Friday curious. Awesomestest places you've been to.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

Today's question, should you choose to take the challenge, is to tell us which was the most awesome place you have recently been to. And what was so impressive about it.

You know the exercise. Put a picture and share a memory!

Mine:

( Wild Coast, SA )

Your turn, fellows!

The Powell Legacy, As It Continues

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

When I last mentioned Lewis Powell's now-infamous memorandum, I did so in a fairly limited scope, in explaining the silliness that might be behind the IRS investigation. I also found and quoted excerpts from a book, Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer—And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class by Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson. I've since read that book, and just in time for Money And Ethics In Politics month! If you want a good run-down on the real story of how money got into politics in such unprecedented amounts, start with Mr. Powell's Memo, then head over to Hacker and Pierson's book.

( I'll try to focus on a few salient points. )