse and song parodies, please stop by my Notables blog.Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1150003944264475152006-06-11T01:09:00.000-04:002006-06-11T01:32:24.283-04:00Snake EyesI think the esteemed FireDogLake may have spent too much time in Vegas and crapped out on this one. To call Sen. Boxer clueless because she wouldn't break the rules of The Club is naive. It is difficult to crap on a Senator one day and then ask for their support on some issue the next. I agree that Lieberman's stance that someone's superstitions should allow them to deny medical treatment is Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1142812190671964872006-03-19T18:47:00.000-05:002006-03-19T18:49:50.696-05:00Who Dealt Them War and MadnessAn underappreciated friend to the troops, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, wrote the legislation that established a Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health. First order of business for the panel, when it convenes next month, will be to examine one of the Pentagon's typically farsighted and humane solutions to the problem of inadequate manpower: Besides bringing antibiotics and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1142483003719864282006-03-15T23:21:00.000-05:002006-03-15T23:23:23.743-05:00Boxer Has Feingold's BackVia the very dependable renegade: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has become the third U.S. senator to back a move to censure President Bush over the warrantless wiretapping program. Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1135049161682497552005-12-19T22:24:00.000-05:002005-12-19T22:26:01.713-05:00YYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaarrrrrrgh!Barbara Boxer via Atrios on Bush's Impeachable Offenses.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1132517044502350092005-11-20T15:03:00.001-05:002010-02-07T22:53:40.825-05:00Barbara Boxer is Coming to PhiladelphiaBarbara Boxer will appear at the Central Library (i.e., the main branch) of the Free Library of Philadelphia at noon on Thursday, December 8, discussing her new, and first, novel, A Time to Run. The FLP’s web site reports of the event:
Written with a true insider’s perspective, A Time to Run is the first novel from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, one of the most admired and respected figures in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1130882900621635572005-11-01T17:05:00.000-05:002005-11-01T17:08:20.650-05:00Closed Session(Author's note: Obviously, today's move by Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats deserves documenting on this blog, which documents Democratic fight and strength. Cross-posted at SRWU)Rule 21 of the Senate says:... on a motion made and seconded, to close the doors of the Senate to discuss any business which may, in the opinion of a Senator, require secrecy, the presiding officer shall direct the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1128925738872950332005-10-10T02:22:00.000-04:002005-10-10T02:32:30.540-04:00Barbara Boxer For President PetitionIf you'd like to sign a petition urging Senator Boxer to run for President in 2008, here it is.Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1128111866785760022005-09-30T16:22:00.000-04:002005-09-30T16:26:30.590-04:00Bush's Nickname for Barbara BoxerBush's nickname for Barbara Boxer is Ali, according to this Bush nickname resource.(A rare instance of semi-cleverness on Bush's part)Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1125512086727867022005-08-31T14:10:00.000-04:002005-08-31T14:14:46.740-04:00Once Again, President Boxer Shows LeadershipFinally, a Democrat comes out in support of Cindy Sheehan. Is this leadership from Sen. Clinton or Sen. Biden or Sen. Lieberman or Sen. Kerry or Sen. Edwards? No! It is from Sen. Boxer, of course.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1122548030375197662005-07-28T06:46:00.000-04:002005-07-28T06:53:50.380-04:00Question for "Justice" RobertsI posted this on my blog but I happen to know that Sen. Boxer and her staff check this blog now and then so I thought I would pass on a good question that Sen. Boxer or one of her colleagues should ask. I don't know how many of you are chess players but this question is a "fork" move. Roberts is going to lose something no matter how he answers it. That is why the question must be asked. The Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1120742580986646632005-07-07T08:44:00.000-04:002005-07-07T09:24:07.520-04:00President of the Sandra Day O’Connor Fan Club?!NY Times: “Democrats Adopt O’Connor as Model for Bush Court Pick,” by Adam Nagourney, July 7, 2005.When I saw this headline on nytimes.com, I hoped that somehow it might not be true. But it is. Read it and weep, or vomit.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06146920154167970355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1119478517051099672005-06-22T18:13:00.000-04:002005-06-22T18:16:19.393-04:00Sen. Boxer & the Senate Honor Roll CallSen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and fifteen of her fellow Democrats deserve special commendation for having signed a letter this week calling upon President Sesame Street to fire Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the increasingly controversial and unabashedly right-wing chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.According to the New York Times, the signatories in addition to Sen. Boxer are: Sens. JosephUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1118901096320672672005-06-16T01:30:00.000-04:002005-06-16T01:58:08.886-04:00I Wish They All Could Be California WomenBoxer, Woosley, and Pelosi are my kinda' Gals. They're putting the pressure on, or finding the breaker point (for those surfing inclined) for a timetable on Iraq withdrawal according