December 20, 2011 – 11:27 am
So, what, are we dropping Hershey’s Kisses from the drones in the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan? (Fox News) The White House on Monday defended Vice President Joe Biden for saying that the Taliban isn’t an enemy of the United States despite the years spent fighting the militant Islamic group that gave a home […]
December 20, 2011 – 7:52 am
Obviously, the Democrats in the Senate are playing their typical games in kicking the issue of the payroll tax cut extension down the road. And, via Jake Tapper, we learn (ABC News) Officials from the policy-neutral National Payroll Reporting Consortium, Inc. have expressed concern to members of Congress that the two-month payroll tax holiday passed […]
December 19, 2011 – 9:48 am
If you aren’t familiar with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), here’s a basic premise (NBC Bay Area) It could require Internet providers to monitor customers’ traffic and block websites suspected of copyright infringement. I’d recommend reading that entire article, and this one, and even watching the video at ZDNet (it’s about 20 minutes long). […]
December 17, 2011 – 9:02 am
The man is utterly shameless. He has actually used his weekly radio address to combine sort of honoring those military members returning from Iraq and his push for more “infrastructure” spending. This is the same guy who used to intentionally avoid wearing a flag pin, started his national exposure by giving an anti-Iraq speech, and […]
December 14, 2011 – 11:40 am
This should be fun (Tulsa World) U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s declaration of victory on global warming last week drew a debate challenge for the Oklahoma Republican, who described himself as the only official still talking about the contentious issue. “Clearly you are a man of your convictions,” veteran activist Ralph Nader stated in a letter […]
December 14, 2011 – 8:15 am
Of course, the Democrat controlled Senate has said they would kill it and Obama has said he will veto it. Before reading it, of course (Washington Post) Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax […]
December 13, 2011 – 8:45 am
Remember, this is the same guy who torpedoed prosecuting members of the New Black Panthers, a slam dunk case, for standing around at Philly polling sites with batons, intimidating voters. (Washington Post) The Obama administration on Tuesday will wade into the increasingly divisive national debate over new voting laws in several states that could depress […]
December 12, 2011 – 3:24 pm
In politics, we always talk about spin. People are going to spin things so that they are a positive for their political beliefs/party and/or spin so it is a negative for the other guys beliefs/party. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s spin reminds me more of the Tasmanian Devil on Loony Tunes. From Ed Morrissey at Hot Air comes […]
December 12, 2011 – 8:30 am
Alternate title: “man who said his ascendency stopped the rise of the seas and healed the earth says he didn’t overpromise” (The Politico) Barack Obama offered a spirited defense of his presidency in an interview that aired Sunday on “60 Minutes,†framing the 2012 election as a “contrast in visions.†Stressing that the views that […]
December 10, 2011 – 9:09 am
Hey, even Obama said he shouldn’t be re-elected if the economy wasn’t fixed (CBS News) Less than one year out from Election Day 2012, voters remain overwhelmingly pessimistic about the economy, and their concerns are taking a toll on President Obama’s re-election chances. Just 41 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama has performed his job […]
