January 9, 2011 – 9:15 am
Looking all over the Internet, from blog sites to the major news media, they are all aflutter with speculation about whether the shooting of Giffords, which also resulted in the death of a 9 year old, a federal judge, and four others, was politically motivated. He’s being called a political terrorist, we hear that “words […]
January 7, 2011 – 7:48 pm
Of course, this might be too late, as the last major makers of incandescent bulbs have already shut down in the USA. But, hey, at least we’ll be able to use ones made in China, rather than CFLs made……in China. It’s called personal choice, alarmists. WASHINGTON: Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, Michael Burgess, R-Texas, and Marsha […]
January 7, 2011 – 9:00 am
Obviously, this will drive the greenie-weenies insane, because they think that Someone Else besides themselves should have to suffer House Republicans wasted no time Thursday in trying to block the Obama administration from acting to stem global warming. On their second day in power, Republican lawmakers introduced several bills that would hamstring the Environmental Protection […]
January 6, 2011 – 10:47 pm
There’s going to be some unhappy folks in Obamaworld Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and 28 other House Republicans introduced legislation to do away with the informal, paid advisers President Obama has employed over the past two years. The legislation, which was introduced in the last Congress but was not allowed to advance under Democratic control, […]
January 6, 2011 – 1:56 pm
The Associated Press is apoplectic over this, as are Democrats One of the first acts of the new Republican-controlled House is to take away the floor voting rights of six delegates representing areas such as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa. Big meanies! Just because they can’t actually vote for President, […]
January 6, 2011 – 7:50 am
And unlike during the Democrat controlled Congress, this legislation from Republicans will actually see a floor vote Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) isn’t wasting any time with his immigration agenda, dropping a bill on the first day of Congress that goes after birthright citizenship. King’s measure would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, ending automatic citizenship […]
January 5, 2011 – 9:21 am
There are all sorts of fun stories running around the liberal media today, ones such as this one, which is already proclaiming the GOP is having problems with cohesion. And this one from Time, which wonders if the opening ceremony, which includes “showcasing their fealty to the Constitution,” is making a mockery of ….. something. […]
January 3, 2011 – 9:28 am
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner pledges that the GOP “Pledge To America” will not become a worthless piece of paper, much as the “Contract with America” became. Things will change. He has already put out the new rules, and plans to take them seriously. We’ll see. And one thing we’ll see soon will be votes […]
December 30, 2010 – 9:33 am
Did I mention that the bumper sticker appears to be bloody? A top state Republican is taking offense at a Democratic bumper sticker that he claims shows a train slamming into Governor-elect Scott Walker’s head in a bloody crash. The bumper sticker is available on the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s Web site. It depicts a train […]
December 15, 2010 – 2:23 pm
So, now that the Republicans have taken over the North Carolina General Assembly, the Democrat governor has some interesting ideas In a rare appearance by a governor before a legislative committee, Gov. Beverly Perdue on Wednesday asked state lawmakers to keep the sessions of the General Assembly short and to create a special commission to […]
