Kasich Adds Another White Male

>  Once again, John Kasich, Governor-elect of Ohio, has picked Col. Tom Moe to head Ohio Veterans Services, according to WFMJ.  Col. Moe is the sixth white male to be added to Kasich's administration.

***  Here is some good news! 

Miami Herald:

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who apologized to BP last summer during the Gulf oil spill and then backtracked under pressure from GOP leaders, has failed in his effort to be named the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the 112th Congress.

The House GOP Steering Committee, controlled by House incoming Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, selected Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., to chairman the committee instead.....

Barton is a disgrace in the way he panders to the oil companies. 

- - ->  Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH-12) related his family's experience with unemployment compensation in the Newark Advocate:

"When I was in high school, my family had to rely on unemployment after my dad lost his job, so I certainly understand how important that safety net is for struggling families," Tiberi said in a statement....

However, when Tiberi had the chance to help some other families in these tough economic times, he voted AGAINST extending the unemployment compensation.  Pat Tiberi - - - he doesn't just doesn't care.

*  Do we really need guns in every single establishment?  Republican Danny Bubp thinks so. 
Dispatch:

Rep. Danny Bubp says he has collected the 50 signatures needed to force a House floor vote on a controversial bill that would allow Ohio permit holders to carry concealed handguns into bars and other places that serve alcohol....

Somehow I don't think that guns and alcohol mix very well.