From Fox Business (emphasis mine): Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday night floated the idea of taxing American International Group (AIG: 0.9194, 0.1393, 17.86%) bonus recipients so the government could recoup some or all of the $450 million the company is paying to employees in its financial products unit. Within hours, the idea spread to […]
Archives for March 2009
Obama Administration Considering Plan to Charge Veterans Private Health Insurance for the Treatment of Service Related Injuries
My Father, a World War II veteran, passed away in January… I hate to say this but I’m glad he’s not here to see this: The Obama administration is considering a plan to charge the private health insurance of veterans for treatment of service-related ailments that currently are paid for by the Department of Veterans Affairs […]
One Year Old Today
Jasetaro.com is one year old today. I launched this site on March 17, 2008 mainly because I’d out grown the laughable 5MBs of free web space provided by my ISP. I toyed around with free services like GoeCities, MySpace, Facebook and Blogger for a while and I wasn’t crazy about any of them. So after […]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.
Christina Romer: Insurance Taxes Not Off The Table
One of President Barack Obama’s top economic advisers, Christina Romer, said during an appearance on “Meeting the Press” yesterday that the White House was opposed to taxing health insurance, but that she wouldn’t rule it out. When you couple Ms. Romer’s remarks on “Meet the Press” with this Sunday New York Times story you have […]
Ironies: Obama Signs Law Banning Federal Embryo Research Two Days After Signing Executive Order to OK It
From CNSNews.com: On Wednesday, only two days after he lifted President Bush’s executive order banning federal funding of stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos, President Barack Obama signed a law that explicilty bans federal funding of any “research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of […]
The Rebellion Grows: Connecticut Tea Parties
OK so maybe it’s not a rebellion, but there are millions of Americans who are fed up with Washington’s fiscal irresponsibility and who are making their voices heard at dozens of rallies around the country. There are several rallies planned here in Connecticut: Ridgefield Tea Party When: Saturday, March 21 @ 10:00 a.m. Where: Ballard […]
Don Surber: 52 Days, 52 Mistakes
I might as well join Michelle Malkin and Glenn Reynolds in linking to this slightly cheeky piece by Don Surber: 52 Days, 52 Mistakes Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small. We all make mistakes. Here’s his: 1. A do-over on the oath of office. 2. Tim […]
WSJ: Obama’s Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
If you haven’t read it go read the Op Ed by Doug Schoen and Scott Rasmussen in today’s Wall Street Journal. Schoen and Rasmussen examine Pres. Barack Obama’s poll numbers and the narrowing gap between the approval/disapproval numbers: It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of […]
Chris Dodd’s Irish Cottage
I jokingly refer Sen. Chris Dodd as Connecticut’s answer to Ted Kennedy… I’m actually starting to think that’s an insult to Ted Kennedy. From the Wall Street Journal: The Senate Ethics Committee has been looking into possible conflicts of interest in Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s 2003 mortgages. Now questions about another Dodd real-estate adventure, this […]
Diana West: Its George W. Bush Not Rush Limbaugh Who is the Real Enemy of Conservatism
When I wrote my election postmortem I listed “Bush fatigue” as one of the reasons why Republicans lost in November. Diana West takes that theory one step further in her column today and says out loud what a lot of us having been thinking: Forced to the ramparts to defend Rush Limbaugh against the spurious, […]
Breaking: Charles Freeman Withdraws Nomination
Via the Washington Independent: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director Blair accepted Ambassador Freeman’s decision with regret. I’d say something snarky like another one bites the dust but I don’t […]
Connecticut Backs Off Plans to Regulate Catholic Church
It’s amazing how when you turn on the lights the cockroaches run for cover: Following the biggest political firestorm of the 2009 legislative session, a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the financial and administrative management of the Catholic Church has been canceled. The bill is dead for the rest of the legislative session. As […]
Oh Happy Day, Dodd Trails Simmons
From the Politico: Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) looks like he’s in serious trouble for reelection if he faces former GOP congressman Rob Simmons, according to a newly released Quinnipiac poll. Dodd trails Simmons by one point, 43 to 42 percent. In a head-to-head matchup with CNBC host Larry Kudlow, Dodd leads 46 to 34 […]
Palin E-mail Hacker Hit With Additional Charges
David Kernell, the son of a Democratic Tennessee legislator, who was indicted for hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account during the last year’s Presidential campaign has been hit with additional charges. The new charges are fraud, unlawful electronic transmission of material outside Tennessee and attempts to conceal records to impede an FBI investigation. […]