Barack Obama’s ‘It wasn’t me’ protestations about the ballooning federal deficit are so patently false even the Associated Press is calling him on it: WASHINGTON (AP) – “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually […]
Archives for April 2009
Crime Doesn’t Pay: 17 Year Old Girl Beats Muggers
A note to would be criminals… Don’t pick on 17 year old girls or this might happen to you: QUARTZ HILL, Calif. (AP) A 17-year-old high school marching band student beat up two assailants who tried to mug her as she walked to school in this high desert community about 40 miles north of Los […]
Arlen Specter Switching Parties Today
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is leaving the Republican Party today and I can’t say I’m sad to see him go… Specter, was one of three Republicans to vote from Pres. Obama’s pork laden stimulus plan and was expected to face a tough primary challenge from Pat Toomey next year. Here’s Specter statement: I have been […]
TARP Price Tag Could Reach $2.9 Trillion?
CNSNews has a rather frightening report on the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s report to congress. In short the report says that although Congress limited the Treasury Dept. to spending only $700 billion on TARP the program’s partnerships with the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation could bring the […]
Democratic Scandal Scorecard
Most ethical Congress in History? Umm, yeah, not so much… Jim Geraghty has the list, starting with Connecticut’s own Chris Dodd: SEN. CHRIS DODD (D., CONN.): Dodd is most notably and recently in trouble for the provision of the stimulus bill that ensured that already-existing contracts for bonuses at companies receiving federal bailout money would be honored. In […]
WSJ: Misconceptions About the Interrogation Memos
William McSwain, a assistant U.S. attorney and executive editor of the 2005 Review of Department of Defense Detention Operations and Detainee Interrogation Techniques, commonly called the Church Report has a must read Op Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal: President Barack Obama has reinvigorated the critics of George W. Bush’s antiterror policies by opening the […]
100 Days, 100 Mistakes for the Obama Administration
The New York Post has compiled what may be the only retrospective of Barack Obama’s first 100 days you need to read… Of course the Post probably shouldn’t throw stones considering the major gaff they made. Here’s the top ten: “Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of ‘earmarks,’ urging changes in the way […]
It’s No Fun Being Chris Dodd These Days…
Consider this anecdote from the Register Citizen, it illustrates Sen. Dodd’s ongoing political troubles quite nicely: Just how much trouble is Sen. Chris Dodd in as he runs for re-election next year? You’ve seen the surprising opinion polls showing record unfavorability, and other poll finding that any Republican — even those virtually unknown across the […]
Scenes from the Rebellion: Woodbury Tea Party
Roughly 300 Connecticut residents attended a modern day “Boston Tea Party” in Woodbury’s Washington Park this morning. Here’s a few pictures from the rally:
Reminder: Woodbury Tea Party
“It does not take a majority to prevail…but rather an irate, tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom and liberty in the minds of men.” -Samuel Adams Just a reminder to readers I’ll be covering the Woodbury Tea Party tomorrow morning. The rally kicks off at 11:00 a.m. in Kennedy Park at the the […]
John McCain: 9-11 Hijackers Entered U.S. From Canada
Oh jeez… First it was Janet Napolitano now it’s John McCain repeating a the highly dubious claim that the 9-11 hijackers entered the United Sates through Canada: What’s up with Arizona politicians? Arizona Sen. John McCain made the dubious claim Friday that Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States through Canada — just days after […]
Poll Question: How Would You Rate Barack Obama’s First 100 Days?
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Is April 21, 2009 The Day Bipartisanship Died?
There’s no doubt that our political process has become poised by hyper partisan rhetoric but so far we have resisted the temptation of criminalizing policy differences. That all changed on April 21, 2009 when Pres. Barack Obama suggested that Bush Administration lawyers who advised the CIA on the law and interrogation practices may subjected to […]
Gaffestastic: Napolitano Strikes Again
The hits just keep coming… This time it’s Canadians who are wondering how an idiot like Janet Napolitano got the job of Homeland Security Secretary: A diplomatic skirmish has broken out over suggestions by Janet Napolitano, the U. S. homeland security secretary, that terrorists have routinely entered the United States through Canada, including the perpetrators […]
Pelosi Knew About Harman Wiretap
Roll Call is reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed about the NSA wiretap’s that caught Rep. Jane Harman discussing a possible deal with supporters of two former AIPAC lobbyists charged with espionage: The National Security Agency briefed Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “a few years ago” that they had wiretapped Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), […]