to this articleSan Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, leader of the House's minority Democrats, raised the stakes on the debate over the war in Iraq on Tuesday by introducing a resolution that if enacted would set the Scaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12767144395015669516noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1116977874906172842005-05-24T19:25:00.000-04:002005-05-24T19:37:54.920-04:00I Hate to Disagree With Sen. Boxer, But...Here's Senator Boxer's Statement on Defeating the Nuclear Option:I am very pleased that senators from both sides of the aisle have walked the Senate back from the brink and preserved the great tradition of the United States Senate. This is a victory for the American people. It is a defeat for the abuse of power known as the nuclear option.I will continue to defend the independence of the Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1116177429025541562005-05-15T13:15:00.000-04:002005-05-15T13:17:09.033-04:00That doesn't say much for, you know, your party...Barbara Boxer and George Allen, both of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the John Bolton nomination, and it is a good example of why I dig Senator Boxer so much. She really wiped the mat with Allen, including masterful moments such as, when Senator Allen wouldn't stop talking in an attempt to monopolize the time, Senator Boxer said, "George..Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1116122319267373512005-05-14T21:57:00.000-04:002005-05-14T21:58:39.273-04:00Hold TightThe Democrats are generally hampered by a lack of tools and a disinclination to use the few they have. Sen. Boxer is, as always, a happy exception: she has placed a formal "hold" on the Bolton nomination until the State Dept. agrees to cough up various documents the Democrats have demanded: At the State Department, spokesman Richard Boucher indicated the Democrats' demands for more Bolton Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1115748125349209382005-05-10T14:00:00.000-04:002005-05-10T14:02:05.356-04:00The Madness Is BackMy apologies for my long silence. I was unable to get into blogger for a couple of weeks. And when I finally regained access, I left town for a two week trip. Anyway, I thought I'd celebrate my return with a poem:The Madness ReturnsBy Madeleine Begun KaneI've been gone for two weeks. Did I miss something good? Didn't keep up with the news, Though I know that I should. I see Dub's not Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1114083515033801542005-04-21T07:38:00.000-04:002005-04-21T07:40:27.026-04:00Speaking Truth to PowerOur wonderful Babs has done it again. Read the letter for yourself and send her a note of thanks!(A PDF version of this letter is available here)A special shout-out to The Daily Sandwich for this delicious bit-o-news! Thanks, Matt! The Honorable Condoleezza RiceSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C StreetNWWashington, DC 20520Dear Secretary Rice:According to reports in today's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1113680410175046362005-04-16T15:36:00.000-04:002005-04-16T15:40:10.176-04:00Boxer on Real TimeI had even tuned into Maher's show. I missed the guest list so I had no idea she was going to be on and there was Bill throwing Bobo softball after softball so I changed the channel believing that Bill was going for the Dennis Miller vote. It turns out he had Sen. Boxer on. I think Bill got annoyed - she was getting bigger laughs than he was.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067580847637893961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1113372478827909312005-04-13T01:39:00.000-04:002005-04-13T02:07:58.830-04:00Senator Kerry Demands An AccountingOkay, so Senator Kerry didn't take a timely, strong stand for vote accounting, and that was a big disappointment. On the other hand, I was pleased to see him demanding that the Small Business Administration account for money spent on (read "wasted on") Bush's Social Security tour. Kerry wrote to the SBA after learning that it is one of several federal agencies that has tapped its budget to Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1113370324019557792005-04-13T01:23:00.000-04:002005-04-13T01:32:04.023-04:00Senator Boxer Gets ResultsCongratulations to Senator Boxer! As Jean Dudley pointed out a few days ago Senator Boxer took a stand against the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or CHEERS, calling it "appalling, unethical and immoral," and urging EPA Administrator nominee Stephen Johnson to "Pull the plug tomorrow." And pull the plug he did. The Senator herself summarizes this episode in an email to her Mad Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1112915705615182082005-04-07T19:18:00.000-04:002005-04-07T19:15:05.616-04:00Boxer calls foul on EPA/American Chemical Co study of children and pesticidesThe good folks over at Think Progress alert us to the continuation of Barbara Boxer's fight against appointees who have their own agendas. Take a look at TP's article, and then go read the NY Times article they refer to. Registration is required at the NYT site, and once again, I recommend using bugmenot.com to get in without registering. It seems that Stephen L. Johnson, Bush's appointee to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10264775.post-1112850698230341572005-04-07T01:08:00.000-04:002005-04-26T11:42:44.190-04:00Global Gag RuleThough Senator Boxer didn't speak today, she had some pretty loud actions. With some Bipartisan support from Sen. Olympia Snow, they passed an amendment which would end the horrible global gag rule.There is a greater than zero chance that it will be defeated later on down the road, but it is nice to see it happen, nonetheless.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0