Things to Know - 29 April

1.   His Romneyness is trying so hard to get the public to try and fall in love with a guy who is choking on the silver spoon in his mouth:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/saying-the-economy-is-recovering-romney-encourages-young-americans-to-take-economic-risks/2012/04/27/gIQA7YsRmT_story.html

2.  The issue is the recalcitrance and plain obtuse obstructionism of congress, and the problem is the GeeOpee:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story.html

3.  Bye  Bye Porkie.  It is a play that opened a long time ago, and is still playing, even though no one is buying tickets to see it.  So why are we still paying the Secret Service?:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-had-the-worst-week-in-washington-newt-gingrich/2012/04/26/gIQAyoJGkT_print.html

4.  Maureen Dowd raps the knuckles of the Catholic hierarchy on their harassment of the  Nuns:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/dowd-bishops-play-church-queens-as-pawns.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

5.  Cynthia Tucker on the possible expansion of the punitive measures if the Supremes tend to favor the Arizona immigration case;

http://www2.nationalmemo.com/punitive-immigration-laws-seem-likely-to-expand/

6.  Bill Moyers reports on the resurgence or return of the spirit of Joe McCarthy:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/print/42850/

7.  There are a lot of high-end restaurants who are begging for customers.   So, they are lowering the bars to attract more business:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-upscale-restaurants-20120429,0,3186211,print.story

8.  An other view of the Arizona immigration rule that is before the Supremes:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-gula-immigration-law-politics-20120424,0,7098370,print.story

--
Juan

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