August 1, 2010 – 8:59 am
The Fish Wrap Of Record chimes in about an important issue, and decides it just ain’t all that, because all you right wing wackos will be the majority of the voters who show up. No, really For all its symbolic import, the first plebiscite on the Obama health care law, to be held Tuesday in […]
July 31, 2010 – 3:50 pm
Obama is like the Terrell Owens of politics, albeit, without the same talent level as T.O. Plus, whenever I hear him speak nowadays, I’m starting to hear the voice of the Blueberry Girl from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie As we work to rebuild our economy, I can’t imagine anything more […]
July 31, 2010 – 9:35 am
So, Friday we found out that the economy grew at 2.4%, well below forecast “as a scarcity of jobs eroded consumer spending”, with ““The economy just muddling through.” Stocks fell off on this news. The Washington Post had this to say Saturday The recovery is fading, and a troubling new pattern is setting in: economic […]
July 30, 2010 – 6:17 pm
Let’s see if one is credibly charged with …improper corporate-financed travel to the Caribbean; failing to report a half-million dollars in assets on a financial disclosure form; failing to pay taxes on income of $75,000 from a villa in the Dominican Republic; using his congressional letterhead to solicit donations for a school named for him; […]
July 30, 2010 – 2:32 pm
If I did drugs, I’d probably want to know what Steny Hoyer is taking House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that the expiration built into the Bush tax cuts is a “Republican tax increase†for “working Americans†and the Democrats have “no intention†of allowing it to go into effect. “We have […]
July 30, 2010 – 9:30 am
Funny stuff from the Democratic Underground, a bit of levity for a Friday morning I keep seeing the talking points around here about liberals wanting a pony, unicorn, whatever and since we haven’t gotten it, that’s why we’re unhappy with the Obama administration. I’ve also seen a similar talking point saying that liberals are too […]
July 29, 2010 – 12:09 pm
So much for transparency, responsibility, upholding the law, draining the swamp, and the “most ethical Congress EVAH!” CBS NY is reporting: Reports: Rangel Cuts Deal, Avoids Trial New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial. Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS […]
July 29, 2010 – 9:30 am
With Judge Susan Bolton blocking some key provisions (until a full hearing is held) of the Arizona illegal alien law (William A. Jacobson has the best analysis), she put the ball squarely in the federal governments court to actually perform their duties in full. If they want to argue supremacy, then they have to do […]
July 29, 2010 – 8:49 am
Through all the whining from the Left about warrantless wiretapping and such, at least that was done against foreigners. No so with the latest Obama administration proposal The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order […]
July 28, 2010 – 9:39 am
How could that possibly happen in the word of unicorns and lollipops? Job worries drove July U.S. consumer confidence to its lowest since February, with one in six people expecting lower income in the next six months, underscoring the precarious state of economic recovery. A year and a half since we received Barry’s Big Stimulus, […]
