May 23, 2009 – 8:56 am
What exactly is tax policy? Well, it is not just a way to collect money to run government. It is a way of giving a kickback or punishment, or emplacing a control. The power of the purse. If something is unpopular (to an elected politician), let’s jack the taxes. If it is something they like, particularly […]
May 22, 2009 – 9:05 am
After years of whining that we need to get to the truth behind everything George Bush has done, and some actual panels investigating things such as firing attorneys he was legally entitled to fire, when a Democrat is faced with putting up or shutting up, things go a bit differently The drumbeat over how much […]
May 21, 2009 – 8:46 am
This was unexpected In a sweeping order Wednesday, President Barack Obama called for a rollback of Bush administration regulations designed to protect companies from product-liability lawsuits in state courts. The memo didn’t name specific industries but it could affect a wide range of consumer products subject to both federal and state regulation. Companies have long […]
May 20, 2009 – 8:53 am
John Bolton lets loose in an opinion article over at the Wall Street Journal: Get Ready for Another North Korean Nuke Test The curtain is about to rise again on the long-running nuclear tragicomedy, “North Korea Outwits the United States.” Despite Kim Jong Il’s explicit threats of another nuclear test, U.S. Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth […]
May 20, 2009 – 7:44 am
For a Party that always tells us they are looking towards the future, the Democrats sure like to live in the past, and not just in rumination about past victories and those EVIL Booooooosh years, as the Nutroots term them. Their climate change legislation attempts to take us back to life in the late 1800’s. […]
May 18, 2009 – 7:53 am
Minority Leader John Boehner has jumped into the “Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied to her” fiasco. How soon will the Democrats and the media call the issue a “distraction from the issues that are important to Americans?” (h/t Ace) A key Republican leader demanded Sunday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi produce evidence to back […]
May 15, 2009 – 9:04 am
Have y’all heard about the site Grade Gov? Because it is your turn to be heard TV, radio, Internet, and newspapers are filled with politicians talking at you. It’s time that they started listening to you. At GradeGov.com, you can send a grade to individual Members of Congress — an A, B, C, D, or […]
May 13, 2009 – 7:50 am
Remember when Obama said that in front of his little grasshoppers, er, House Democrats, during a speechin Williamsburg in early February? Remember when Obama and the Democrats were telling us that the Generational Theft Act had to be passed RIGHT NOW otherwise Bad Things would happen, that the economy would never recover, so no one […]
May 4, 2009 – 8:57 am
The most ethical Congress ever. Draining the swamp. Doing away with the culture of corruption. Insert whatever Pelosi talking point you want, Nancy appears to want to insulate federal lawmakers from being investigated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators. This is a bad idea. Special legal protections for politicians […]
May 1, 2009 – 3:02 pm
Apparently, now that Congress has fixed the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, illegal immigration, health care, Chrysler, and so many major issues, then now have time for really serious debate, in true bipartisan idiot fashion Texas Rep. Joe Barton likened college football’s Bowl Championship Series to “communism” Friday, even as he made the case that the […]
