It must be a slow news day, or we really are trapped in the twilight zone… From AFP: When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food, scientists say. Simply switching from steak to salad could cut as much carbon as leaving the car at home a couple days a week. That’s […]
Archives for February 2009
Do As I Say, Not As I Do…
Ever think you’re stuck in the twilight zone? I’d love to say this story was unbelievable but it’s not, it’s business as usual: Gov. Paterson has secretly granted raises of as much as 46 percent to more than a dozen staffers at a time when he has asked 130,000 state workers to give up 3 […]
New York Governor Wants to Tax What???
It’s a slow news day and I reaching a bit with this but I can’t resist planting tongue firmly in cheek and poking a little fun at one of the silliest tax proposals I seen in quite a while. New York Gov. David Patterson recently proposed a so called iPod tax that would apply to […]
Federal Obligations Exceed World GDP???
I tend to be skeptical of articles like this one from World Net Daily: Federal obligations exceed world GDP Does $65.5 trillion terrify anyone yet? By Jerome R. Corsi, February 13, 2009, WorldNetDaily As the Obama administration pushes through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, the American public is largely unaware that the […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
GM: Billions More In Bailouts or Bankruptcy
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a front page story about GM’s restructuring plans… The article is worth reading unfortunately, the on-line version is subscriber content so if you’re not a Journal online subscriber you’ll have to register to read it. Here’s the free excerpt: General Motors Corp., nearing a federally imposed deadline to present a […]
Suspended Teen Headed Back to School
A quick update on a story from earlier this week… Marie Morrow, a 17-year-old senior at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, CO is head back to school. Morrow was suspend on Feb. 5 after other students observed prop rifles used by her Young Marines drill team in her Dodge Durango which was parked at […]
Senate Passes Pork Laden Stimulus Bill
The final vote tally is in… The Senate approved the measure 60-38 with three erstwhile Republicans, Alren Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins providing the votes needed for passage. No surprise really we all knew Specter, Collins and Snowe would vote with the Democrats… While I’m not happy about it I’m not going to jump […]
Breaking: Senate Stimulus Plan Vote Underway
It’ll be a while before we have the final tally as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid intends to hold the vote open so that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) can return to Washington and vote later tonight. Right now it looks like the bill is going to pass there are 57 yes votes with three Democrats […]
A Commonsense Stimulus Plan
Michelle Muccio offers a simple commonsense stimulus plan: I like it, suspending payroll taxes for a year would have a far more immediate effect than anything in the plan being rushed through congress. Personally, my idea of a stimulus plan would be: Make the Bush Tax cuts permanent. Cut the corporate tax rate from the […]
Breaking: House Democrats Pass Stimulus Package
House Democrats today voted to pass the pork laden so called “Stimulus Plan” without a single Republican vote. The final tally was 246-183, with 7 Democrats joining all 176 house Republicans in voting no. 1 Democrat voted present. Update: Here’s a list of the Democrats who voted against the bill: Bobby Bright, Alabama Peter DeFazio, […]
Breaking News: Senator Judd Gregg Withdraws Nomination for Commerce Secretary
Still Looking for details, but I’m hearing reports that Sen. Judd Gregg (R- New Hampshire) has withdrawn his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary. Here’s the Via Drudge: For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 12, 2009 Senator Gregg Statement on His Withdrawal for Consideration of U.S. Commerce Secretary Sen. Gregg stated, “I want to thank the […]
What Open Borders Has Wrought
ABC News ran a story last night on the growing problem of kidnapping in Phoenix, Arizona. In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 […]
The Biggest Idiot On Capitol Hill
I was all set to name Chuck Schumer the biggest idiot on Capitol Hill for his remarks on the stimulus bill this morning. Via Michelle Malkin: The Senate is about to pass the Turbaconducken stimulus package. Sen. Schumer took to the floor about 20 minutes ago to fear-monger. He referred shamelessly to the “economic 9/11″ […]
Stupidity Run Amok: Teacher Placed On Leave For Facebook Photo
I’m slowly working my way through the stories that I bookmarked over the weekend… Most of them aren’t blog worthy but this one: Teacher placed on leave for questionable Facebook posting BEAVER DAM (WKOW) — Beaver Dam school officials placed a middle school teacher on administrative leave after discovering a photograph of the teacher with […]