Category Archives: Politics

GOP Gives The Dems a Little “What For!”

First smackdown (CNSNews.com) – After being pounded by Democrats last year for accepting pay increases while not boosting the minimum wage, Republican congressmen Tuesday returned the favor by preventing an annual 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) from taking effect this year. Second smackdown The Senate is one step closer to fulfilling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's […]

Global Warming On The Hill

We have Islamofacists who want to kill us and destroy our way of life. We have an out of control judiciary, which legislates from the bench and gives pedophiles rediculously low sentences. We have our troops fighting in Iraq. Yet, the Dumbocrats want to deal with a fake issue, Global Warming As Caused By Man […]

Tancredo: Ban Racial Based Caucuses

Taking a position guaranteed to make liberals wonkerdoodle, presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has stated that congressional caucuses based on race should be banned Rep. Tom Tancredo called today for abolishment of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus and Asian Pacific American Caucus, saying they equal racial segregation "It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol […]

SOTU 2007

I'd like to say I have sintillating reparte' on Bush's 2007 State of The Union speech, but, quite frankly, it is the NHL All Star break, and I was watching the Young Guns game and the Skills contest. My Bad! Told ya I was a major hockey fan, eh. If you want a break down […]

Ethics Reform Bill Excludes “Grassroots” Language

I have discussed this issue several times this year. The Dems lobbying and ethics bill has passed in the Senate, and fortunately (CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Senate passed an ethics and lobby reform bill 96-2 on Thursday, and to the relief of conservative advocacy groups, the bill does not include restrictions on grassroots lobbying. A […]

Snowy Thursday Linkfest: McCain Does Something Good!

And a happy Thursday to all! Down here in Raleigh, the drink of choice is something hot, since the global warming hysterics meteorologists got it a wee bit wrong. Went from being mostly sleet and rain in the Raleigh area, to waking up with snow on the ground and the potential for 2 inches or […]

Are You Ready To File With The FEC?

Back on January 2nd, I mentioned that Nancy Pelosi wants to take away your 1st Amendment Rights, through the Democrats lobbying reform Bill. Now, we have some more information, via CNS News …many take issue with section 220 of the Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, which requires "disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate […]

Embyronic Stem Cell Vote Today

And, as usual, most news sites are headlining it simply as a "stem cell vote," disingenuous at best. I'll give a "well done" to Andrew Taylor at the AP for a well written, factual, somewhat unbiased story WASHINGTON Jan 11, 2007 (AP)— Their ranks bolstered by the November elections, supporters of legislation boosting taxpayer-funded research on embryonic stem cells […]

Trackback Friday Featuring the DNC Surrender Monkey! Abortion For ESC’s

Happy Friday to all! It's that time of the week again! Do you have an interesting post you want to share with everyone? The official Surrender Monkey of the Democratic Party says to do what the Lefties don’t, since they all have the same talking points: link it! Yes, that's right, as Nance Pelosi is holding the […]

Edwards Pandering For President

Yawn. I suppose since this is politics, and John Edwards, aka Breck Girl, "served" as a Senator from North Carolina, I should probably comment on his announcement that he is running for President. There really isn't all that much to say, though. Let's look at the ticker tape highlights Edwards was such a piss-poor Senator, […]

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