January 7, 2013 – 7:38 am
This seems to be the Democrats solution for everything: tax ‘n spend, tax ‘n spend (The Hill) Pushing back against the Republicans’ deficit-reduction strategy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this weekend that more tax revenues – not just spending cuts – must be a part of Congress’s effort to rein in deficits. Pelosi […]
January 6, 2013 – 8:34 am
Of course, as usual, Obama is leading from behind, seeing as how Democrats have already introduced 8 pieces of legislation in the House and Senator Feinstein (D-has gun herself) plans to introduce a big one in the Senate (Washington Post) The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the […]
January 5, 2013 – 8:31 am
And most look oh-so-reasonable (The Hill) Members of the 113th Congress introduced 10 bills on Thursday relating to gun violence, most of which came from Democrats seeking new restrictions on gun ownership. The flurry of legislative proposals show that members are likely to push the issue in the wake of the December shooting at a […]
January 4, 2013 – 9:10 am
Most in the Legacy Media are referring to this as some sort of capitulation from John Boehner, instead of an understanding that the Senate porked up the Sandy bill (US News) Cowing to bipartisan pressure, House Speaker John Boehner is bringing to the House floor Friday a measure to help fund recovery efforts for Hurricane […]
January 3, 2013 – 8:11 am
Roughly since mid-November (NMP) Obama has been Cranking up the pressure on passing “fiscal cliff” legislation. He’s been excoriating Republicans. He made dire predictions. He came out to make statements and Blame Republicans. Of course, he himself created a situation whereby the deal was done after the last minute. Nor did he excoriate Harry Reid […]
January 2, 2013 – 1:37 pm
Can you guess what it is? (Politico) House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday. It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly […]
January 2, 2013 – 7:05 am
Der Fuhrer has spoken (Slate) In a brief address Tuesday night, President Obama saluted the passage of a fiscal cliff deal that the White House had negotiated with the Senate. Then he fired a warning shot at Congressional Republicans, saying he won’t tolerate another down-to-the-wire battle over the debt ceiling this spring. “I will not […]
January 1, 2013 – 11:30 am
What happens when you take a “car” that costs $89,000 to make and is sold for $49,000 and shove it at dealers? (via Doug Ross, who has a handy dandy picture of what a Volt arriving at a dealership looks like) (Auto Guide) Thanks to additional costs for services and repairs, some Chevy dealers are […]
December 31, 2012 – 7:58 am
David Gregory, sans illegal gun magazine, provided the type of softball interview we all expected. He started off by allowing (NMP) Obama the opportunity to bloviate, lie, stretch the truth, and blame Republicans regarding the fiscal cliff, along with yammer about a balanced approach (which he did not offer, nor would the Democrat controlled Senate […]
December 30, 2012 – 8:30 am
The Fish Wrap Of Record thinks that Sheriff Joe Biden is the super duper most awesome person to be in charge of a people gun control commission Biden Is Back for a 2nd Run at Gun Limits Never much known for restraint, Joseph R. Biden Jr. did not hold back during a presidential primary debate […]