July 21, 2011 – 5:19 pm
Been seeing this one on Fox News a few times today, both as a commercial and as a news blurb, from the Concerned Women for America, which both Ed Morrissey and Jim Geraghty love, as do I. Of course, if there is some grand deal that the Republicans sign on to that raises taxes and […]
July 21, 2011 – 8:59 am
Shocked? When both National Review and The Politico hate it……… Starting with National Review But now, along comes the Gang of Six plan, and some Republicans are apparently intrigued by it. They shouldn’t be. It’s a terrible, terrible plan. It will hand the president a huge strategic victory and deliver nothing that the GOP should […]
July 20, 2011 – 2:10 pm
Alternate title: man who raised America’s debt, deficit, and spending to “historic” levels will to do nothing but run his lips in support of short term debt deal as long as someone else gets screwed in the long term, but, that takes up a bit more room The Obama administration signalled it may accept a […]
July 20, 2011 – 11:00 am
Um, what? In response to a question about whether now would be a good time for the president to present his own debt ceiling budget plan, White House spokesman Jay Carney had this to say: “Leadership is not proposing a plan for the sake of having it voted up or down and likely voted down…” […]
July 19, 2011 – 8:27 am
It’s so terrible There’s a narrative gaining traction in Washington as a debt crisis looms: House Republican hard-liners might soften their stance once they’ve gotten a vote on their Cut, Cap and Balance proposal. But if that’s the case, the conservatives aren’t in on the plan. Well, that’s pretty much it for a story by […]
July 18, 2011 – 10:54 am
Well, it’s nice to know that Obama is making friends around the world and “restoring America’s honor” Daniel Fiol lodged a written complaint at the International Criminal Court accusing the US president of breaching the Geneva Convention. Navy Seals acting on Mr Obama’s orders shot the al-Qaeda leader dead on May 2 after storming his […]
July 16, 2011 – 7:43 am
Obama’s still treating the Dalai Lama rather shabbily The White House announced late Friday that President Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama at the White House on Saturday, finally putting an end to mounting speculation about whether the Tibetan religious leader would get an invite to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. “This meeting underscores the President’s […]
July 15, 2011 – 9:07 pm
I’m not a big fan of a balanced budget amendment, it would be better to just stop spending so damned much, rather than peg spending to no more than 18% of GDP. You know government will always attempt to hit that 18%, rather than be frugal with the money they take at the barrel of […]
July 15, 2011 – 8:21 am
It may or may not be as big and bad, but, we’ll see if ATF and the DOJ stonewall Congress on it Several lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration about whether the controversial “Fast and Furious” gunrunning probe may have had a cousin in Florida that resulted in guns being trafficked to Central America. Rep. […]
July 14, 2011 – 10:59 pm
Just remember, with Liberals, it is about intentions, not actions A former staff member of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has filed a discrimination lawsuit against her. The suit, brought by Mona Floyd, Jackson Lee’s former legislative director, alleges the lawmaker deliberately ignored her staffer’s vision and reading disabilities by forcing her to work long […]
